The History Warp Of The NBA's Scoring Explosion (johnwilmeswords on how scoring inflation will make us remember the previous generations in ways that transcend statistics)
Over the course of NBA history, 160 players have scored 50 or more points in a game. All the guys who have done it twice or more are the usual suspects: Hall of Famers too obvious to even mention, except for the occasional curiosity—if you are my age, you are probably proudly saying “Michael Redd” out loud as you read this, or maybe “Jamal Mashburn.” I doubt you are mentioning Purvis Short, but if so, then a sincere congratulations on loving basketball for long enough to remember that guy.
Donovan Mitchell’s 71-point performance has been the loudest document of this wave, but even that outrageous number didn’t last long in the newscycle; that very same night, Klay Thompson had 54, and the next one, Giannis Antetokounmpo dropped 55. The 50-barrier has been broken 16 times this season, in total. Depending on when you read this, that number could actually be higher.
What exactly do they fear? What do they feel is lost? A sense of context, for starters. People old enough to get excited for every Larry Bird versus Magic Johnson showdown in the eighties don’t want to be told that Damian Lillard is, in fact, better than both of them. Perhaps it shouldn’t be, but such a statement is taken as a personal insult to anyone who was around to behold that epic basketball decade, or any before it. We all hold the legends of our biological primes close to our hearts.
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