Karl Malone is the second highest scorer in NBA history for two reasons, longevity and being nearly unstoppable. Karl was probably the greatest big man in transition, running like a deer while being the size of small bus had something to do with it. On this play the Jazz come up with a steal and Malone's running mate John Stockton finds him in transition where he proceeds to dunk over Michael Jordan.
Its baller time for Bernard. Merry Christmas and Happy holidays.
This weeks nbatbt comes courtesy of the Admiral, David Robinson. A quadruple double was not possible in the NBA until the 1973-1974 season since before then they didn't record blocks and steals. Since then only 4 instances of a quadruple double has occurred. Robinson had the most recent quadruple double and did so on Feb 17, 1994. The other 3 guys were Hakeem Olajuwon, Alvin Robertson and Nate Thurmond. Robinson finished the game with 34pts 10rebs 10ast and 10blks in the 115-96 win over the Detroit Pistons. The Admiral spent his entire 14 year career playing for the San Antonio Spurs and won two championships (1999, 2003). Robinson was apart of the 1992 dream team and was inducted into the Naismith memorial basketball hall of fame in 2009 along with Michael Jordan and John Stockton. Over 20 years is a very long time to go without seeing a quadruple double but I have a feeling that if anybody in the league today were to accomplish this feat it would be The Brow, Anthony Davis. Davis didn't get his growth spurt until late in his high-school career so he spent most of his time playing as a point guard. This in combination with his fantastic scoring, rebounding and blocking skills gives me enough reason to believe AD will have the next quadruple double although it probably won't happen for another few years when he is in his prime.
If you're interested in watching the almost full (part of the 1st q is missing) quadruple double game here it is below.
Between the regular season and playoffs Michael Jordan scored 50+ 39 times. While there are a lot of exciting 50+ point games for me to choose from for nbatbt this one stood out to me because Jordan gets to battle with the only shooting guard who could challenge him at the time, Clyde Drexler. Michael got to go back and forth scoring with a lot of players, Bird, Magic, Malone, but he wasn't defending them and they weren't defending him most of the time. In this game two of the best shooting guards in history go head-to-head as they steal, block, and score on one another in a classic game from 1988 you won't want to miss. Oh and it gives me a reason to mention Kevin Duckworth who was the third highest scorer in the game with 27 for Portland.
