Kobe Bryant’s 62 vs. Pistol Pete’s 68 legends, mixtape highlights / Oct 6, 2009 / 5:25 pm

By Bobbito Garcia a.k.a. Kool Bob Love

Last season, Kobe Bryant dropped 62 on the Knicks in the Garden, and it was all the rave of the league, but who remembers “Pistol” Pete Maravich’s 68 on them back on February 25, 1977 out in New Orleans for the Jazz? We didn’t have ESPN highlights back then, but I remember reading about it in the paper the next day and just buggin’. Check out the clip I just found below. Towards the end Pete goes straight playground with a woopty-woop lay-up and then a signature no-look. Pure joy:

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13 Responses to “Kobe Bryant’s 62 vs. Pistol Pete’s 68”

1. October 6th, 2009 at 5:58 pm

   Teddy "Doowop" says:

   Is Pistol your all time favorite Bob? He keeps climbing higher and higher on my list of all time greats. On another note, its bugged to look at that style of defense compared to today’s standards.

2. October 6th, 2009 at 6:27 pm

   ali says:

   word bob. i embedded this in “the semi-automatic, pistol pete” joint that i posted recently. and clyde is one of the greatest defenders ever. just goes to show how incredible maravich was. his college exploits are really beyond explanation.

3. October 6th, 2009 at 9:13 pm

   40 Cal says:

   Bob this is a hell of a post! I can watch pistol Pete footage all day, the guy had a handle with one hand, someone please explain to me how do you cross someone with one hand! Jeez, I think if he was in the league today he would be averaging the same assist numbers that Steve Nash was averaging before the suns broke up.

4. October 6th, 2009 at 11:19 pm

   Blk Caesar says:

   Pistol was ahead of his time… What’s crazy about his college exploits is that he did it with no three pointer!!!! Imagine what his average would have been if that was in the college game at the time… His handle was incredible

5. October 7th, 2009 at 10:00 am

   illest says:

   black players in the league at that time had disdain for pete since he got a big deal early on. pete was very ill. cats like lou hudson. i see no one has spoke on bryants 62. i thought the 55 jordan put up was better but bryant was definitely reppin that night. i know ali would rather have lebron but i would take bryant any day over james.

   40 cal…pistol would probably shoot more these days so he wouldnt average that many assist. pete was a gunner.

6. October 7th, 2009 at 10:38 am

   ali says:

   A statistical analysis later charted all of Maravich’s college shots. It was definitively concluded that he would have averaged 13 three’s per game, which would have notched his college career average up to 57 points per game.

   YO! THAT’S CRAZY!

7. October 7th, 2009 at 1:51 pm

   Blk Caesar says:

   57 points per game with the three!!!!!! Wow… That’s insane man..

8. October 7th, 2009 at 2:14 pm

   illest says:

   indeed crazy……..

   bob…….when those burgundy pro keds joints drop? future flavas right there son. i know you posting something about those here.

9. October 7th, 2009 at 2:16 pm

   illest says:

   bob….i mean a new post. i know you introduced those a few months ago here.

10. October 8th, 2009 at 9:53 am

    Antonio Gil - SoSé says:

    I’m a big Pistol fan. I couldn’t watch him play but I got some tapes of him… This guy was a really playground player in the League!!!!
    I started my jerseys collection with Pistol’s New Orleans jersey, so I have to say PISTOL RULES!!! Sorry Kobe…

11. October 9th, 2009 at 3:17 pm

    Bobbito Garcia a.k.a. Kool Bob Love says:

    pistol was also being guarded in this game by dean meminger from harlem who played in teh rucker as well as rice hs and marquette, all-american at both. his 68 points wasn’t against slouch guards, man!

12. October 9th, 2009 at 4:36 pm

    ali says:

    no slouch’s at all. he was on some “you rockin’ w/ the best right now!” stuff. man i wanna play some ball right now.

13. October 14th, 2009 at 5:05 am

    godzilla says:

    kobe scored 61 not 62.

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