AND 1: Lebanese scores 113 points. Wow?

a lebanese player by the name of mohammad el-akkari recently scored 113 points in a fiba-asia game. he was 40/69 from the field, 32/59 from the three point area (mostly made on corner and uncontested three balls), and 1 free throw for a grand total of 113 points. an article in yahoo sports' "ball don't lie" blog actually named two filipinos who broke into the 100-point scoring mark: lou salvador (who scored 116 points in the gold medal game of the far eastern games way back in 1923) and jeron teng (who scored 104 points in a game i personally witnessed last year). but that's another story.

hearing someone score more than 100 points is truly awesome. of course, you don't see it done normally except if you play nba 2k12 using rookie mode. but seeing the game on video made be draw back my "wow" for the feat. uncontested threes, lax defense, and no ball rotation just made me ask, "is there something wrong with this game?" sure, he scored a ton of points and he shot the lights out, but then again, it was like playing nba 2k12 using rookie mode. it's just that he did it live. it's still hard to shoot from that range with accuracy on a long game, but it gets easier without defense.

before scoring 113 points, he was averaging above seven points per game. that piggy back ride at the end of the video is something that he somehow deserves for his consistent shooting, and of course for bringing his team to victory. in this event where the opponents would rather play chess than to get into contact with their defensive assignments, and with a stroke like that, it wouldn't be a wonder if kobe bryant would even score 200 in this kind of a ballgame.