Perth Wildcats star Bryce Cotton receives massive framed back page of The West Australian from 59-point game

Perth Wildcats superstar Bryce Cotton’s man cave has just become even more impressive after being presented with a massive framed canvas of The West Australian’s back page from his incredible 59-point game.

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Cotton set a new record for the NBL’s modern 40-minute era when he scored 59 points against New Zealand. He keeps all of his prized basketball possessions in a man cave at his house and quickly added the photo of him holding up a piece of paper with 59 on it and the game ball to his collection.

Now he’s got the framed back page for his wall too.

“I’m going to have to make the man cave a little bigger but I can’t wait to put this one in there,” Cotton told The West Australian.

“I have this shelf of all different accomplishments throughout my career. It’s definitely one for the ages and I think having something amazing like this, it’s going to be hard for me to forget because every time I walk into my man cave it is going to be right there front and centre.”

Cotton’s 59-point effort began a run of four consecutive games where he scored at least 40 points. All eyes will be on Sunday’s game against Illawarra to see if he can extend that streak to five matches.

The American has invested plenty of time into learning the history of the NBL and said knowing he was matching the feats of Andrew Gaze and Al Green as other men with 40-point streaks made the performances even more special.

“It means a lot. Being a student of the game, those guys are true legends,” he said.

“It’s even more special to me because this has never been done by anyone in a 40-minute era. There’s a big difference between 40 minutes and 48. To have this four-game stretch is pretty historical and special.”

Despite his dominance, Cotton is refusing to sit back and admire his own work, saying he wouldn’t allow himself to smell the roses until the end of the season.

And he said his family in America had quickly brought him down to earth after seeing him posing with the number 59, just as Wilt Chamberlain did after scoring 100 points more than 60 years ago.

“It’s obviously a tribute to Wilt with his 100 point game. A couple of my cousins back home teased me and said ‘as good as you played, Wilt still scored 41 more points.’ That is crazy. But it felt good to be Wilt for the day,” he said.