Luka Doncic!!! He really wanted to break the post Kobe scoring record held by Devon Booker and he pulled it off tonight. WOW. 73 points and a victory. Between Joel Embiid’s performance earlier in the week and now this you have to wonder if this signals a bit of a change in how defenses are defending stars. Will anyone ever break Wilt’s mark?
I didn't watch the game, and I thought that it happened on the home court of the Mavericks, but when I saw a video on Facebook, and in that video, I saw that it happened on the Hawks' home court, I wonder what the GM of the Hawks is thinking now that they traded Luka for Trae Young.
Anyway,
the father-and-son duo of Luka, and Booker made history as they're the 5th players to score more than 60+ points in a single game. Just a few weeks ago, we saw KAT and Embiid doing it. Luka's 73 point is tied on the 4th spot (3 scored 73 points, 2 is from Wilt, and the other is a player named David Thompson). Well, it seems like the league really is changing, and focusing more on offense more than defense.
Now the big question is, will there be a time where the scoring record of 100 points of Wilt Chamberlain be broken? TBH, it's hard to answer knowing that the players right now are just a few points away from beating the late Kobe's scoring record of 81, but IMO, they can't do it. Too high, and too far though there is a factor that can help a player reaching 100 points and that is if the game go to overtime. Kobe's record of 81 is reachable, and I will not be surprised if it will get surpassed this season just by looking on how high the points of teams are right now.