Uploaded January 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago
Kobe Bryant is excited to watch the 2019 FIBA World Cup. He also names an under the radar team that may just end up shocking the world. Spain would end up defeating Argentina in the final.
Full interview from Rachel Annamarie DeMita: youtu.be/4AcQAos2kHg
Excerpt from ‘Donovan Mitchell records highest-scoring game since Kobe Bryant's 81: Nine numbers to know’ article by Brad Botkin:
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The number of times two players have scored at least 70 and 50 points on the same night, per ESPN. Wilt Chamberlain (78) and Elgin Baylor (63) did it in the same game in 1961, David Thompson (73) and George Gervin (63) did it in 1978, and now we have Mitchell and Klay Thompson, who scored 54 points in Golden State's overtime victory over Atlanta on Monday.
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The number of players who have scored at least 70 points in an NBA game: Wilt Chamberlain (100, 78, 73, 73, 72, 70), Kobe Bryant (81), David Thompson (73), Donovan Mitchell (71), Elgin Baylor (71), David Robinson (71), Devin Booker (70).
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Mitchell's night tied Baylor and Robinson for the eighth-highest scoring night in NBA history, trailing Wilt's top five games listed above, Kobe's 81 and Thomson's 73.
Full article: cbssports.com/nba/news/donovan-mitchell-records-highest-scoring-game-since-kobe-bryants-81-nine-numbers-to-know/amp
🏷 #kobe #fiba #worldcup #fibaworldcup2019 #fibaworldcup #fibabasketball #basketball #internationalbasketball
Kobe Bryant is excited to watch the 2019 FIBA World Cup. He also names an under the radar team that may just end up shocking the world. Spain would end up defeating Argentina in the final.
Full interview from Rachel Annamarie DeMita: youtu.be/4AcQAos2kHg
Excerpt from ‘Donovan Mitchell records highest-scoring game since Kobe Bryant's 81: Nine numbers to know’ article by Brad Botkin:
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The number of times two players have scored at least 70 and 50 points on the same night, per ESPN. Wilt Chamberlain (78) and Elgin Baylor (63) did it in the same game in 1961, David Thompson (73) and George Gervin (63) did it in 1978, and now we have Mitchell and Klay Thompson, who scored 54 points in Golden State's overtime victory over Atlanta on Monday.
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The number of players who have scored at least 70 points in an NBA game: Wilt Chamberlain (100, 78, 73, 73, 72, 70), Kobe Bryant (81), David Thompson (73), Donovan Mitchell (71), Elgin Baylor (71), David Robinson (71), Devin Booker (70).
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Mitchell's night tied Baylor and Robinson for the eighth-highest scoring night in NBA history, trailing Wilt's top five games listed above, Kobe's 81 and Thomson's 73.
Full article: cbssports.com/nba/news/donovan-mitchell-records-highest-scoring-game-since-kobe-bryants-81-nine-numbers-to-know/amp
🏷 #kobe #fiba #worldcup #fibaworldcup2019 #fibaworldcup #fibabasketball #basketball #internationalbasketball
