The Big Five-0

Already this season there have been more individual 50-point
games (seven) than there were in 1997-98, 1998-99 and 1999-2000
combined (six). This is the first time since 1989-90 that
multiple players--Antawn Jamison (left) and Allen Iverson--have had
multiple 50-point outbursts. In fact, through Sunday the
frequency of 50-point games this season was the third highest
since the NBA-ABA merger in 1976.

--D.S.

Games Per
50-Point 50-Point
Performances Games Performance 50-Point Scorers

1986-87 12 943 78.6 Michael Jordan (8),
Dominique Wilkins (3),
Moses Malone

1989-90 12 1,107 92.3 Michael Jordan (3),
Tom Chambers (2),
Karl Malone (2),
Larry Bird Terry
Cummings,
Dale Ellis,
Patrick Ewing,
Hakeem Olajuwon

2000-01 7 683 97.6 Allen Iverson (2),
Antawn Jamison (2),
Kobe Bryant,
Tony Delk,
Chris Webber

1984-85 7 943 134.7 Bernard King (3),
Larry Bird,
Moses Malone,
Kevin McHale,
Purvis Short

1988-89 7 1,025 146.4 Michael Jordan (5),
Clyde Drexler,
Alex English

COLOR PHOTO: JOHN W. MCDONOUGH (JAMISON)