Rashad McCants Drops Game-Changing Truths About Kobe & LeBron's Return!
Former NBA player Rashad McCants said the late great Kobe Bryant could've had much more than the 83 points Bam Adebayo scored on Tuesday.
Miami Heat star Bam Adebayo's 83-point outburst on Tuesday has reminded people of the late great Kobe Bryant's 81-point performance back in January 2006. In that game, the Los Angeles Lakers trailed the Toronto Raptors 63-49 at halftime, and Bryant, who scored 26 points in the first half, got extremely hot and allowed them to pull away in the end for a 122-104 win. Plenty of people, especially Lakers fans, have been defending Bryant and his 81-point game ever since Adebayo scored 83 points.
In fact, some have claimed that Adebayo disrespected the Black Mamba by going past 81 points in a single game. Rashad McCants, who played in the NBA in the mid-to-late 2000s, told The Sports Rush that Bryant could've scored 120 or 130 points in a single game "if he wanted to. " “There is a formula,” McCants declared.
“Especially, when it comes to points per quarter, stopping the clock, shooting threes. Kobe Bryant knew this formula. He could have gotten at least 120, 130 points in a game if he wanted to.
” In Tuesday's game, Adebayo went 20-of-43 from the field, 7-of-22 from 3-point range and 36-of-43 from the free throw line. After going 10-of-16 from the field in the first quarter, he shot under 40% from the field in each subsequent period. By contrast, Bryant was 28-of-46 overall, 7-of-13 from downtown and 18-of-20 from the free throw line when he scored 81 points.