Kobe Bryant scored 81 points in NBA on this day
Los Angeles Lakers' player Kobe Bryant scored 81 points against the Toronto Raptors at the Staples Center on 22nd January 2006. This score was the second highest individual score ever in an NBA game, behind the record of 100 points set by former Laker Wilt Chamberlain in 1962. Bryant made 28 field-goals and 18 free-throws to achieve this feat.