7. Kobe only player with three consecutive playoffs with 600 points
6. Kobe’s 5 60-point games > MJ’s 4 60-point games
5. Kobe’s four straight 50-point games > MJ’s three straight 50-points games
In his prime, no one in history could hang with the volume Bryant scored at. In a stretch during the 2006-07 season, Bryant had an insane streak of games where he scored FIFTY points for four consecutive games. Think about that. In today’s league, one 50-point game is rare, but Bryant did it FOUR. STRAIGHT. GAMES.
During that streak, Bryant reached the 60-point mark twice as part of the five 60-point games he’s scored in his career. That includes scoring 62 points in 3 quarters against the Mavericks and 81 points against the Raptors.
And it was after all these scoring streaks that Bryant would manage scoring 600 points in three straight playoffs, starting in 2008 and finishing in 2010, which not-so-coincidentally coincides with the Lakers three straight Finals runs. Jordan could only manage back-to-back playoffs.
But we aren’t done talking about scoring just yet.
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