On This Date: December 29

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• Friday, December 29, 2006

  Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers scored 58 points in a 133-124 loss to the Charlotte Bobcats.

• Saturday, December 29, 2001

  Michael Jordan of the Washington Wizards scored 51 points in a 107-90 win over the Charlotte Hornets.

• Saturday, December 29, 1990

  Bernard King of the Washington Bullets scored 52 points in a 161-133 win over the Denver Nuggets.

• Friday, December 29, 1961

  Elgin Baylor of the Los Angeles Lakers scored 52 points in a 123-118 loss to the Philadelphia Warriors.

  Wilt Chamberlain of the Philadelphia Warriors scored 60 points in a 123-118 win over the Los Angeles Lakers.