Career 30, 40, 50, 60 point games in NBA History

[La Frescobaldi]

Who was the best in '69 and '70 in your opinion?

To me Havlicek was robbed of MVP in 68 & 69, and if West had not gotten the FMVP in '69 it should have gone to Hondo. Willis Reed was incredible in '70... after that of course Kareem owned most of the '70s. After Chamberlain retired and Reed faded with injuries, the only guy that could contain Kareem was Thurmond until Moses showed up. Bill Walton of course is imponderable due to injuries

If you are thinking about West in through there.... dude was injured a lot as i recall

[TaLvsCuaL]

Looking at this thread numbers I realize that I was underestimating Jerry West all my life.

[D.J.]

Don't forget that Tony Delk has a 50 point game.

[LAZERUSS]

How about these games...

Career 30-30 games:

Aside from Chamberlain, there have been 36 30-30 games in NBA history, and Russell is the leader of that group, with 7 (Bellamy and Thurmond are next with 3 each.)

How about Wilt? 132.


40-30 (or 30-40) games: Other than Wilt, the NBA has had 9 40-30 games, with Baylor being the only player to have 2.

Chamberlain? 73


50-30 games: Pettit and Baylor each with 1

Wilt? 32


60-20 games: Aside from Wilt, there have been four (Baylor with 3 and Shaq with 1)

Chamberlain? 28


60-30 games: Baylor with 1

Wilt? 8


40-40 games: There have been 8 in the history of the NBA, and Chamberlain had all of them.


50-40 games: Obviously, Wilt would be the only player to have ever have accomplished that feat, which he did 5 times.


70-30 games: Chamberlain has the only 2, 78-43 and 73-36 (against Bellamy.)

[Marchesk]

How about these games...

Baylor, the greatest rebounding small forward of all time.

That 78-43 game Wilt had. That's like Love having a 54-26 game today, or whatever the pace adjustment equals. ISH would be going crazy.

[LAZERUSS]

Baylor, the greatest rebounding small forward of all time.

That 78-43 game Wilt had. That's like Love having a 54-26 game today, or whatever the pace adjustment equals. ISH would be going crazy.

The current NBA is averaging 99 ppg and 44 rpg. Wilt's 61-62 NBA averaged 118.8 ppg and about 63 rpg (and yes, you have to subtract team rebounds from year's prior to 68-69.)

So, using that math, and Wilt's 78-43 game translates into a 65-30 game today.

BTW, Chamberlain had a 73-36 game against the 6-11 HOFer Bellamy in that same season. Or the equivalent of about a 61-25 game today.

[branslowski]

The current NBA is averaging 99 ppg and 44 rpg. Wilt's 61-62 NBA averaged 118.8 ppg and about 63 rpg (and yes, you have to subtract team rebounds from year's prior to 68-69.)

So, using that math, and Wilt's 78-43 game translates into a 65-30 game today.

BTW, Chamberlain had a 73-36 game against the 6-11 HOFer Bellamy in that same season. Or the equivalent of about a 61-25 game today.

Still would be a dominant game, jesus christ.

Also, could you do this game stat translater for guys like West, Oscar, Wilt, Baylor exc...Basically any All Time great playing in higher poss era's into this era and today's pace?

[CavaliersFTW]

Jerry F*ckin West

[ArbitraryWater]

do they count 50 pt games as a 40pt game and a 30pt game as well as being a 50pt game?

Of course. It's basically 30 PLUS, 40 PLUS, etc. Jordan has 108 30+ Point Games, counting all 40, 50, etc. efforts.

Good chance to bump a thread with some nice info in it

[kshutts1]

something to consider is the amount of RS and P games each players has.

For instance, I thought Kobe would have less playoff games than Jordan, and thus the difference in 30p playoff games wouldn't be necessarily as large the raw data suggests. Yet upon looking into it, Jordan plays 179 playoff games to Kobe's 220. Making the difference even larger.

[Deuce Bigalow]

To me Havlicek was robbed of MVP in 68 & 69, and if West had not gotten the FMVP in '69 it should have gone to Hondo. Willis Reed was incredible in '70... after that of course Kareem owned most of the '70s. After Chamberlain retired and Reed faded with injuries, the only guy that could contain Kareem was Thurmond until Moses showed up. Bill Walton of course is imponderable due to injuries

If you are thinking about West in through there.... dude was injured a lot as i recall

68-69
Season
West- 26-4-7 47%fg
Hondo- 22-7-5 41%fg

Playoffs
West: 31-4-8 46%fg (#1 in scoring)
Hondo: 25-10-6 45%fg

Finals
West 38-5-7 49%fg (FMVP, #1 in scoring and apg)
Hondo: 28-11-4 46%fg

69-70
Season
West: 31-5-8 50%fg (#1 in scoring)
Hondo: 24-8-7 46%fg

Playoffs
West: 31-4-8 47%fg (#1 in apg)
Hondo: DNP

Finals
West: 31-3-8 45%fg (#1 in scoring)
Hondo: DNP

You don't want to admit West was the best in the league because Wilt failed to win with him both times.

[Deuce Bigalow]

Updated

[La Frescobaldi]

68-69
Season
West- 26-4-7 47%fg
Hondo- 22-7-5 41%fg

Playoffs
West: 31-4-8 46%fg (#1 in scoring)
Hondo: 25-10-6 45%fg

Finals
West 38-5-7 49%fg (FMVP, #1 in scoring and apg)
Hondo: 28-11-4 46%fg

69-70
Season
West: 31-5-8 50%fg (#1 in scoring)
Hondo: 24-8-7 46%fg

Playoffs
West: 31-4-8 47%fg (#1 in apg)
Hondo: DNP

Finals
West: 31-3-8 45%fg (#1 in scoring)
Hondo: DNP

You don't want to admit West was the best in the league because Wilt failed to win with him both times.

lol all this time I never saw that til the bump.

No man, I was a Knicks fan in those days to this day Walt Frazier is my favorite player ever but also just the enormousness of those teams was great days
smooth ice cool #10

[Done_And_Done]

That's the top ten playoff scoring averages en route to a ring, through 4 rounds of playoffs and Finals. Most amount of games played, possible. Greatest level of context. And Michael Jordan absolutely dominates that list. Utterly absurd.

No wonder he's clearly the GOAT. Not only did he do his thing in the regular season, but he obviously held back in the regular season. When the playoffs and Finals came around he took his game to even higher levels, to match the intensity, hype, and pressure surrounding the playoffs and it's advancing rounds.

By far the greatest player, post season player, pressure player, and big game player I've ever seen. Ridiculous. Everyone should take a bow. Those numbers are bonkers.

Worthy

[f0und]

very nice informative thread. a nice break from all the trolling that floods the board.

best thread ive seen in a while.

good job OP