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Malone's 61 points

Posted: Wed Aug 4, 2010 3:44 am
by Hikari
Ok so it summer and I'm board but I needed to post this.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_yozMkcXFs&feature=related[/youtube]

Re: Malone's 61 points

Posted: Wed Aug 4, 2010 6:45 am
by HammerDunk
Incredible game by the Mailman. I am amazed at how well he ran the open floor. He was incredible and had very good speed for a man of his size. If he had good handles and an outside shot, he would have been the best ever.

Re: Malone's 61 points

Posted: Wed Aug 4, 2010 6:56 am
by Luigi
Isn't it incredible how many of his points come from point blank shots at the rim? You'd think a defense could adjust to stop a player that can't score outside of 10 feet (yet). But he gets in there time and time again.

I haven't seen a player that big and that strong move with that much energy and quip since Malone.

Re: Malone's 61 points

Posted: Wed Aug 4, 2010 1:53 pm
by Ziploc
the steal + and1 is sick.

Re: Malone's 61 points

Posted: Wed Aug 4, 2010 1:57 pm
by BarneyGumble
Luigi wrote:Isn't it incredible how many of his points come from point blank shots at the rim? You'd think a defense could adjust to stop a player that can't score outside of 10 feet (yet). But he gets in there time and time again.

I haven't seen a player that big and that strong move with that much energy and quip since Malone.


I dont think you'll ever see one again. Especially since the league has moved into the "puss player" direction.

Malone was and will remain the best running PF of all-time. He could get a defensive rebound, outlet to the Stock, and beat everyone else down the floor for a layup. Its how he made his living.

Re: Malone's 61 points

Posted: Wed Aug 4, 2010 2:39 pm
by Hikari
I likes the box score from that game.

http://www.basketball-reference.com/box ... 70UTA.html

Re: Malone's 61 points

Posted: Wed Aug 4, 2010 3:59 pm
by DelaneyRudd
I was at that game. 8-) This might have been my first game ever. I don't really remember it since I was pretty young. I do remember wishing he had broken Maravich's record.

Re: Malone's 61 points

Posted: Wed Aug 4, 2010 4:58 pm
by dalekjazz
Jose Ortiz had a nice game. They shouldn't have given up on him so fast. He could have given the Jazz another low post threat which they lacked.

Re: Malone's 61 points

Posted: Wed Aug 4, 2010 5:14 pm
by DelaneyRudd
6 pts, 4 ast, 2 reb in 3 min. Not bad!

Re: Malone's 61 points

Posted: Wed Aug 4, 2010 5:22 pm
by HammerDunk
I wonder how that game ranks all time, considering he also racked up 18 rebounds, shot 81%, had 2 dimes, 3 steals, and only 2 TOs. That's an incredible stat line.

Re: Malone's 61 points

Posted: Wed Aug 4, 2010 5:27 pm
by The59Sound
Hikari wrote:I likes the box score from that game.

http://www.basketball-reference.com/box ... 70UTA.html


Man -- he did it in thirty-six minutes. And John dished out sixteen assists in only twenty-six minutes.

Sometimes it strikes me as if for the first time how **** good those guys were. Malone is one of the best power players of all time, and John Stockton was a **** artist. Honestly, John Stockton is to his craft what Guthrie and Dylan and Frank and Springsteen are to music. I miss him an awful lot.

Re: Malone's 61 points

Posted: Fri Aug 6, 2010 1:15 am
by Ming Kong!
Outside of Shaq I've never seen such a post dominant player in my life. Oh, it goes without saying that I never saw Wilt lol.