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Tim Reynolds: Scottie Barnes is the 9th player in NBA history (including playoffs) with a 23-point, 25-rebound, 10-assist game. Wilt did it 18 times. Elgin Baylor twice. Maurice Stokes, Bob Pettit, Bill Russell, Billy Cunningham, Maurice Lucas and Nikola Jokic did it once. And now, Scottie.
Law Murray: Double-digit field goals made and double-digit free throws made in a triple-double by a rookie, NBA history Elgin Baylor Oscar Robertson (10x lol) Michael Jordan (2x) AND DERIK QUEEN 33 points (11/15 FGs, 11/13 FTs), 10 rebounds, 10 assists (4 blocks too)
NBA History: With his 25th career 50-point game today, James Harden has tied Kobe Bryant for the third-most 50-point games in NBA history: Wilt Chamberlain: 118; Michael Jordan: 31; Kobe Bryant: 25; James Harden: 25; Elgin Baylor: 17
Tomer Azarly: James Harden has surpassed Larry Bird as the oldest player in NBA history to record a 40-point triple-double. James Harden — 36 years, 81 days Larry Bird — 35 years, 99 days Elgin Baylor — 34 years, 48 days LeBron James — 33 years, 97 days LeBron James — 33 years, 79 days
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Real Sports: Most points in the first 5 games of a season in Lakers history: 175 — Jerry West (1969) 174 — Kobe Bryant (2005) 172 — Elgin Baylor (1966) 171 — Austin Reaves (2025)
Jorge Sierra: Lakers with 90-plus points scored in back-to-backs: Elgin Baylor: Nine times Kobe Bryant: Four times AUSTIN REAVES: Once
NBA Stat: Last night, Steph Curry tied Kevin Durant for most career 40-point games: 1. Wilt Chamberlain 271 2. Michael Jordan 173 3. Kobe Bryant 122 4. James Harden 105 5. Elgin Baylor 88 6. LeBron James 79 7. Allen Iverson 79 8. Oscar Robertson 77 9. Stephen Curry 72 9. Kevin Durant 72 #NBA
Q. I want you to tell us your top five all-time Lakers. Lakers, not players, but Lakers. Magic Johnson: You got to start with Cap [Kareem Abdul-Jabbar]. You got to Kobe Bryant. That's easy. Them two are easy. Byron Scott: I think the first three are easy. Them two and you. You got to put yourself on. Magic Johnson: I don't really talk about myself… Byron Scott: That three is pretty damn easy, you got two more Buck. Magic Johnson: And it's now because he's here. He'll probably fit in there with, LeBron James, and then probably Shaquille O’Neal, but you got so many: Jerry West, you got Wilt Chamberlain, Elgin Baylor, I mean you got so many dudes that it's hard to say these five. You almost had to say 15 or 20. No other franchise… Boston probably be right there with us, but not too many franchises can say they got like this many dudes who were All-Time greats. Jamaal Wilkes! The man was just… So many be it's so many guys that's what make us special. But I would say this: Kobe, one of my favorites. Cap, one of my favorites because nobody in this league ever has dominated like Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. And nobody's dominated this city. Remember this. No, this dude got more championships…. Nobody is in college did what Kareem did. Three in a row. Greatest college player in history by far. It's no second. Three straight national championship and three straight MVPs of the of the of the finals as well. The greatest to ever change basketball forever. Nobody's done what Kareem was able to do for the game, college, and the NBA. What that what he's been able to do, it's been amazing.
Marc J. Spears: The Lakers always have a star. I've never seen any team sports do this other than Real Madrid. Like you got Jerry West and Elgin Baylor, Magic and Kareem’s Showtime Lakers and Shaq and Kobe and then LeBron comes and then you got the guy after LeBron? I mean that's incredible. Iman Shumpert: I mean it's nice city to sell at the same time. Malika Andrews: What do all of those players have in common? All of them brought championships to Los Angeles.
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Elgin Baylor enrolled at The College of Idaho in 1954 and joined the school basketball team alongside five other Black students at a time of racial segregation in the United States. His presence on the College of Idaho basketball team marked a major step toward integration in college athletics and set the stage for the societal changes that would follow.
Reaves scored a career-high 45 points, dancing past the defense on the perimeter, hitting from deep, getting to the free-throw line and even slamming home a two-handed dunk. Playing with a sore left elbow along with hip and back pain from a fall against Golden State, Reaves took on the high-volume role that likely won’t be there for him come Monday when Doncic is expected to debut and James should be back after being ruled out early Saturday because of ankle soreness. He joins Elgin Baylor, Jerry West, Magic Johnson, Kobe Bryant and James as the only Lakers players to have at least 45 points, seven rebounds and seven assists in a game.
“It’s surreal because … I grew up a Kobe fan, huge Kobe fan, so I was automatically a Laker fan,” Reaves said. “So just to be able to, put the uniform on and go out there and compete and then, like you said, to have a couple of those games to where my name’s in with those guys is special. “It’s something that I won’t take for granted, but, yeah, I know it really looks weird when you see my name up there.”