Incredible performance. Mitchell scored 71 points in the NBA

Former Los Angeles Lakers star Bryant outclassed Toronto by 81 points in late January 2006. 14 years later, he died in a helicopter crash in California along with his daughter and seven other people on board. Since then, the closest to his shooting performance has been Devin Booker’s 70 points in March 2017. The all-time high is 100 points by legend Wilt Chamberlain (1962).

“Being in the record books next to greats like Wilt is an incredible honor and blessing for me. I’ve always believed I could be one of the best players in the league. I’m blown away,” Mitchell said. He played nearly 50 minutes against the Bulls, hitting 22 of 34 shots including seven from threes, 20 of 25 from sixes and adding 11 assists and eight rebounds. In overtime, he scored 13 of the team’s 15 points.

Chamberlain managed to score 70 points six times before him, and after a historic performance, in addition to Bryant and Booker, Elgin Baylor, David Robinson and David Thompson also scored. “Today we saw one of the best games in basketball history,” said coach JB Bickerstaff in tribute to Mitchell.

In addition to points, Mitchell also improved on his all-time highs in assists, shots and six converts. He scored just five points in the first quarter, 11 in the second, 24 in the third and 18 in the final quarter, even setting up in overtime against the Bulls when he hit a hard shot after a rebound of his six with three seconds in it. left.

The Bulls also didn’t have 44 points from DeMar DeRozan, 26 from Zach LaVine, or 20 points and 12 rebounds from Nikola Vučevič. Cleveland pulled it off, though lost the game by an abysmal 21 points.

Klay Thompson also flashed his shot on Monday, helping Golden State score 54 points, including 10 three-pointers on 21 attempts, in a 143-141 win over Atlanta after the second overtime. The feared goalscorer took advantage of the continued absence of Stephen Curry, who needed 46 minutes for one of the best performances of his career. In total, he’s hit 21 of 39 attempts.

The Warriors beat the Hawks on Kevon Looney’s shot with a tenth of a second left on an offensive rebound. Looney had 14 points and 21 rebounds. Trae Young’s 30 points and 14 assists weren’t enough in Atlanta. Czech representative Vít Krejčí did not intervene in the duel.

LeBron James scored 43 points in the Lakers’ 121:115 win over Charlotte, and is 484 points off Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s all-time record. So far, James has collected 37,903 in his career. However, the Lakers are still out of the playoffs.