Records Are Made To Be Broken - What About This One?

[garnett_21]

Ok, so here's how it's going to work - I'm going to post up a thread with a poll every day or 2 with a different NBA record, and your task is to vote on the poll and give your reason why you think it will or won't be broken!

First record: Most Points Scored In One Game - Wilt Chamberlain, 100 points

Will it ever be broken? Vote, and explain your reasoning!

EDIT: Vote on this for if it'll be broken in our lifetimes - noone knows what'll happen in 500 years!

[Italy61587]

voted no

explanation - because pigs don't fly

[selby56]

It could happen, but realistically, it won't. It is hard enough for some teams to get 100 points in a game, let alone a player.

[kardlad28]

voted no because not even kobe can get 82 points lol not that its bad but hes the best player in the nba and highest scoring i think

[JesRey]

Yes this record will be broken one day, i mean kobe got 81 and he didnt play the entire game.

Just wait til there is a game that gets to 10 Overtime and there are two guys who score close to it. It's no impossible to break.

Dejuan Wagner scored over 100 points in a high school game

[nbacard]

Dejuan Wagner scored over 100 points in a high school game

then Wagner disappeared. lol



voted no. It might be impossible to score over 100, now.

[gatorboymike]

No. For several reasons:

First, in order for that to happen, the coach must order every other player to give the ball to the star on every play, and either he or the star must have enough authority over them that they'll all do it. That's obviously what happened on Kobe's 81-point night.

Second, it's an awful game plan. That kind of accomplishment can only ever be done by less than 1% of all players; arguably the only active players who could do it are Kobe and LeBron. Those players will automatically draw heavier defense at all times, from every team they play. Furthermore, it will become obvious very quickly what the team is trying to do (as to point #1), which will draw even stronger defense against the star on every play. If he's double-teamed all the time, he'll be triple-teamed. The coverage of his teammates will be substantially reduced, resulting in great opportunities to score for them, but they won't get those opportunities because the star will be taking 90% of his team's shots. With heavy defense in his face.

Third, pursuant to point #2, there was a greater chasm between the NBA's best and worst teams in Wilt's day than there is today. The NBA was closer to the NCAA in that respect during the 1960s, with many more totally one-sided matchups. That means no matter how good your offense is, it can only outstrip your opponent's defense by so much. Wilt was unquestionably the most dominant offensive player in NBA history, but he was also dealing with defenders way out of his league more often than today's players do.

Fourth, I'm not convinced that, absent all other concerns, any present or future players will be good enough to break the record. That's only my opinion of course, but you did ask.

[montej1695]

will never happen again... no guard/forward will be able to do it... and there arent any SUPER dominant low post players right who can get position and when they do have the ball actually make it to them in the post to score that easily....

[The_man]

I think in some wacky 6 overtime game someone will break it. In 70 years (if I live to be 97) I think it will happen at some point

[NyFanCam01]

NO..

and simply because IT WONT.

maybe if some team gets a kid who wants to ALWAYS Shoot the entire game............

but no, i do not think it will be broke.