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Over & Back: 50-point games in the post-merger era

By Rich Kraetsch

DENVER, COLORADO - 1978: David Thompson #33 of the Denver Nuggets poses for a portrait circa 1978 at McNichols Sports Arena in Denver, Colorado. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 1978 NBAE (Photo by NBA Photos/NBAE via Getty Images)
DENVER, COLORADO - 1978: David Thompson #33 of the Denver Nuggets poses for a portrait circa 1978 at McNichols Sports Arena in Denver, Colorado. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 1978 NBAE (Photo by NBA Photos/NBAE via Getty Images) /
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The Over and Back Classic NBA Podcast continues its series on 50-point games continues with a look at the post-merger era, where no dominant stars emerged and 50-point games became increasingly rare.

On this episode, hosts Jason Mann and Rich Kraetsch discuss the changing of the guard as the ABA merged with the NBA bringing down the total number of professional basketball games and, by doing so, reducing the number of 50-point games immediately.

We also delve into the league’s slowing pace, the last year of double-digit 50-point games until the late 80s, a check-in on stats as they related to 2019 and all-time in 50-point games, the lack of dominant stars in the era and much more.

We also take a few minutes to talk about one of the greatest duals in NBA history as David Thompson and George Gervin battled for the NBA scoring title on a single night resulting in both players putting up all-time great scoring totals (with some all-time great stories as well!)

Additional players discussed include Marvin “Bad News” Barnes, Gail Goodrich, Phil Smith, Pete Maravich, Adrian Dantley, Calvin Murphy, John Williamson, Truck Robinson, John Drew, Mike Newlin, Freeman Williams, Larry Kenon, Billy Knight, Bernard King, Moses Malone, Ray Williams, Kelly Tripucka, Joe Barry Carroll, Larry Bird, Kiki Vandeweghe, Kevin McHale and Alex English

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