Historic games are seemingly becoming a nightly thing in the NBA. In the past week alone we have seen record the first 60-point, 20-rebound triple-double in NBA history, become the first player since Wilt Chamberlain to put up consecutive 40-20 games, and now, on Monday night, Cleveland's pour in 71 points in an overtime victory against Chicago.Here's a look at Mitchell's night by the numbers.The number of times two players have scored at least 70 and 50 points on the same night, . Wilt Chamberlain (78) and Elgin Baylor Khris Middleton Jersey (63) did it in the same game in 1961, David Thompson (73) and George Gervin (63) did it in 1978, and now we have Mitchell and , who scored 54 points in Golden State's overtime victory over Atlanta on Monday.The number of players who have scored at least 70 Jabari Parker Jersey points in an NBA game: Wilt Chamberlain (100, 78, 73, 73, 72, 70), Kobe Bryant (81), David Thompson (73), Donovan Mitchell (71), Elgin Baylor (71), David Robinson (71), (70).Mitchell's night tied Baylor and Robinson for the eighth-highest scoring night in NBA history, trailing Wilt's top five games listed above, Kobe's 81 and Thomson's 73. Tack on the number of a sists Mitchell tallied Monday night, and that puts him in a category of one. The most a sists any of the other 70-point scorers racked up in their historic scoring game was Booker's six.The number of points Mitchell scored in overtime, which obviously allowed him extra minutes to cro s the 70-point barrier. Mitchell's 50 minutes are the second OJ Mayo Jersey -most recorded by any of the 70-point scorers, trailing only the 63 minutes that Chamberlain logged when he scored 78 in a triple-overtime lo s to the in 1961.The total number of shots Mitchell required to get his 71, which goes down as the fewest field-goal attempts not only for any of the 70-point scorers, but for anyone who has ever scored 63 or more. Of the 70-point scorers, the fewest shots required prior to Mitchell was 38 by Chamberlain in 1963 and Thompson in 1978. The previous record for most points scored by a player. had 57 in 2015 against the , and had 57 against the in 2017. Giannis Antetokounmpo Jersey As it happens, 57 was also Mitchell's career high prior to Monday.This was Mitchell's "Game Score" on Monday, per Basketball Reference. A player's Game Score, which is generated through a formula developed by the great John Hollinger, takes into account the full box score, and the number that spits out is the rough measure of single-game productivity. Mitchell's 71-point night registers as the third-best Game Score since 1983-84, trailing only Kobe's 81-point Rashad Vaughn Jersey game in 2006 (63.50) and Michael Jordan's 69-point game in 1990 (64.60).The total number of points created by Mitchell on Monday, including a sists. , that's the second-most points created by any player in history, trailing only Wilt Chamberlain, who, with two a sists, generated 104 total points in his 100-point game back in 1962.
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