At age 38 and 315 days, MJ
shattered the record for the
oldest player to score 50+.
The game prior had MJ scoring
just 6 due to injury which
stopped his NBA-record
double-figures scoring streak
at 866 games. MJ came out to
make up for that here. It
should be mentioned that MJ's
injury limited him to just 2
full-game scrimmage
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At age 38 and 315 days, MJ
shattered the record for the
oldest player to score 50+.
The game prior had MJ scoring
just 6 due to injury which
stopped his NBA-record
double-figures scoring streak
at 866 games. MJ came out to
make up for that here. It
should be mentioned that MJ's
injury limited him to just 2
full-game scrimmages the
entire year in practice. One
must wonder, without the
injury, what might have been
possible at ages 38-40? Zone
was allowed starting that year
with hand-checking tighter
than today as one-legged,
twilight MJ broke a few
records that day

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