<sarcasm> Kim Mulkey was Correct </sarcasm>

  

 

Players do take 40 shots per game. In the NBA.

 

January 22, 2006. Kobe Bryant scored 81 points. He took 46 shots.

  

January 22, 2024. Joel Embiid scored 70 points. He took 41 shots.

   

 

Close but no cigar.

 

January 22, 2024. Karl Anthony Towns scored 62 points. He took 35 shots.