On this day in NBA history: George Mikan scored a record 83.3% of his team's points

[Deuce Bigalow]

There are a number of NBA records that seem to be untouchable. Among them,

1. Wilt Chamberlain's 27.2 rebounds per game for the 1960-61 season (27.0 as a
rookie).
2. Don Otten's 8 fouls in a November 24, 1949 game. :)
3. Wilt Chamberlain's 48.5 minutes per game average in the 1961-62 season
(45.8 for his career).
4. Bill Russell's 11 NBA titles in 13 years.
5. Wilt Chamberlain's 118 50+ point regular season games in his career
(Michael Jordan's in second place with "only" 30).

But the late George Mikan still owns one record that might be as tough to
break as some of the ones listed above. When Mikan scored 61 points in a
1952 game against Rochester, he scored a little better than 67 percent of
his team's 91 points in that game. That's a truly game-dominating
performance. And it exceeds Wilt Chamberlain's percentage performance in
his famous 100 point game: Wilt's 100 points were less than 60 percent of
his team's 169 point total.

But Mikan had an even better "percentage" outing back in 1950. In the
NBA's lowest scoring game, Mikan scored 15 of his team's 18 points.
That's an incredible 83.3 percent of his team's game total. And that is
definitely one NBA record that might never be broken.

George Mikan in 1950: 15 points; team 18; percentage: 83.3
George Mikan in 1952: 61 points; team 91; percentage: 67.0
Kobe Bryant in 2006: 81 points; team 122; percentage: 66.4
George Mikan in 1950: 51 points; team 77; percentage: 66.2
David Robinson in 1994: 71 points; team 112; percentage: 63.4

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November 22, 1950



http://www.basketball-reference.com/...011220MNL.html

[ArbitraryWater]

On this day in NBA history, Miken SINGLEHANDEDLY, DESTROYED his opponent as he was in a ZONE like never before and POURED in 15, FIFTEEN big ones...

Do I need to say more?

[Quickening]

18 points... fcking scrubs

[Akrazotile]

So THATS the record kobe has always been gunning for every game. I always assumed it was Wilts total points, but it was probabky Mikan's point share record.


Interesting.

[dontgetchoked]

the ****? i guess there was no shot clock and they were holding the ball? i would hate to have tickets to that game

[Deuce Bigalow]

Mikan owns 6 of the top 10

[Asiantastic]

Bruh... How do you score 18 total points in a game

Kirby tho.

[Deuce Bigalow]

the ****? i guess there was no shot clock and they were holding the ball? i would hate to have tickets to that game

**** you to have went to that game would have been the greatest day of anyone's life

[LEFT4DEAD]

Should we all be laughing at this or what? Wtf man.... 15 out of 18 points???

[Theoo]

no shoting clock , the just pass the ball whole game so laker cant shot

[LAZERUSS]

no shoting clock , the just pass the ball whole game so laker cant shot

No, both teams were firing away at their normal pace. Just bad shooting nights I guess.

[yobore]

No, both teams were firing away at their normal pace. Just bad shooting nights I guess.

? Look at OP they shot 17 shots all game

[LAZERUSS]

? Look at OP they shot 17 shots all game

Those were FTAs.

Thy both took well over 100+ shots...

[Da Hammer]

Mikan owns 6 of the top 10

They only scored 18 points and only lost by 1 point

[BasedTom]

They only scored 18 points and only lost by 1 point

George "Empty Stats" Mikan