Over 38 years old, how difficult is it to play a single game 40 5 5?In the past 40 years in the NBA, only 4 people have done it, and 1 person has 51 points in a single game.
In sports, the reason why a person can perform at a high level for a long time has a lot to do with his physical condition, and as he gets older, his athletic ability will gradually decline, but in any kind of sport, there will always be some "evergreen" athletes, but very few.
It's the same in the NBA, some players are 38 years old, and most of the players have a hard time getting regular substitutes, but they can play their best, such as 40+5+5, or even higher, but in the last 40 years, only four people in the NBA have been able to reach this level, and in the last 40 years, only one person has been able to reach this level!
Fourth player: Karl Malone
40+5+5+5 for one game, 38 years old.
Points: 40, 9 rebounds, 7 assists.
Carl Malone has planned to carry out strength exercises from the beginning, so as he gets older, his physical fitness is getting better and better, after entering the NBA, many people wonder if Carl Malone is too obese, and Carl Malone is exercising in the gym to reduce his fat content to a very small extent, and at the same time, his body is constantly changing, and his physical fitness is constantly improving.
The hard work has finally paid off, Karl Malone's attendance has been good, he has only missed five games in the first thirteen seasons of his career, and he has always been a very strong player, in 13 years, he has averaged the top five per game in 11 seasons, and won the MVP at the age of 35, becoming the first player in the NBA to win the award at the age of 35.
After the age of 36, Karl Malone can still get 20+7+4 stats, and in the 2002-03 season, Karl Malone helped the Jazz beat Maddy 111-108, and at the age of 39, he is even faster than those younger than him.
Karl Malone got everything he wanted, scoring 40 points on 12-of-19 shooting, 16-of-22, along with nine rebounds and seven assists, as well as four steals.
3rd place: Jordan Jordan
40+5+5+5 for one game, 38 years old.
Scores: 45, 10 rebounds, 7 assists.
Jordan came back from Washington in 2001, when he was 38 years old, and several star players in the NBA were replaced, some people thought that Jordan could continue to play, but more people doubted it, but Jordan's performance in this game surprised many people.
In the first ten games since the Wizards' return, Jordan scored more than 30 points five times and scored more than 40 points once, and he is still the best defensive player, and in a little over a month, Jordan has led the team to nine victories, and Jordan has also become one of the most valuable player topics.
However, Jordan's performance has been poor due to four consecutive away games and two consecutive tense games, the Magic lost to the Hornets to end their winning streak, and then, they lost two consecutive rounds to the Pacers, and Jordan scored only 6 points, which became a kind of motivation for Jordan.
Jordan scored 51 points against the Hornets and then scored 45 points, 10 rebounds, seven assists and three blocks against the Nets, leading the team to 22 points. Unfortunately, with Jordan's injury, they also failed to make the playoffs, and their position in the Eastern Conference is in the top 10.
Second place is: Jamel-Claude
40+5+5+5 for one game, 38 years old.
Record: 51 rebounds, 5 assists.
Jamal Crawford is one of the few people in the NBA who can be as comfortable as street basketball, and when he dribbles the ball "from the back", he often has some eye-catching images, such as when he was once called the "ankle killer". It took a long time for Jamal Crawford to build his career, and he's an excellent sixth man who has won the title of Sixth Man of the Year three times.
The team could easily collapse against a bench with Jamal Crawford, who possessed an astonishing ability to score goals, scoring 51 points at the age of 39 and becoming a "scoring show". In the 2018-19 season, Jamal Crawford ended his career with a "scoring show".
In Phoenix and Dallas, Jamal Crawford is an old acquaintance Nowitzki who hasn't seen him for a long time, and Doncic is a newcomer to the league, but none of them can stop Jamal Crawford's offense.
Jamal Crawford continued to improve in each quarter, scoring 5 points in the first quarter, 7 points in the second quarter, and 13 points in the third quarter, until the fourth quarter, he burst out with all his strength, scoring 26 points alone, surpassing the Lone Wolves' 4 points, shooting 18-of-30 from the field, 8-of-9 from the free throw line, scoring 51 points, grabbing 5 rebounds, and dishing out 5 assists, Jamal Crawford became the oldest player in NBA history as "Mr. 50 Points".
James, number one.
After the age of 38, 7 games 40+5+5
47 points, 10 rebounds, 9 assists, 43 points, 11 rebounds, 6 assists, 48 points, 8 rebounds, 7 assists, 46 points, 9 rebounds, 8 assists, 41 points, 9 rebounds, 8 assists, 40 points, 10 rebounds and 9 assists.
In 40 years, James is the only one to have scored 40+5+5+ at the age of 385 players, when he was 38 years old, James got 47 points, 10 rebounds and 9 assists, and then he got 43 points, 11 rebounds and 6 assists to help the Lakers start a winning streak, but when his form began to decline, James reappeared, he got 48 points, 8 rebounds and 9 assists, helping the team end his losing streak, 26 shots, 26 shots, 16 of 26 shots, very efficient.
James not only scored 40+5+5 data, but at the age of 38, he also contributed three 40+5+5+5 data, which is why in the 2022-23 season, the Lakers were able to get out of a 2-10 slump in the playoffs and get a spot in the playoffs.
In the Finals, James also had a 40+5+5 performance, he spent 47 minutes and 56 seconds in the Western Conference Finals, shooting 15 of 25, 6 of 7, and scored 40 rebounds and 9 assists, James also became the youngest 38-year-old in 40 years, with an average of more than 40+5+5+5 points per game.
In the 2023-24 season, the NBA has been going on for 21 seasons, and James's "old man of time" doesn't seem to have any impact on him, in the process of playing against other young players, James is much faster than other young players, in the NBA's thirty rounds, they have lost four games in a row, and the Purple and Gold, which had been promoted to the final four in the West, has now fallen to the No. 10 position, but James's excellent play helped them defeat the Thunder and stop their decline.
James shot 13-of-20, 5-of-5 from 3-point range, and 9-of-9 from the free-throw line, scoring a team-high 40 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists.