Highest points scored against the best defenders in league history?

[Reggie43]

They have to be in their primes for it to count so lets not put Lakers Payton or Wizards Jordan etc. getting torched.

[SouBeachTalents]

I'd have to assume this is the record

https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/196201140BOS.html?__hstc=205977932.a9c7836d4599c4d 0bd87de1348b5369c.1680139456328.1680139456328.1680 139456328.1&__hssc=205977932.1.1680139456329&__hsfp=3000179024

Wilt dropping 62 on Russell.

[Xiao Yao You]

I'd have to assume this is the record

https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/196201140BOS.html?__hstc=205977932.a9c7836d4599c4d 0bd87de1348b5369c.1680139456328.1680139456328.1680 139456328.1&__hssc=205977932.1.1680139456329&__hsfp=3000179024

Wilt dropping 62 on Russell.

Russell unplayable!

[Reggie43]

38 year old Kareem dropping 46 points against a young Olajuwon was the highest he gave up which is insane given the guys he matched up against in his prime (Shaq, Drob, Ewing etc.)

[SouBeachTalents]

These would all be contenders


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRlp_0EfV0U&ab_channel=All-aroundNBA


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHdTYU-lGpw&ab_channel=smoki2323


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ufq6TJq6lEI&ab_channel=SANFRANFANAD

[Xiao Yao You]

Simmons 40 + on 3-7 shooting against Gobert

[Kblaze8855]

I think Nate Thurmond held a lot of people to weirdly low highs against him. Most of the all-time defenders are more team defenders though. The man-to-man shut down guys don’t tend to be the big stars everybody calls attention to.

Most everyone gets lit up eventually though. Only so much you can do vs god tier shot making.

The only way to avoid anyone ever going off on you is to change assignments while it’s going on or take the less dangerous guys and focus on team defense.

And these days with all the switching? I’m not sure anyone gets lit up other than the guys targeted for the switches.

[Kblaze8855]

And a lot of it is just two people on the court at the same time. Nique gave some of this 57 to MJ but not much of it



https://youtu.be/_hZauN4m9d0


And Jordan gave 50+ to various bad boy pistons but not all to any one of them.

Hard to say what qualifies.

[Xiao Yao You]

Simmons 40 + on 3-7 shooting against Gobert

[Axe]

Not against the best defender in league history. But ben simmons, who's often scared to score, dropped 42 on he-who-must-not-be-named bt. :kobe:

[AlternativeAcc.]

They have to be in their primes for it to count so lets not put Lakers Payton or Wizards Jordan etc. getting torched.

lol @ trying to sneak in Jordan as being one of the best defenders ever.

:no:

[Xiao Yao You]

Not against the best defender in league history. But ben simmons, who's often scared to score, dropped 42 on he-who-must-not-be-named bt. :kobe:

on 3-7 shooting. Shit Gobert just gave up 120 to the world champs in a road win too!

[Manny98]

In recent memory, KD dropping 51 on prime Kawhi


https://youtu.be/bnzg8oGfCnI

[Reggie43]

And a lot of it is just two people on the court at the same time. Nique gave some of this 57 to MJ but not much of it



https://youtu.be/_hZauN4m9d0


And Jordan gave 50+ to various bad boy pistons but not all to any one of them.

Hard to say what qualifies.

If you are the primary defender and your man goes off for a ton of points you will get the blame which I know is unfair regardless of how many of those points was scored in your face.

[WhiteKyrie]

Mike past his prime in 1997 gave prime / peak GP 45 on national television. A reminder that it had nothing to do stop GP in his post game 3 struggles in the 1996 Finals.

[BigShotBob]

Mike past his prime in 1997 gave prime / peak GP 45 on national television. A reminder that it had nothing to do stop GP in his post game 3 struggles in the 1996 Finals.

It's not like GP stopped him one on one anyways. Mike was trapped after game 3 relentlessly

[PeroAntic]

Simmons 40 + on 3-7 shooting against Gobert

DRose dropped 50 on your boy lol

[Xiao Yao You]

DRose dropped 50 on your boy lol

of course he did because he was Gobert's responsibility. :lol

[PeroAntic]

of course he did because he was Gobert's responsibility. :lol

You need to rewatch that game buddy. He scored most of his points in the paint lol, driving left right and center on Toody. No shame in admitting it, your boy got shat on.

[dankok8]

Kareem dropped a 50/13/11 triple double on Bill Walton in 74-75.

Cap dropped a 50-pointer on Wilt and three of them on Cowens in the early 70's.

[WhiteKyrie]

You need to rewatch that game buddy. He scored most of his points in the paint lol, driving left right and center on Toody. No shame in admitting it, your boy got shat on.
D-Rose owns that French Faggut

[Xiao Yao You]

You need to rewatch that game buddy. He scored most of his points in the paint lol, driving left right and center on Toody. No shame in admitting it, your boy got shat on.

after he beat Mitchell and Clarkson. Blame it on the help defender though :facepalm

[Xiao Yao You]

Kareem dropped a 50/13/11 triple double on Bill Walton in 74-75.

Cap dropped a 50-pointer on Wilt and three of them on Cowens in the early 70's.

Bill probably playing on broken feet and pain killers

[baudkarma]

March 28, 1995. Bulls @ Knicks. Knicks would finish the season with the #1 defensive rating in the league.

Michael Jordan has just returned to the Bulls after his vacation in minor league baseball. It's only his fifth game after returning to the NBA.

The Knicks do not like MJ! They want to send a message, and they have the defense to do so.

Jordan drops 55 on 21 of 37 shooting.

[ImKobe]

March 28, 1995. Bulls @ Knicks. Knicks would finish the season with the #1 defensive rating in the league.

Michael Jordan has just returned to the Bulls after his vacation in minor league baseball. It's only his fifth game after returning to the NBA.

The Knicks do not like MJ! They want to send a message, and they have the defense to do so.

Jordan drops 55 on 21 of 37 shooting.

MJ vs. Knicks is a good one. I'd go with the '93 ECF Game 4 where he had 54 on 30 shots (~75%TS) down 1 - 2 in the series.

[Lebron23]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJ5AFLXzBFs&t=152s LeBron 48 points vs. Tayshaun Prince who shutdowns Kobe in the 2004 nba finals

[RogueBorg]

I think Bosh with the Raptors dropped 40 on Dwight Howard at least once maybe twice.