Which are the best statistical games of all time (since 1984 actually, basketballreference.com only goes back to 1984)?
Tell me your top 3 out of these games. Feel free to add in your own games if you know of any that are better.
I'll break em down into loose categories too to help organize things.
Best 50 point triple doubles: :
Lebron James: 52 points, 9 reb, 11 ast on .629 TS% (17/33 FG, 16/19 FT)
Larry Bird: 49 points, 14 reb, 12 ast on .622TS% (19/35 FG, 9/10 FT)
...there were no true 50/10/10 games. These two were the best ones out of the handful that came close.
Best 40pt/10reb/10ast games
Barkley: 43 points, 15 reb, 10 ast on .801 TS% (16/22 FG, 11/11 FT)
T-mac: 46 pts, 10 reb, 13 ast on .703 TS%(16/27 FG, 11/13 FT)
Highest scoring games ever
Kobe Bryant: 81 points, 6 reb, 2 ast on .739 TS% (28/46 FG, 18/20 FT)
MJ: 69 points, 18 reb, 6 ast on .732 TS% (23/37 FG, 21/23 FT) * in OT
Best 60 point game
Karl Malone: 61 points, 18 reb, 2 ast on .844 TS% (21/26 FG, 19/23 FT)
Most Efficient 50 point plus game ever
MJ: 52 points, 9 reb, 1 ast on .845 TS% (24/29 FG, 4/4 FT)
(FYI, Karl Malone's 61 point game above this was the second most efficient 50 plus point game ever)
Most Efficient 40 point plus game ever
Cedric Ceballos: 40 points, 12 reb, 2 assists
on .986 TS% (14/15 FG, 12/12 FT)...wow
Best 60 point and 20 rebound game
Shaq: 61 points, 23 reb, 3 ast on .683 TS% (24/35 FG, 13/22 FT)
...this is the
only 60 pt/20 reb game ever actually. And the efficiency is pretty good too.
40 points and 20 assists
Magic: 39 points, 17 ast, 5 reb on .750 TS% (15/20 FG, 9/10 FT) (and 5 turnovers)
...there were no true 40 pt/20 ast games. So I chose out of the games that were very close to it, and Magic's one here had the best overall numbers.
Best 30 pt, 20 ast, and 10 reb game
Majic: 29 points, 21 ast, 9 reb on .807 TS%(8/14, 9/9) (and 2 turnovers)
...there were only about 8 games (7 by Magic, 1 by CP3) to really come close to being a 30, 20, and 10 game. And the above was the most efficient one. There was one true 30/20/10 game, by Magic, but the shooting efficiency wasn't close to as great as the one above, and he had 7 turnovers in it as opposed to 2 in the game above .
20 points and 30 assists
Scott Skiles: 22 points, 30 assists, 6 reb on .684TS% (and 4 turnovers)
...this is the
only game of its kind. Nice TS% too, and only 4 turnovers on 30 assists is very impressive.
40 pts, 10 reb, 10 blocks
D. Robinson: 43 points, 12 reb, 10 blocks on .754 TS% (14/21, 15/15)
...there have only been two 40/10/10 games like this. Both were by D. Robinson. The above one is the better one (better shooting efficiency).
20 pts, 20 reb, 10 blocks
Dream: 32 pts, 25 reb, 10 blocks on .597 TS%(10/18 FG, 12/20 FT)
O'neal: 24 points, 28 reb, 15 blocks on .617 TS%(12/19 FG, O/1 FT)
30/10/10/10 (wow)
D Rob: 34 points, 10 reb, 10 ast, 10 blocks on .619 TS%(12/20, 10/17)
...this is the ONLY 30/10/10/10 game. The shooting efficiency isn't bad either.
I hope you enjoyed seeing the best of all the different types of great stat lines. This was the most work I've ever done for a thread.
The best single game stat lines ever (of various types)
whatever the case, leave the boxscore as it was called ffs, its just one god damn rebound, are they seriously sitting there 24-7 and thoroughly watching if everybody accurately got their assists, steals, rebounds, blocks and so on.... i dont think so.... but they did it this time.... while at it why not also give back 2 points to him for dunking the ball of a guys head for example? I just think its lame... 
