In the 60s, Russell played two rounds of the playoffs to win the championship, and after the merger of the ABA and the NBA in 76, the playoffs needed to play four series to win the trophy, and the gold content between the two is naturally not equal, and the highest score in a single game in the league in 96 was only Jordan 53 points, Kobe Bryant 55 points in 03, and Jennings 55 points in 10 years, and now the players can't even make headlines with 50 points in a single game, so let's take a look!
Top score in the fifties: George McCann 61 points, 2nd place: Petit 51 points!
It was not until 1954 that the NBA officially implemented the "24-second violation", and this was George McCann's penultimate season in the NBA, when a game was often only sixty or seventy points, such as 65 points for the Knicks in the 51 Finals, 68 points for the Lakers in the 52 Finals, 69 points for the Knicks in the 53 Finals, etc., and the lowest time was only 19 for the Pistons against the Lakers in 1950: 18 such a score, in this case, George McCann's 61 points in a single game can be imagined, of course, in 1952 the Lakers played a total of two overtime games, otherwise McCann would not have scored so many points.
George McCann's height is a direct cause of dominance
In 1954, after the "24-second violation" appeared, the NBA score began to swell rapidly, and in 1957, Pettit scored 51 points on 18-of-27 against the Nationals, but the score of the Hawks and Nationals in this game was 146:136, and 51 points were worthless at this time.
The highest score in the sixties: Chamberlain 100 points, second place: Chamberlain 78 points!
Chamberlain is also a product of the times, before 54 years the NBA averaged sixty or seventy points per game, and after 54 years, the NBA offensive and defensive rhythm accelerated rapidly, and by 1962 the NBA average of 125.4 points per game, that is, in this season Chamberlain averaged 39.5 shots per game and scored 50.4 points.
Throughout the sixties, Chamberlain scored 100, 78, 73, 73 and 72 points in a single game to dominate the top five scoring lists, and only Elgin Baylor finished sixth with 71 points in the top 10, leaving West with 63 points and Pettit with 57 points and failed to even enter the top 20.
Chamberlain scored 50 points in consecutive games
Highest score in the seventies: David Thompson 73 points, 2nd place: Maravich 68 points!
In 1978, before the last round of the regular season, David Thompson averaged 26.57 points per game and ranked second, and the iceman George Gervin ranked first with 26.74 points.
Maravich's 68 points came in the '76-77 season, a year when he beat Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Thompson to win the scoring title, but the only pity was that the team's 35-win league record was slightly worse.
This is Thompson Skywalker
Highest score in the eighties: Michael Jordan 63 points, second place: Jordan 61 points!
After the merger of ABA and NBA in 76, Dr. J Irving and Iceman Devine from ABA killed all sides, and NBA local stars Abdul-Jabbar and McAdoo were naturally not far behind, so the intensity of the game on the court suddenly increased to a level, plus the Detroit Pistons led the defensive atmosphere in the mid-to-late 80s, so it was even more difficult to score high scores in this era.
In the entire 80s, there were only four games where someone scored 60 points in a single game, which were Jordan 63 points, Jordan 61 points, Jordan 61 points and Larry Bird 60 points, and the rest Jordan 59 points, Jordan 58 points, Wilkins 57 points, and then Jordan 56 points and 55 points.
Jordan's 63 points came in the playoffs
Highest score in the nineties: David Robinson 71 points, second place: Jordan 69 points!
The 94-year scoring title competition is the same as the above 78 years, before the game, David Robinson 29.27 points behind O'Neal 29.31 points, David Robinson took the lead to score 71 points, and then O'Neal wanted to counterattack at least 68 points, in this case, O'Neal directly chose to give up, and in the last game, O'Neal scored 32 points in a decent manner and chose to go to rest.
In the '90s, Robinson scored 71 points, Jordan 69 points, Jordan 64 points, Karl Malone 61 points, Jordan 57 points, Reggie Miller 57 points, Barkley 56 points, Glen Les 56 points, and then Jordan a bunch of 56 points and 55 points.
After David Robinson scored 71 points, O'Neal directly chose to give up
The highest score in the 00s: Kobe Bryant 81 points, second place: Kobe Bryant 65 points!
In the entire 00s, there were a total of 8 games where someone scored 60+, namely Kobe Bryant 81 points, Kobe Bryant 65 points, Maddy 62 points, Kobe Bryant 62 points, Kobe Bryant 61 points, Arenas 60 points, Kobe Bryant 60 points and Iverson 60 points, in which Kobe occupies 5 positions, so it is understandable that the stars who entered the league at this stage include Irving, Paul George, DeRozan, LaVine, Embiid and others have a lot of respect for Kobe.
Highest score in the 10s: Devin Booker 70 points, 2nd place: Anthony 62 points!
At this stage, there are 12 games in the league that scored 60+, except for Devin Booker's 70 points and Anthony's 62 points, the remaining 10 games are 61 or 60 points, including Harden's famous 60 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists triple-double game, and Klay Thompson against the Pacers and Harden against the Hawks both scored 60 points in the third quarter, when Klay scored 20 points in the third quarter and Harden scored 29 points in the third quarter.
Harden alone contributed 4 games of 60+
Highest score in the 20s: Doncic 73 points, second place: Mitchell 71 points!
In January 24, Doncic scored 73 points in 25 of 33 against the Hawks, and in the 22-23 season, Doncic also scored 60+ triple-double performances such as 60 points, 21 rebounds and 10 assists, in addition to Mitchell's 71 points in a single game, Lillard's 71 points in a single game, and Embiid's 70 points in a single game, 50 points and 60 points in a single game in this era are no longer worth mentioning!