Michael Jordan 2002: NBA Record 51 pts at age 38

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At age 38 and 315 days, MJ shattered the record for the oldest player to score 50+. The game prior had MJ scoring just 6 due to injury which stopped his NBA-record double-figures scoring streak at 866 games. MJ came out to make up for that here. It should be mentioned that MJ's injury limited him to just 2 full-game scrimmages the entire year in practice. One must wonder, without the injury, what might have been possible at ages 38-40? Zone was allowed starting that year with hand-checking tighter than today as one-legged, twilight MJ broke a few records that day.

Channel: Sports
Uploaded: July 21, 2006 at 12:40 am
Author: hoopsencyclopedia

Length: 00:04:32
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Video Comments:
rrTale (October 10, 2008 at 6:19 pm)
I meant no fracture - no foul
rollan03 (October 10, 2008 at 8:20 am)
Correct me if i wrong... Jordan played for charity? Sept. 11 attack?
Kyfishstix44 (October 10, 2008 at 10:22 pm)
your wrong....played because he had a stake in the team.....wanted to increase fan base and revenue
hoopsencyclopedia (October 12, 2008 at 1:52 am)
MJ played for the veteran's minimum of $1 million as a Wizard which he donated to the 9/11 charity.
MarcSuX31 (October 8, 2008 at 8:32 pm)
i know! the NBA today is so sensitive! dude! its ridiculous! i hate it! thats why Jordan will always be the best. PERIOD.
taejuiceman (October 8, 2008 at 9:51 am)
damn micheal jordan ol bald headed ass ballin aint he
excusesftw (October 7, 2008 at 8:29 am)
The nba today is a joke, get used to it. Calls were tighter and they played the game based on the game of basketball, calls are let slide to much now days. Its annoying, the NBA is on the level of the WWE now.
oredrocozne (October 8, 2008 at 9:20 am)
Are you kidding me? Watch footage of the Detroit Pistons in their "Bad Boy" era, and then talk to me about how the calls were "so much tighter". Seriously, if you, as much, touch a guy while he's moving with the ball, its a foul.
shinsa1b (October 7, 2008 at 7:34 am)
jordan couldve done a lot better during the 01-02 and 02-03 season if it wasnt for his knee injury.. doing what he did at an age like that... its amazing~
outspoken34 (October 6, 2008 at 10:58 pm)
Enough with the Kobe/MJ stuff. Hindsight is 20/20. Players are much stronger and faster these days. Can't really gauge the toughness of an NBA defense without playing against one for 82+ games out of the year. Jordan got just as many, if not more "no-calls" than Kobe did. There's really no calculations to be made, because it's tough enough to consistently score in double figures against NBA squads in any era, let alone a rare 69 or 81pts.