James Harden. Wilt Chamberlain. And now, Bradley Beal.
Those are the three names of players in NBA history who have scored 53-plus points in two consecutive games. Beal dropped 55 against the Milwaukee Bucks on Monday a day after his 53 against the Chicago Bulls. He also became the first player since Kobe Bryant to score 50-plus on consecutive days.
But, in both of those games, the Washington Wizards and their woeful defense — they give up 120.1 ppg this season, the worst mark in the league — lost. It’s led to all kinds of talk on Twitter about just how happy Beal might be when he gives that kind of effort in two losses, although he’s the same Bradley Beal who signed a massive extension with the Wiz in the offseason.
Fans and others have started using a shot of Beal looking REALLY unhappy in the game against the Bulls, and it’s becoming a meme:
