Exclusive Around The NBA: Memorable March edition

[blazerfan11]

I wonder when the last time was that two NBA players scored 60 points on back to back nights. Has it ever happened?

I don't know about two different players but I found this about Wilt Chamberlain:
https://forums.lakersground.net/togo/thread.php?topic_id=21433

Wilt scored 139 points in back-to-back games in 1961

78 -- Wilt Chamberlain, (Philadelphia) vs. LA Lakers 12/8/1961 (3OT).
61 -- Wilt Chamberlain (Philadelphia) vs. Chicago 12/9/1961.

He had to play a third game the following night. Don't know what he scored but it had to be at least 50 points because he had streak of 7 consecutive games of 50+ points in Dec 1961.

Wilt also had a 135 point back-to-back performance a month later.

73 -- Wilt Chamberlain (Philadelphia) vs. Chicago 1/13/1962
62 -- Wilt Chamberlain (Philadelphia) vs. Boston 1/14/1962.

He scored 62 points in his next game.

He tallied his third back-to-back 60+ game that season with 126 points.

65 -- Wilt Chamberlain (Philadelphia) vs. St Louis 2/27/1962
61 -- Wilt Chamberlain (Philadelphia) vs. Chicago 2/28/1962.

 

[blazerfan11]

I wonder when the last time was that two NBA players scored 60 points on back to back nights. Has it ever happened?

this list has all the 60 or more points scored in a game.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_National_Basketball_Association_single-game_scoring_leaders

Just quickly looking at it (sort by date), there was an instance where two players scored 60+ on the same day (Elgin Baylor and Wilt Chamberlain), then Wilt did it again the next day. Dec 8 and Dec 9, 1961.

The last time two players scored 60+ on the same day was April 9, 1978. George Gervin (63) and David Thompson (73).

 

[wizenheimer]

I don't know about two different players but I found this about Wilt Chamberlain:
https://forums.lakersground.net/togo/thread.php?topic_id=21433

Wilt scored 139 points in back-to-back games in 1961

78 -- Wilt Chamberlain, (Philadelphia) vs. LA Lakers 12/8/1961 (3OT).
61 -- Wilt Chamberlain (Philadelphia) vs. Chicago 12/9/1961.

He had to play a third game the following night. Don't know what he scored but it had to be at least 50 points because he had streak of 7 consecutive games of 50+ points in Dec 1961.

Wilt also had a 135 point back-to-back performance a month later.

73 -- Wilt Chamberlain (Philadelphia) vs. Chicago 1/13/1962
62 -- Wilt Chamberlain (Philadelphia) vs. Boston 1/14/1962.

He scored 62 points in his next game.

He tallied his third back-to-back 60+ game that season with 126 points.

65 -- Wilt Chamberlain (Philadelphia) vs. St Louis 2/27/1962
61 -- Wilt Chamberlain (Philadelphia) vs. Chicago 2/28/1962.

in a 5 game stretch in 1961-62 he scored: 67 - 65 - 61 - 100 - 58. That's 351 points; 70.2 points/game. He averaged 27 rebounds in those 5 games as well

that was the season he averaged 50.4 & 25.7 in 48.5 minutes a game (10 OT periods)

 

[Rastapopoulos]

J-Will explains why it was a lot easier for Jordan to score than it is for LeBron:

 

[DDolla]

I love watching the Lakers

 

[KSF-ERIC]

I love watching the Lakers

Me too

 

[DDolla]

Twoles has a star in Edwards and KAT

 

[KSF-ERIC]

Hahaha KD. Dinwiddie answers at the buzzer!!!

 

[Fairly-Hard]

Hahaha KD. Dinwiddie answers at the buzzer!!!

They defended it well. Good defense but better offense. He just made the shot.

 

[Labinot41]

Fucking Spurs

 

[theprunetang]

Fucking Spurs

What was that again?

 

[Labinot41]

What was that again?

Haha. That was closer than expected

 

[theprunetang]

Haha. That was closer than expected

I mean, you looked correct there. It took a last second 3 for the Spurs to win.

 

[DDolla]

Nice to see Spurs win

 

[THE HCP]

 

[PCmor7]

Kings hanging with the Bucks ....

 

[MickZagger]

I hear Curry got hurt?

 

[THE HCP]

I hear Curry got hurt?

Didn't see it, but they said he isn't returning tonight.

 

[PCmor7]

Kings Kinged it up in the last 2 minutes.

 

[Phatguysrule]

J-Will explains why it was a lot easier for Jordan to score than it is for LeBron:

Great find.

 

[Phatguysrule]

LeBron is the GM so... He should have gotten himself more help...

 

[AldoTrapani]

I see Zach Collins is still garbage

 

[DDolla]

Raptors looks good with all that length

 

[speeds]

Raptors looks good with all that length

Suns without Paul, Nuggets without Murray, Lakers without AD, Clippers without PG and Kawhi.

Our timing for this West Coast swing couldn't have been better.

 

[PtldPlatypus]

Wow... this whole deal with Donnie Nelson suing the Mavericks is pretty crazy.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.es...ual-misconduct-team-denies-claim?platform=amp

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Remember when we gave up two first rounders for RoCo? And one of them was for the draft literally the day after the trade? And pretty much the consensus view was that if Saddiq Bey was there, we'd take him?

Pepperidge Farm remembers.



Ah well. Hard to begrudge the sorry-ass Pistons a bit of draft fortune (especially after they used a high lottery pick on Killian Hayes.)

But I swear to god if we compound that fuckup by taking Jerami Grant off the Pistons' hands for ANOTHER draft pick, I will FUCKING begrudge so hard.

 

[TBpup]

Remember when we gave up two first rounders for RoCo? And one of them was for the draft literally the day after the trade? And pretty much the consensus view was that if Saddiq Bey was there, we'd take him?

Pepperidge Farm remembers.



Ah well. Hard to begrudge the sorry-ass Pistons a bit of draft fortune (especially after they used a high lottery pick on Killian Hayes.)

But I swear to god if we compound that fuckup by taking Jerami Grant off the Pistons' hands for ANOTHER draft pick, I will FUCKING begrudge so hard.

EXACTLY why I don't want to trade a pick to get Grant. Went into that discussion a bit more in the Lottery thread with some input from various other people I've had conversations with.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Anyone care to quote that section for us cheap people?

 

[blazerkor]

Anyone care to quote that section for us cheap people?

The NBA's funniest subplot has been the Portland Trail Blazers hanging in the play-in race despite the organization doing everything short of experimenting with 4-on-5 to boost its lottery odds.

The Blazers have lost eight of nine, with six losses coming by at least 30 points -- and they're still only one game out in the loss column!

Portland has either traded or shut down everyone you know aside from Josh Hart -- playing inspired two-way ball, and a candidate for Most Improved Player -- and two former lottery picks in Justise Winslow and Ben McLemore.

But the Blazers play hard, and even organizations deep in tank mode discover interesting things. Portland has something in Watford. He's providing steady work at power forward, and as a very undersized center.

Watford reads the game, and moves his feet well enough to switch some on defense. He fights on the glass.

He has gorgeous touch on floaters. That is most useful after catching pocket passes:

Watford flicks up this bad boy out of all kinds of actions: face-up drives; coast-to-coast takes, some with Eurosteppy finishes; quarterback keeper-style fake handoffs; and via a bruising post-up game that has proven effective against guards on switches:

Watford has nailed 51% from floater range. He's averaging 17 points over Portland's last seven games.

Watford probably tops out as a solid backup, but that's a nice find; Portland nabbed Watford on a two-way deal after he went undrafted, and then bumped him up to a three-year contract.

 

[illmatic99]

Zach Lowe showing once again why he is the most knowledgeable and thorough national NBA reporter.