Dikembe Mutombo swatted the shot by the kid half his age, then wagged his index finger to the crowd's delight. Mutombo stuffed another shot by Los Angeles Lakers center Andrew Bynum 3 minutes later to move past Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and into second place on the all-time blocks list.

The 40-year-old Mutombo had five blocks in all and matched a season high with 19 rebounds in the Houston Rockets' 102-77 win over the Lakers on Wednesday night. He now has 3,191 blocks, two more than Abdul-Jabbar on the all-time list.

"When I came into the league 16 years ago, I told myself that I just want to be remembered for one thing," Mutombo said, "just to be one of the great defensive players to ever play this game."

The Rockets have won seven of nine games since Yao Ming broke a bone in his right leg and much of it is due to the suddenly spry Mutombo, who's had double-digit rebound totals in eight consecutive games.

"It's amazing, just the way I'm playing," said the 7-foot-2 Mutombo. "Even to myself, I'm sitting down like, 'Whoa, is Mutombo really playing like that?' I haven't seen myself jumping for a rebound like that for a while."Note that blocks weren't recorded until Kareem's fifth year as a pro, and that the number of shots Wilt and Russell blocked is indeterminate. Still, a remarkable accomplishment from a great guy.

Here is his rejection of Andrew Bynum's dunk attempt (http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/sp/getty/48/full.getty-71797519bb010_lakers_rocket_10_54_26_pm.jpg)

Well... um.... I don't really want to sex Mutombo up, but that looked like a nice, clean block. :laugh:
I also liked his use of himself in the 3rd person. :pound:

Even to myself, I'm sitting down like, 'Whoa, is Mutombo really playing like that?'

P.S. Speaking of Mutombo, this was my favourite Darko moment of all time!

YouTube - Darko blocks t-mac and mutumbo (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jo_tw4t2CMc)

I loved how Darko didn't back down at all, just stood nose to nose with him and then laughed at the end. Too bad this was also the only time Darko ever showed any passion... :stirthepot:

Dikembe Mutombo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dikembe_Mutombo#Trivia)

Mutombo is attributed with coining the phrase, "Who wants to sex Mutombo?" while seated at the bar near the entrance to The Tombs, Georgetown's famous student bar, which he allegedly developed as a pick-up line during his Georgetown days. The phrase has achieved cult status among basketball fans of both genders, though there is no evidence he ever said it and it is likely an urban legend.

I'm going to try that line on my wife and see if it works.

Of course, I'll substitute "TayShawn" for "Mutumbo" though.

P.S. Speaking of Mutombo, this was my favourite Darko moment of all time!

YouTube - Darko blocks t-mac and mutumbo (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jo_tw4t2CMc)

I loved how Darko didn't back down at all, just stood nose to nose with him and then laughed at the end. Too bad this was also the only time Darko ever showed any passion... :stirthepot:

Darko back in his Munster days...

Darko was probably thinking, 'I wish I spoke better English so I could tell what he is saying. I'll just assume its a funny joke and laugh. hahaha.'

Mutombo has cult- status. Sad that he's going to leave the NBA probably after this season. I'll miss his finger waiving.

You understand DM, ah Dikembe has two voice boxes that's why you hear a lot of garbling when he talks.

Note that blocks weren't recorded until Kareem's fifth year as a pro, and that the number of shots Wilt and Russell blocked is indeterminate. Still, a remarkable accomplishment from a great guy.

Here is his rejection of Andrew Bynum's dunk attempt (http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/sp/getty/48/full.getty-71797519bb010_lakers_rocket_10_54_26_pm.jpg)
Excellent point... gotta believe Russell holds the real record by a wide margin... 5+ blocks a game was more the norm than the exception.