On This Day (Jan. 22)

Notable events from NBA history that occurred on January 22.

Eighty. One. Points.

On this day in 2006, the Los Angeles Lakers’ Kobe Bryant scored 81 points in a 122-104 win over the Toronto Raptors, the second-highest single-game scoring performance in NBA history:

• 100 — Wilt Chamberlain (March 2, 1962)

• 81 — Kobe Bryant (Jan. 22, 2006)

• 78 — Chamberlain (Dec. 8, 1961)

• 73 — Chamberlain (Jan. 13, 1962)

• 73 — Chamberlain (Nov. 16, 1962)

• 73 — David Thompson (April 9, 1978)

Bryant singlehandedly outscored the Raptors 55-41 in the second half of this game, as the Lakers turned a 14-point halftime deficit into an 18-point victory.

Bryant shot 28-46 from the field — including 7-13 from 3-point range — and made 18 of his 20 free throws. Only two players in NBA history have made more field goals in a game: Wilt Chamberlain (seven times) and Rick Barry.

Here are Bryant’s makes and misses from the field by quarter:

• Q1 — 2-2-x-x-x-2-2-x-x-2

• Q2 — 3-x-x-x-2-2-2-2

• Q3 — x-x-2-2-2-3-3-3-2-3-x-2-2-2-x

• Q4 — x-x-2-2-x-2-3-3-2-x-2-x-x

Bryant scored 66.4% of the Lakers’ points, the second-highest such percentage in NBA history by a player who scored at least 60 points in a game:

• 67.0% — George Mikan (Jan. 20, 1952)

• 66.4% — Kobe Bryant (Jan. 22, 2006)

• 63.4% — David Robinson (April 24, 1994)

• 62.6% — Wilt Chamberlain (Nov. 3, 1962)

• 59.4% — Bryant (April 13, 2016)