On this day 11 years ago, Kobe Bryant came as close to Wilt Chamberlain's all-time single game record of 100 points as any other player in history, scoring an unfathomable 81 points against the Raptors on January 22nd, 2006.
Here are a few of the amazing facts and stats from the game:
- The other four Lakers starters: Lamar Odom, Smush Parker, Kwame Brown and Chris Mihm
- Kobe scored 55 of his 81 points in the second half
- Bryant went 18 for 20 from the free-throw line (90%), well above his career average of 83 percent.
- Bryant took 46 shots from the field, or 52 percent of the Lakers' total field goal attempts as a team. During that season, he averaged a career high 27.2 attempts per game, and won the NBA scoring title with 35.4 points per game.
- Despite Kobe's insane usage rate of 56.8 in the game, he committed just three turnovers.
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