Numerical Nonsense

By Pitt News Staff

81- Points for Kobe Bryant in the LA Lakers’ win over the Toronto Raptors on Sunday,… 81- Points for Kobe Bryant in the LA Lakers’ win over the Toronto Raptors on Sunday, the second-highest single game total in NBA history.

32- 3-pointers made by the Seattle SuperSonics and Phoenix Suns in their double-overtime game on Sunday. The Sonics won 152-149.

10- Spots Wisconsin fell after their loss to No. 23.

9- Freshmen on the North Dakota State team that upset then-No. 13 (ESPN/USA Today poll) Wisconsin. NDSU, playing its first-ever full Division I schedule, beat the Badgers 62-55 in Madison.

— Numerical Nonsense is a weekly compilation of statistical oddities in the wide world of sports. Assistant sports editor Brian Weaver and sports editor Geoff Dutelle contributed to this week’s edition.