Michael Jordan 2002: NBA Record 51 pts at age 38

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At age 38 and 315 days, MJ shattered the record for the oldest player to score 50+. The game prior had MJ scoring just 6 due to injury which stopped his NBA-record double-figures scoring streak at 866 games. MJ came out to make up for that here. It should be mentioned that MJ's injury limited him to just 2 full-game scrimmages the entire year in practice. One must wonder, without the injury, what might have been possible at ages 38-40? Zone was allowed starting that year with hand-checking tighter than today as one-legged, twilight MJ broke a few records that day.

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Uploaded: July 20, 2006 at 4:40 pm
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mickee06 (January 9, 2009 at 10:58 am)
theres like 4 min left in the game when jordan ended with 51 crazy
justinian51 (January 8, 2009 at 11:41 pm)
indeed. the only reason kobe bryant breaks michael's career points (which he likely will) is because he'll have played more seasons than michael and because his game was much easier.
roybains (January 8, 2009 at 2:20 pm)
whyn did they take him out?
tugmol (January 8, 2009 at 1:37 pm)
he is the best of all!!
mJ25Thriller (January 8, 2009 at 3:01 am)
when mj plays even its not his home court.. every time he shoots the ball..fans still stand up and cheer for him.. now thats respect..mj forever
Thill029 (January 8, 2009 at 1:59 am)
True. In Jordan's era hand-checking was allowed (nowadays it's disallowed). Defense in the NBA was a lot more physical than it is today. Jordan had to put up with a lot more physical defense than today's stars.
ColoriaCleo (January 7, 2009 at 11:18 am)
Check out Obama "Today is my day" feat.Coloria
TheOldNihilist (January 7, 2009 at 9:18 am)
Michael Jordan is the greatest there will ever be.
No other Basketball player will attain his status.


Ever!
jester0773 (January 7, 2009 at 12:01 am)
just add it to all of his other records...
ahyuandy (January 6, 2009 at 6:05 am)
G.O.A.T