Eight-One

Kobe Bryant went off for 81 points last night leading the Los Angeles Lakes to the win 122-104. What makes this slightly more amazing is that he had 26 points at the half, which is a good scoring night for 95% of the players in the league. However the flipside of the situation is this – it’s a team game. Still not since David Robinson of the Spurs, who scored 72, has gone off on a scoring rampage like this.

For those not in the know, the highest number of points tallied by a single player in a game was Wilt Chamberlain who scored 100. Jordan never even broke the seventies in his hey-day, although he ended up with 69 in one.

So if Kobe keeps this up will his arm need to be iced for the rest of the season to try and keep it from falling off? He is averaging 28 shots a game and almost 11 free-throws a game. Does this make him the leagues MVP, or the leagues “chucker” (Seinfeld reference)?