who has the most points in the nba last year
Jason Terry


Jason Eugene Terry (born September 15, 1977) is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Milwaukee Bucks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He plays at both guard positions and is nicknamed "the Jet". With the Dallas Mavericks, Terry won the NBA Sixth Man of the Year Award in 2009 and an NBA championship in 2011. Terry has made the fifth-most three-point field goals in NBA history. Terry attended Franklin High School in Seattle, Washington, where he won back
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James Harden


in his team debut, posting 37 points, a career-high 12 assists, six rebounds, four steals and one block in a 105–96 win over the Detroit Pistons. He became just the fourth NBA player in the last 25 years to post those totals in a single game and matched the third-highest point total for any NBA player in his team debut (most for Rockets debut). Two days later, he scored 45 points against the Atlanta Hawks. His 82 total points were the most scored by a player
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NBA Most Improved Player Award


The NBA's Most Improved Player Award (MIP) is an annual National Basketball Association (NBA) award given to the player who has shown the most progress during the regular season. The winner is selected by a panel of sportswriters throughout the United States and Brazil, each of whom casts a vote for first, second and third place selections. Each first-place vote is worth five points; each second-place vote is worth three points; and each third-place vote is worth one point. The player with
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2002 NBA Finals


broadcast on NBC — the last NBA games broadcast on the network to date. Shaquille O'Neal, who averaged 36 points and 12 rebounds in the Finals, was named the NBA Finals Most Valuable Player. Lakers coach Phil Jackson won his ninth ring, tying him with Red Auerbach for most all-time. During the series, he surpassed Pat Riley for most career playoffs wins with 156. The Los Angeles Lakers and New Jersey Nets split both games in the regular season, each winning on their home court. Entering the 2001–02
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NBA All-Star Celebrity Game


includes two NBA legends, Jason Williams, and Baron Davis, as well as Lindsay Whalen and Candace Parker of the WNBA. The game ended up being the second most lopsided game in Celebrity Game history to date. The East Team's 88 points were the most ever scored by one team, and their 29-point margin of victory was the second largest ever. Even though last year's MVP and the East Team player Win Butler scored 22 points and 11 rebounds, his teammate Brandon Armstrong won the 2017 All-Star Celebrity Game
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List of Houston Rockets statistics and records


during the season, the third-longest streak in NBA history. Hakeem Olajuwon, the NBA Finals Most Valuable Player in both of the Rockets' championship seasons, played for the Rockets for 17 years, and is the career leader for the franchise in 9 categories. He also holds the NBA records for blocks in a playoff game, and most points and blocks in a 4-game playoff series. Moses Malone, who played 6 of 19 seasons for the Rockets, had the most points, rebounds, and free throws made in
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1996 NBA draft


named to the NBA's all-defensive first team: Bryant, Marcus Camby, and Wallace. Camby won the Defensive Player of the Year Award in 2007, while Wallace earned the same award in 2002, 2003, 2005, and 2006. Eventual 5-time NBA champion Derek Fisher was also included in the draft. On April 13, 2016, Bryant played his final NBA game, making him the last player from this draft to play in the NBA. He scored 60 points in his final game. Most experts rate it
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1980 NBA Finals


Erving's most famous move. This was also the first NBA Finals to make use of the three-point line, which debuted that season. The last time the Lakers won the NBA championship was in 1972. In the eight years between championships, the Lakers made the NBA Finals again in 1973 and lost to the New York Knicks in five games. Then Wilt Chamberlain and Jerry West retired, and the Lakers missed the playoffs in 1975 and 1976. In between, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was acquired, and the Lakers
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Louisville Cardinals men's basketball


Louisville has honored the jerseys of 20 former players. Their numbers remain active. , Louisville has 67 1000-point career scorers, second only to North Carolina for most all time. The Cardinals have had 75 players taken in the NBA Draft, the most recent being Ray Spalding, who was chosen in the 2018 NBA Draft, and Donovan Mitchell, who was chosen in the 2017 NBA Draft. 30 former Cardinal players are playing professional basketball, with six of those currently playing in the NBA. Several other former players have played in
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NBA Rookie of the Year Award


the highest point total, regardless of the number of first-place votes, wins the award. The most recent Rookie of the Year winner is Luka Dončić. Twenty-one winners were drafted first overall. There has only been one winner taken in the second round of the draft, Malcolm Brogdon, who was taken 36th overall by the Milwaukee Bucks in the 2016 draft. Sixteen winners have also won the NBA Most Valuable Player (MVP) award in their careers; Wilt Chamberlain and Wes Unseld earning both honors the same
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1974 NBA Finals


this remains the Bucks' last appearance in the NBA Finals. It would be nine years before the Bucks, by that point having moved to the Eastern Conference, would advance as far as the Conference Finals – which they did three times in the 1980s, losing twice to the Celtics. The Celtics would return to the Finals two years later and win their 13th NBA title. The franchise has since won four more titles in 1981, 1984, 1986, and 2008. This was the first of 17 consecutive NBA Finals to
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Bobby Simmons


Bobby Simmons (born June 2, 1980) is an American former professional basketball player. He last played for the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He won the NBA Most Improved Player Award in 2005. Simmons also has a son Lekem McGee that was recognized as one of the top players in Illinois in 2015. After graduating from Chicago's Neal F. Simeon High School, Simmons played three years of college basketball for DePaul University. During his three seasons at DePaul, Simmons averaged 13.6 points per
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1983 NBA Finals


teams had lost championships during such years, beginning with the 76ers themselves in . The exceptions were the Phillies in and the Flyers in . The song "Fo Fi Fo" by Pieces of a Dream was released a few months after the series ended and hit #13 on the R&B charts. This NBA Finals was also the last to not feature a player that was not at one point teammates with future NBA hall-of-famer Shaquille O'Neal. Since the 1984-85 NBA season, every NBA Finals has at least
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2005 NBA All-Star Game


The 2005 NBA All-Star Game was an exhibition basketball game which was played on February 20, 2005 at Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado, home of the Denver Nuggets. This game was the 54th edition of the North American National Basketball Association (NBA) All-Star Game and was played during the 2004–05 NBA season. For the second time in the last six years, the East defeated the West 125-115, with Allen Iverson of the Philadelphia 76ers named the Most Valuable Player. Iverson scored 15 points,
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Carmelo Anthony


fifth-most points among active players after Nowitzki, James, Pierce and Carter, who was No. 24 in the scoring list. It was the 12th time Anthony has scored at least 17 points in his last 13 games that included his season-high of 45 points in a quadruple-OT loss to the Atlanta Hawks. On February 15, 2017, he was announced as the replacement for Kevin Love on the 2017 NBA All-Star Game, thus gaining his tenth All-Star appearance. Anthony played 19 minutes
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2014 NBA Finals


double-doubles in NBA Playoffs history (158). Duncan also eclipsed Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's previous mark (8,851) for most postseason minutes played. Miami was led by James, who had 28 points and eight rebounds, but their other starters combined for only 28 points on 32 percent shooting. Wade made only 1 of 10 from the field through three quarters, finishing with 10 points. The Spurs won 104–87 in their fourth rout of the series to win the championship in five games and avenge last season's heartbreaking
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NBA on CBS


O'Brien took over the NBA Finals (the last that CBS did) hosting duties full-time. In 1988 and 1989, Pat O'Brien filled-in for Brent Musburger (who was busy covering the College World Series for CBS) as the NBA Finals anchor for Game 2. CBS broadcast a Christmas Day game each year from to with the exception of . Through the 1973–74 to 1975–76 seasons, as well as for most of the 1978–79 season, the theme music for "The NBA on CBS" incorporated lyrics; "Last
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2018 NBA draft


upon by the NBA on September 28, 2017, but would not be implemented until the 2019 draft. It was also considered the final year where undrafted college underclassmen were forced to begin their professional careers early; on August 8, 2018, the NCAA announced that players who declared for the NBA draft and were not selected would have the opportunity to return to their school for at least another year. With the last year of what was, at the time, the most recent lottery system (with the NBA draft lottery being
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List of Houston Rockets statistics and records


denotes still active but not with team. Points scored (regular season) NBA Most Valuable Player Award NBA Finals MVP NBA Scoring Champions NBA Defensive Player of the Year NBA Rookie of the Year NBA Sixth Man of the Year NBA Most Improved Player NBA Coach of the Year NBA Executive of the Year J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award NBA All-Defensive First Team NBA All-Defensive Second Team NBA All-Rookie First Team NBA All-Rookie Second Team All-NBA First Team All-NBA Second Team All-NBA Third Team
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NBA draft


player after Patrick Ewing and Thompson. Some of the most noted NBA draft years are 1984, 1996, and 2003: each of those is often referred to as one of, if not the, best NBA draft ever. The 2003 NBA draft is now considered the best draft in the last 20 years, with superstars such as LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, Carmelo Anthony and Chris Bosh headlined. The 2000 NBA draft has been regarded as the worst in history, with "Sports Illustrated" calling its first round "a
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Vincent Askew


final time in 1997–1998 season. Askew was described as a 6-foot-6 do-everything team player who played in the post and the perimeter and was a steady defensive stopper who built a reliable jumper late in his career. The most he has ever scored in an NBA game is 21 points. In his NBA career, Askew played in 467 games and scored a total of 3,313 points. He averaged 7.1 points, 2.5 rebounds, 2.2 assists in 20 minutes per game. Askew is the only player to be named Most Valuable Player
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2010 NBA All-Star Game


scored 22 points and notched a record 23 rebounds, becoming the first player to have a 20–20 game in the Rookie Challenge. Sophomore's Russell Westbrook had a game-high 40 points in a losing effort. It was the second time a player has reached the 40-point mark, since Kevin Durant had 46 points last year. The Rookies were up by 12 at halftime, the largest lead of the game. Westbrook, who had 11 points at halftime, took over and scored 29 points in the second half. But strong
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1980 NBA Finals


bench, and little used Brad Holland chipped in eight key points. Magic Johnson's performance in Game 6 and the series earned him the 1980 NBA Finals Most Valuable Player (MVP). What made Johnson's performance even more remarkable was that he was an NBA rookie—and, indeed, one who had left college after only two years, and was only 20 years old. "Jamaal Wilkes had an unbelievable game", said Johnson in 2011. "Everybody talked about my 42 [points], but it was
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Cleveland Cavaliers


is a list of players and other personnel who have spent at least part of their careers with the Cavaliers that have been inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Notes: Bold denotes still active with team. "Italic" denotes still active but not with team. Points scored (regular season – as of the end of the 2017–18 season) Other statistics (regular season) (as of July 20, 2018) NBA Most Valuable Player NBA Rookie of the Year NBA Coach of the Year NBA Executive of the
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2010–11 Miami Heat season


points in the third quarter before the Heat were outscored 40–9 and lost 99–96. The following night against the Spurs, who held the NBA's best record (51–11), the Heat lost 125–95, their most lopsided loss of the year and their fourth loss in five games. In their next game against the Bulls, the Heat had a 12-point lead in the first half, but they ended up losing 87–86 after two failed shots by James and Wade in the last 6 seconds of the game. It was the Heat's
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Gilbert Arenas


for the Warriors, who finished in last place in the Western Conference that season. In the 2002–03 NBA season, his second year in the league, Arenas received the NBA Most Improved Player Award and was named Most Valuable Player of the Rookie-Sophomore game during the NBA All-Star Weekend. After the 2002–2003 season, he signed with the Washington Wizards, reportedly after flipping a coin to decide among several teams, including the Wizards, Warriors, and Los Angeles Clippers. He signed a six-year, $60
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Dee Brown (basketball, born 1984)


in the NBA, Brown and fellow senior James Augustine led the Illini to a 26–7 record. Brown had played shooting guard for his first three years at Illinois. But since Deron Williams, who played point guard in his years at Illinois, had left for the NBA, Brown returned to his primary position of point guard for his senior season. His last game was the 67–64 loss to Washington in the second round of the 2006 NCAA Tournament. After the season, Brown was named Second-Team All-American by the
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1982 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament


and early 90s appeared in this 1982 game: Georgetown's Sleepy Floyd, who went on to an All-Star career in the NBA (including a still-standing record for most points in a quarter and in a half for a playoff game) and Carolina's Sam Perkins, who distinguished himself over a durable NBA career lasting 17 seasons. The 1982 Tournament marked the first of five to end at the Superdome, the second domed stadium after the Astrodome and twentieth venue overall to host a Final Four. The tournament was
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1991 NBA Finals


The 1991 NBA Finals was the championship round of the 1990–91 NBA season. It was also the first NBA Finals broadcast by NBC after 17 years with CBS. The Chicago Bulls of the Eastern Conference took on the Los Angeles Lakers of the Western Conference for the title, with Chicago having home court advantage. It was Michael Jordan's first NBA Finals appearance, Magic Johnson's last, and the last NBA Finals for the Lakers until 2000. The Bulls would win the series, 4-1. Jordan averaged 31.2 points on
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2010–11 Miami Heat season


24 points in the third quarter before the Heat were outscored 40–9 and lost 99–96. The following night against the Spurs, who held the NBA's best record (51–11), the Heat lost 125–95, their most lopsided loss of the year and their fourth loss in five games. In their next game against the Bulls, the Heat had a 12-point lead in the first half, but ended up losing 87–86 after two failed shots by James and Wade in the last 6 seconds of the game. It was the Heat's
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2007 NBA playoffs


up in perhaps one of the most closely contested series in NBA history, with the first five games being decided by six points or less. The spotlight fell on LeBron James. Despite gaining some momentum in the opening games of the series against the experienced Pistons, key last-second decisions by James led to Cleveland losses in Games 1 and 2 in Detroit, by identical scores, in which Cleveland led for most of the two games. They faced a 0–2 deficit for the second straight year, but would easily remember from
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1992–93 Washington Bullets season


The 1992–93 NBA season was the Bullets' 32nd season in the National Basketball Association. After Bernard King was released to free agency, the Bullets struggled after a 7–10 start losing nine consecutive games in December. They lost their final five games of the season, finishing last place in the Atlantic Division with a 22–60 record. Last year's Most Improved Player Pervis Ellison, who had a history of injuries played only 49 games. Despite the struggles, top draft pick Tom Gugliotta made the All-Rookie First Team averaging 14.7 points
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NBA Finals


, San Antonio's 84.7 points allowed per game was the fewest average points allowed in the postseason in the last 30 years. In the Finals that year, the Spurs held the New York Knicks, the first #8 seed team to reach the finals in NBA history, to an average of 79.8 points per game. During the 2003 NBA Finals, the Spurs defeated the New Jersey Nets in 6 games, which also marked the first championship contested between two former ABA teams. In Game 6, Duncan was two blocks short
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1973 NBA Finals


Chamberlain scored the last points of the game, and of his career, on an uncontested fast break dunk with one second remaining. ABC televised its last NBA Finals, until 2003. This is, to date, the last time a New York/Los Angeles NBA Finals of any combination has taken place, as well as the third-to-last championship series contested by both cities in any sport (the 1981 World Series is the last such matchup in the 20th century, and the 2014 Stanley Cup Final is the
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Norris Cole


Norris Gene Cole II (born October 13, 1988) is an American professional basketball player who last played for Budućnost of ABA Liga and Euroleague. A 6'2" point guard, he is a two-time NBA champion, winning back to back titles in 2012 and 2013 with the Miami Heat in his first and second year in the NBA. In his seven NBA seasons, Cole made the playoffs all but once (2016). Cole was a star at Dunbar High School in Dayton, Ohio, leading his basketball team
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Kevin Durant


was a heavily recruited high school prospect who was widely regarded as the second-best player in his class. In college, he won numerous year-end awards and became the first freshman to be named Naismith College Player of the Year. As a professional, he has won two NBA championships, an NBA Most Valuable Player Award, two Finals MVP Awards, two NBA All-Star Game Most Valuable Player Awards, four NBA scoring titles, the NBA Rookie of the Year Award, and two Olympic gold medals. Durant
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Orlando Magic


, including "Magic Overtime with Dante and Galante". Bold denotes still active with team. "Italic" denotes still active but not with team. Points scored (regular season) (as of the end of the 2018–19 season) Other statistics (regular season) (as of the 2018–19 season) NBA Defensive Player of the Year NBA Rookie of the Year NBA Sixth Man of the Year NBA Sportsmanship Award NBA Most Improved Player of the Year NBA Coach of the Year NBA Executive of the Year NBA scoring champion All-
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CS Universitatea Cluj-Napoca (men's basketball)


The most famous player who played for U Cluj was Gheorghe Mureșan, who signed in 1993 with the Washington Bullets, becoming the tallest player ever in the NBA. He played 6 successful seasons with the Bullets and the New Jersey Nets, averaging a career 9.8 points, 6.4 rebounds and 0.5 assists. Mureșan obtained the title of NBA Most Improved Player following the 1995–96 NBA season. He began his career playing two years for Universitatea Cluj-Napoca. U-BT Cluj plays its home games in the main Sports hall from Cluj
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Sprint Cup (trophy)


and the Larry O'Brien Trophy, handed to the playoff champions of the NBA following the NBA Finals. The trophy is tall and weighs . It was designed in 2003 by Bruce Newman and was first awarded in 2004 to series champion Kurt Busch and the last one being awarded to Jimmie Johnson in 2016. The Sprint Cup was awarded to the driver who scores the most points after the Chase for the Sprint Cup at a post season awards banquet in Las Vegas (formerly New York City) in December and is crowned the champion for
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1951 NBA Finals


but lost 91–81 (10 points). Also, the 2003 Portland Trail Blazers forced a Game 7 against the Dallas Mavericks, but lost 107–95 (12 points). In Game 7, Bob Davies snapped a 75–75 tie by sinking both free throws to give the Royals the lead for good. This was the first and to date last title for the Rochester Royals, who would move to Cincinnati for the 1957–58 NBA season. The Royals would spend 15 years mired in mediocrity before moving to Kansas City in 1972, changing their
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Dennis Johnson


Pistons in the Eastern Conference Finals. In the next season, Johnson (who statistically declined to 10.0 points and 6.6 assists per game) and his team made the 1989 NBA Playoffs on a meager 42–40 record (largely due to the absence of star forward Larry Bird for almost the entire season), but were immediately eliminated in the first round (again, largely due to the absence of the injured Larry Bird.) The following 1989–90 NBA season was Johnson's last. The now 35-year-old playmaker relinquished his starting point
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Armon Johnson


Armon Deshawn Johnson (born February 23, 1989) is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Austin Spurs of the NBA Development League. He played college basketball for Nevada. In his three-year career at Nevada, Johnson averaged 14.3 points, 3.7 rebounds and 4.4 assists in 101 games. Johnson was selected by the Portland Trail Blazers with the 34th overall pick in the 2010 NBA draft. On August 2, 2010, he signed with the Trail Blazers after averaging 11.6 points and 4.2 assists in five summer
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2019 NBA Finals


last two NBA Finals, traveled with the team to Toronto, but remained sidelined. Thompson scored a team-high 25 points, and the Warriors outscored the Raptors 18–0 to start the second half before holding off a late Toronto rally to win 109–104. Thompson had 18 points in the first half to keep Golden State in the game. They trailed by 11 with almost two minutes left until halftime before cutting it to 59–54 at the half. The Warriors' 18 unanswered points to begin the second half were the most in NBA
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Russell Westbrook


victory against the Denver Nuggets on April 9. Westbrook scored 18 of his 50 points in the last five minutes, including a 36-foot game-winning buzzer-beater, to overcome a 14-point deficit. As a result, Westbrook moved into fourth place for most triple-doubles in NBA history with 79, surpassing Chamberlain's 78. It was his third career 50-point triple-double, all of which came in 2016–17, the most by any player in NBA history. The Thunder finished the regular season with a 47–35 record and
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Jason Kapono


24, 2014 after appearing in five preseason games. At one point, Kapono was the most accurate three-point shooter in NBA history. On November 25, 2007, he made his 250th three-point shot, qualifying him for the NBA record in 3-point shooting accuracy. He immediately moved into first place with a .461 ratio of 3-point shots made to shots attempted, moving ahead of Steve Kerr, who had the previous lifetime best at .454. Kapono has since dropped behind Kerr and others. Kapono is of Hawaiian and
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History of the Los Angeles Lakers


30–52 and failing to make the playoffs for the first time in 17 years. Alcindor, now known as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, wanted out of Milwaukee, and the Lakers acquired him in a trade. His first year in Los Angeles resulted in his fourth NBA Most Valuable Player Award, after he averaged 27.7 points per game, and led the NBA with 16.9 rebounds per game and 4.12 blocked shots per game. But the Lakers failed to make the playoffs again at 40–42 (meanwhile, Milwaukee went from last to first in
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J. R. Bremer


Ernest Lenell "J. R." Bremer (born September 19, 1980) is an American-born naturalized Bosnian-Herzegovinian former professional basketball player who last played for Limoges CSP of the LNB Pro A. Bremer has also played in the NBA and was an NBA All-Rookie second team member. Standing at , he plays the point guard position. He also represented the senior men's Bosnia and Herzegovina national basketball team and was one of the highest-paid point guards in Europe in 2008. Bremer played college basketball at St.
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Three-point field goal


Thorn. In the NBA, three-point field goals became increasingly more frequent along the years, especially by mid 2015 onward. The increase in latter years has been attributed to NBA player Stephen Curry, who is credited with revolutionizing the game by inspiring teams to regularly employ the three-point shot as part of their winning strategy. The 1979–80 season had an average 0.8 three-point goals per game and 2.8 attempts (29% effectiveness). The 1989–90 season had an average 2.2 three-point goals per game and
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2010 NBA Finals


Paul Pierce, they never got closer than 11 points. The game was capped off with a three-pointer by Kobe Bryant with 3.6 seconds left, securing his 10th 30-point game in his last 11. Boston was outplayed by Los Angeles in nearly every statistical category, most notably in rebounding (31–42) and second-chance points (0–16). Much of the Celtics' performance came from Kevin Garnett, who finished with 16 points (on 16 shots) and 2 rebounds. Ray Allen, who was hampered by foul
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Buffalo Braves


The Braves' big move that season was drafting forward/center Bob McAdoo from North Carolina. The team finally made its first playoff appearance in 1974, in which they faced the Celtics and lost in six games. That season, McAdoo posted averages of 30.6 points and 15.1 rebounds; this is the last time any player has averaged at least 30 points and 15 rebounds in the same NBA season. Also, that season, the Braves rookie Ernie DiGregorio won the NBA Rookie of the Year Award. In 1974–75, McAdoo was
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Pau Gasol


2001, and Gasol was named Most Valuable Player. After entering the NBA draft, Gasol was selected third overall in the first round in the 2001 NBA draft by the Atlanta Hawks, who traded his draft rights to the Memphis Grizzlies in exchange for Shareef Abdur-Rahim. In his first season with the Grizzlies, Gasol became the first foreign player to win the NBA Rookie of the Year Award, and was named to the NBA All-Rookie First Team. He averaged 17.6 points and 8.9 rebounds per game, and was
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Anthony Morrow


Anthony Jarrad Morrow (born September 27, 1985) is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for Georgia Tech. He went undrafted in the 2008 NBA draft but was later signed by the Golden State Warriors. He is known for his 3-point shooting. Morrow played four years of college basketball for Georgia Tech, where in 123 games, he made 70 starts and averaged 11.4 points, 3.3 rebounds and 1.0 assists per game. After
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George Yardley


in scoring, averaging 27.8 points per game, and tallied 2001 points, just enough to make him the first NBA player to score 2000 points in a season. That year, Yardley also set NBA records for most free throws attempted (808) and most free throws made (655), and was named to the All-NBA First Team for the only time in his career. Following a sixth All-Star season in 1959–1960, in which he averaged 20.2 points per game, George Yardley retired from basketball at the
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1972–73 NBA season


NBA games, one of the greatest records in history, two more than Milwaukee two years ago, and just one less than Los Angeles last year. The new Celtics were a year older and bolder with young star Dave Cowens at center and Jo Jo White as point guard. Cowens was the team's anchor at center, third in the league in both rebounds and minutes played while scoring 20.5 points per game. A physical, active defender as well, Cowens made NBA observers marvel at his energy level and intensity. At
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Ralph Simpson


-half seasons, he returned to the Denver Nuggets, now one of the ABA teams who had joined the NBA. However, he averaged only 5.5 points during his second tenure with the Nuggets, and after two more seasons as a member of the Philadelphia 76ers and New Jersey Nets, he retired in 1980. Simpson scored 11,785 combined ABA/NBA points in his ten-year career. His 9,953 points were the most for the Nuggets during the team's time in the ABA. Simpson currently lives in Denver, Colorado
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Denver Nuggets accomplishments and records


This page details the all-time statistics, records, and other achievements pertaining to the Denver Nuggets. Bold denotes still active with team. "Italic" denotes still active but not with team. Points scored (regular season) (as of the end of the 2018–19 season) NBA Defensive Player of the Year NBA Most Improved Player of the Year NBA Coach of the Year NBA Sportsmanship Award J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award NBA Executive of the Year All-NBA First Team All-NBA Second Team All-NBA Third Team
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Carmelo Anthony


Carmelo Kyam Anthony (born May 29, 1984) is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He has been named an NBA All-Star ten times and an All-NBA Team member six times. He played college basketball for the Syracuse Orange, winning a national championship as a freshman in 2003 while being named the NCAA Tournament's Most Outstanding Player. After one season at Syracuse, Anthony entered the 2003 NBA draft and was selected with the third
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Bob Sura


NBA players Charlie Ward and Sam Cassell. Sura was named the ACC Rookie of the Year his freshman year at Florida State (1991–92). Sura was drafted 17th overall by the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 1995 NBA draft. His best season with the Cavaliers was his last, averaging 13.8 points per game during the 1999-2000 season. He was then traded to the Golden State Warriors, and has also played for the Detroit Pistons, the Atlanta Hawks and the Houston Rockets. With the Hawks, he gained attention by almost
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Rutgers Scarlet Knights


played in the 2004 NIT Final, where they were defeated by the Michigan Wolverines. In 2005–2006 Quincy Douby set a Rutgers Basketball single season record by scoring 839 points. He left after his junior year to enter the NBA Draft. Center Hamady N'Diaye, taken by the Minnesota Timberwolves and traded to the Washington Wizards during the 2010 NBA Draft, was the last former Scarlet Knight in the NBA. The Scarlet Knights' current coach is Steve Pikiell. The Scarlet Knights women's basketball of late has been one of the more successful
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1979 NBA Finals


, D.C., albeit playing in nearby Landover, Maryland). This is the most recent time that a Western Conference team based outside of Texas or California has won an NBA title, and the last of only two occasions alongside the 1976–77 Portland Trail Blazers when a team from the present-day Northwest Division has won the league title, which is by 26 years the longest league championship drought for any division of the four major North American sports leagues. Since then, the following Western teams have gone on to win an NBA
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Freddie Lewis


the Spirits, Lewis returned to the Pacers (who by this point had joined the NBA), and he retired in 1977 with 12,033 combined NBA/ABA career points. Freddie Lewis was selected to the ABA All-Time Team on August 23, 1997, in conjunction with the ABA 30th Anniversary reunion. It comprised the thirty best and most influential players of the ABA during its 10 years and 9 full regular seasons of operation, with respect not only to performance at the professional level but in consideration of sportsmanship, team
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History of the Dallas Mavericks


rookie head coach—a record that only lasted two years, until Bill Hanzlik broke it with the Denver Nuggets. The Mavericks brought back Dick Motta, who had led the franchise to some of its most successful seasons. The Mavericks also wound up with the #2 pick in the 1994 NBA draft, and picked up Cal point guard Jason Kidd, giving them a solid tandem of Jackson, Mashburn and Kidd which would become known as "The Three Js". The addition of Jason Kidd infused the Mavericks with new life
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Yi Jianlian


Basketball Association before he entered the 2007 NBA draft, he averaged a career-high 24.9 points and 11.5 rebounds per game, but his team lost to the Bayi Rockets in the playoff finals. During the 2011 NBA lockout, Yi signed a one-year contract to return to the Guangdong Southern Tigers. Unlike most NBA players who went to the Chinese Basketball Association during that time, he received an option to return to the NBA once the lockout had been resolved. After the lockout ended, he signed with the Dallas Mavericks
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List of career achievements by Michael Jordan


categories (points, rebounds, assists, steals, blocks) for the last 3 rounds of the 1997 Playoffs Only player in NBA history to lead a team to the championship with only one teammate averaging double figures in scoring Most Valuable Player awards: 6 (1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998) Scoring 20 or more points in all games, career: 35 games One of seven players to lead a team in 4 out of 5 categories for an NBA Finals Most Valuable Player awards: 3 (1988
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Latvia


national basketball team won the first ever EuroBasket in 1935 and silver medals in 1939, after losing the final to Lithuania by one point. Latvia has had many European basketball stars like Jānis Krūmiņš, Maigonis Valdmanis, Valdis Muižnieks, Valdis Valters, Igors Miglinieks, as well as the first Latvian NBA player Gundars Vētra. Andris Biedriņš is one of the most well-known Latvian basketball players, who played in the NBA for the Golden State Warriors and the Utah Jazz. Current NBA players include Kristaps Porziņģis, who plays for the
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Mustapha Farrakhan Jr.


Mustapha M. Farrakhan Jr. (born November 2, 1988) is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Oklahoma City Blue of the NBA Development League. He played college basketball for Virginia. Farrakhan was born in Harvey, Illinois and attended Thornton Township High School. Farrakhan has a major in Sociology and is a practicing member of the Nation of Islam. Farrakhan played four years of college basketball at the University of Virginia. In his final year of college, he averaged 13.5 points, 2.8 rebounds and 1.8 assists in
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Kay Felder


Kahlil Ameer "Kay" Felder Jr. (born March 29, 1995) is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Raptors 905 of the NBA G League. Felder, a point guard, declared for the 2016 NBA draft at the conclusion of his junior year at Oakland. Felder is the Horizon League career assists leader. Felder attended Pershing High School in Detroit, Michigan where he was named Public School League MVP his senior season. His senior year, he finished fourth in Mr. Basketball of Michigan voting. He
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Harry Douglas


3-stars by Rivals.com and accepted a scholarship to Louisville in 2003, picking the Cardinals over Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, and Missouri. He is the brother of Toney Douglas, who last played point guard for the Memphis Grizzlies of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and currently plays for Darüşşafaka in the Basketbol Süper Ligi EuroLeague. Harry and Toney are the sixth pair of brothers to play in the NFL and NBA, respectively. Douglas saw no action in 2003, red shirting, and spending the entire year on the scout team. In
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Dave Bing


explosive guard, he functioned as the playmaker distributing the ball, but also did more shooting and scoring than most others who had this position. At one time a joke about him and his backcourt partner, Jimmy Walker, was that it was a shame they could only play the game with one ball at a time. In 1966, after being selected 2nd overall in the 1966 NBA draft by the Detroit Pistons, Bing scored 1,601 points (20.0 points per game), and won the NBA Rookie of the Year Award while
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1973 NBA Finals


Knicks' most recent NBA Championship to date. New York would not make it back to the NBA Finals until 1994. This would also be the last Finals appearance of the decade for the Lakers. Their next appearance would be in 1980, which would be the first of nine Finals appearances in 12 years for the Franchise. "Knicks win series 4-1" This was the only NBA Championship for Jerry Lucas and Earl Monroe. Game 5 of the 1973 Finals was Wilt Chamberlain's last game played in the NBA.
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Bobby Ray Parks Jr.


of the Philippines (UAAP) season with the Bulldogs, as Parks averaged 20.0 points, 6.5 rebounds, 2.9 assists, 1.1 blocks and 1.1 steals per game and was named the Most Valuable Player of seasons 74 and 75. In 2015, Parks was in pursuit of being the first Filipino-born player to play in the NBA. He became automatically eligible for the 2015 NBA draft as an international player who turned 22 during the calendar year of the draft. In June 2015, prior to the 2015 NBA draft, Parks
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2003 NBA draft


named NBA Finals MVP in 2006 and won the NBA All Star Game MVP in 2010. Boris Diaw won the Most Improved Player Award in 2006, Jason Kapono won the three point shootout back-to-back years in 2007 and 2008, James Jones won the three point shootout in 2011, Leandro Barbosa won the Sixth Man Award in 2007, Kyle Korver set the NBA record for three point shooting percentage in 2010 (53.6%), and in the 2009, 2010, 2012, and 2013 seasons LeBron James won the
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George McCloud


during the 1995-96 season as a member of the Mavericks, appearing in 79 games and averaging 18.9 ppg while setting the NBA record for most 3-point attempts in a season. In his NBA career, McCloud played in 766 games and scored a total of 6,925 points. McCloud was a productive three point shooter throughout his career. At NBA All-Star Weekend in 1996, he appeared in the Three-point Shootout but lost in the semifinal round. McCloud has the second-highest total for three-point attempts in
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Fantasy basketball


, and the team with the most fantasy points at the end of the season wins. As when choosing categories, care must be paid in assigning fantasy point values to categories. Failure to achieve balance will result in weighting the league for or against players at certain positions. Like traditional fantasy basketball, in daily fantasy basketball, players draft a team of NBA players who then score fantasy points according to set scoring rules. However, instead of being stuck with the same team through a whole season, daily fantasy sports contests last
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Abe Saperstein


's Chicago Majors team. To differentiate the ABL from the NBA – and to promote the new league – Saperstein introduced a widened free throw lane and the three-point shot, both of which were later adopted by the NBA, although the ABL lasted only a season and a half. The NBA adopted the three-point shot in 1979. In a time of racial segregation and bigotry in professional sports, Saperstein proudly showcased the talents of the nation's best black basketball players. Four years after the all-white National
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Eddie Johnson (basketball, born 1959)


Edward Arnet Johnson (born May 1, 1959) is a retired American professional basketball player who spent 17 seasons in the National Basketball Association and a year in the Greek Basket League midway through his career. With nearly 1,200 games in the NBA, he is notable for having scored the second most career points of a player to never play in an NBA All-Star game, behind Jamal Crawford. As of the 2018-19 season, he is ranked 52nd in all-time points scored, along with being the fifth
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Hoosier Hysteria


to produce NBA talent, both statewide and specifically in smaller towns, is featured in this Deadspin article. In 2017, Indiana natives won the NBA and D-league Dunk Contests, NBA and D-league 3-point contests, and won runner-up in the NBA Skills Challenge. Historically, each of the several hundred small towns of Indiana had its own small school system. Before consolidation of many of these rural school districts in the last half of the twentieth century, Indiana high schools had fewer students than those of most
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List of Canadians in the National Basketball Association


This is a list of basketball players from Canada who have played in the NBA. Hall of Famers Most Valuable Player All-NBA Team First overall draft pick Rookie of the Year Award Defensive Player of the Year None Most Improved Player None Sixth Man of the Year None All-Rookie Team NBA Champions NBA Finals MVP None NBA Citizenship Award NBA Sportsmanship Award None Teammate of the Year None This is an alphabetical list of 36 basketball players from Canada who have played in the National Basketball Association since 1946. Players name listed in BOLD
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Rowland Garrett


Bucks for Elmore Smith and Gary Brokaw. Garrett struggled to find playing time in Milwaukee, and was waived before the start of the 1977-78 season. His stint with the Bucks proved to be his last in the NBA. Over a five-year NBA career, he averaged 5.1 points per game and 2.3 rebounds per game. Garrett was one of several former players who participated in the Chicago Bulls' 20th and 25th anniversary games in 1985 and 1990. As of 2007, he owned a chemical manufacturing company in his
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United States men's national basketball team


points in a tournament-205, most points in a single game-38, and average points per game-22.8). In addition, Lamar Odom became the first player to win the NBA and FIBA World championships in the same year. Team USA executive director Jerry Colangelo has said he's open to anyone from the 2010 team to play in future tournaments. The US team, dubbed Dream Team VI, clinched a berth in the 2012 Olympics in London by winning the 2010 World Championship. The Olympic team lost some players to injuries who might have
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Basketball in Greece


NBA champion with the Los Angeles Lakers, Byron Scott, who later became a head coach in the NBA. A super talent who moved to Greece from the NBA was Roy Tarpley. In 1986, Tarpley was selected by the Dallas Mavericks, in the first round, with the seventh (7th) overall pick of the 1986 NBA draft. Tarpley made the NBA All-Rookie Team in his first season, and won the NBA Sixth Man of the Year Award the following year, when he averaged 13.5 points and 11.8 rebounds
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Gene Shue


and 5.5 rebounds/game, leading the NBA in minutes (3,338) and finishing second in free throw percentage (.872) while earning All-NBA First Team honors. He played 11 complete games during a season and tied the league with 3,338 minutes played. The following year, he may have had his most complete year ever, averaging 4.3 rebounds/game, 6.8 assists/game (4th in the NBA) (530 assists also 4th) and 22.6 points/game (10th-most in the NBA) (
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Óscar Torres


Óscar Torres (born December 18, 1976) is a Venezuelan former professional basketball player who last played with Marinos de Anzoategui of the Venezuelan League. A 6'6" native of Caracas, Torres played at the shooting guard and small forward positions. Torres became the first Venezuelan-born player in National Basketball Association (NBA) history, when he signed with the Houston Rockets, for the 2001–02 NBA season. Torres averaged 6.0 points over the course of the season, and scored an NBA career-high 28 points against the Cleveland
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Isaiah Thomas (basketball)


drafted as the 60th pick by the Sacramento Kings in the second round of the 2011 NBA draft. He was the final overall pick in the draft. On February 19, 2012, Thomas recorded his first double-double with 23 points and 11 assists against the Cleveland Cavaliers. On March 1, 2012, Thomas was named the February Western Conference NBA Rookie of the Month after averaging 12.2 points and 4.4 assists per game in February. This was the first time that someone who had been picked last in the NBA draft ever
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2012 United States men's Olympic basketball team


, but James scored on a dunk and then a three-point basket for a 102–93 lead with 1:59 to play. James had 19 points in the game, joining Michael Jordan as the only players to win the NBA regular-season Most Valuable Player (MVP) award, NBA championship, NBA Finals MVP, and Olympic gold in the same year. Durant added 30 points, the first 30-point game in an Olympic final in US history. Spain was led by Pau Gasol with 24 points, including his team's first
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Jamal Crawford


to score 50-plus points—previously Michael Jordan at 38 years and 315 days from December 29, 2001—as well as most points ever scored by a player not in the starting lineup—last set by Nick Anderson on April 23, 1993 with 50 points. He also became the first player in NBA history to post 50-point games with four teams. Crawford married his long-time girlfriend Tori Lucas on August 23, 2014. Among the notables to attend his wedding were fellow Clippers teammates Blake Griffin, Matt Barnes, Chris Paul,
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J. R. Smith


Smith led Cleveland in steal-to-turnover ratio (1.37) and scored 10 or more points 50 times and 20 or more points 11 times. During Cleveland's playoff run, Smith started in all 21 games, averaging 11.5 points, 3.2 rebounds and 1.2 steals in 34.8 minutes per game. He made a franchise playoff-record 65 3-pointers, which were also the fourth-most threes made by any NBA player in a single postseason. Smith scored in double figures in each of the last five games of the NBA
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NBA 2K16


improvements over last year, most notably on defensive that help create a better flow during games. Although the microtransactions devalue certain aspects of the game, and Pro-AM has connection issues, the on-court changes and additions are worth checking out for basketball enthusiasts." In his review, IGN's Mike Mitchell scored the game a 9.0 out of 10 and stated: ""NBA 2K16" is one of the most complete packages I've ever seen. Developer Visual Concepts continues to raise the sports simulation bar by completely
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Gene Conley


skipped the following NBA season while pitching for the Red Sox, then joined the New York Knicks where he averaged 9.0 points and 6.7 rebounds in 70 games during the 1962-63 season, before his minutes dropped precipitously the following year which was his last in the NBA. In six seasons in the NBA, Conley averaged 5.9 points and 6.3 rebounds per game in 16.5 minutes of playing time. Conley's No. 17 would subsequently be assigned to John Havlicek and then retired by the Celtics in recognition of Havlicek's career.
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Elmore Smith


leading Kentucky State to NAIA Championships his last two seasons. After compiling career averages of 21.3 points and 22.6 rebounds, Smith left for the NBA his senior year in 1971. Smith was drafted by the Buffalo Braves in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 1971 NBA Draft on March 29, 1971. In his first season, Smith averaged 17.3 points per game and 15.2 rebounds per game, playing alongside Bob Kauffman, and was named to the NBA All-Rookie Team. His rebounding average for that season is the
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Splash Brothers


and Thompson also competed in the Three-Point Contest, which was widely considered to have the greatest field of contestants in the event's history. They both advanced to the three-man final round before Curry won the contest. The Warriors finished Kerr's first season with a league-best 67–15 record, the most wins ever by an NBA rookie coach, and won the 2015 NBA Finals for their first title in 40 years. Curry captured the NBA Most Valuable Player Award. Kerr had Curry guard opposing point guards,
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Denver Nuggets


Spurs bounced back to sweep the next four, as the Nuggets were eliminated in the first round in five games for the fourth straight year. On March 16, 2008, the Nuggets scored 168 points in a 168–116 home win over Seattle SuperSonics. It was the third-most points scored for a regulation game in NBA history (The Nuggets and the Pistons hold the spot for most combined points scored in a game which was over 360 points total.) They finished the 2007–08 NBA season with exactly 50 wins as well as
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1972–73 Philadelphia 76ers season


most wins in a season and the highest winning percentage. The Sixers ownership offered the head coaching job to Marquette University head coach Al McGuire, and former University of Kentucky head coach Adolph Rupp, who was seventy years old at the time. Both refused the job. Only Hal Greer remained on the roster from the 1966–1967 NBA Championship Team. The 1972–73 season would be his last in the NBA. By the start of the 1972–73 season, most of the core of the 76ers 1966-67 championship was gone. In the
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Jerryd Bayless


Jerryd Andrew Bayless (born August 20, 1988) is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Minnesota Timberwolves of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played a year of college basketball for the Arizona Wildcats after playing high school basketball at St. Mary's High School in Phoenix, where he scored a career-high 52 points in a loss to eventual state champions, Mesa Mountain View. He was selected 11th overall in the 2008 NBA draft by the Indiana Pacers and was then traded to the Portland Trail
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Jordan Adams


Jordan LaVell Adams (born July 8, 1994) is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Rio Grande Valley Vipers of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the UCLA Bruins. He was the first UCLA freshman to score 20 or more points in his first four games, and was an all-conference first-team selection in the Pac-12 Conference in his sophomore year. After deciding to forgo his remaining college eligibility and enter the 2014 NBA draft, Adams was selected by Memphis Grizzlies in the
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Michael Schachtner


Michael Anthony "Mike" Schachtner (born November 19, 1986) is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Maine Red Claws of the NBA Development League. The 6'9" forward played college basketball for the University of Wisconsin–Green Bay before going undrafted in the 2009 NBA draft. Schachtner attended Somerset High School in Somerset, Wisconsin where he played for coach Eric Olson and was a two-time Middle Border Conference Player of the Year. As a senior in 2004–05, he averaged 21.4 points and 10.0 rebounds
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Sacramento Kings


in 9 years) which landed them in fifth place in the Pacific Division. They posted a losing record (20–21) at home for the first time since 1993–94. Their season included a seven-game losing-streak that lasted from January 4 to 19. The Kings missed the 2007 NBA Playoffs, the first time in eight seasons. Musselman was fired in April. The Kings' future appeared to rest on the shoulders of Kevin Martin, who was a lead candidate for 2007 NBA Most-Improved Player of the Year
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George Gervin


4-3 to the Julius Erving-led New York Nets, who would win the championship. Gervin's first NBA scoring crown came in the 1977–78 season, when he narrowly edged David Thompson for the scoring title by seven hundredths of a point (27.22 to 27.15). Although Thompson came up with a memorable performance for the last game of the regular season, scoring 73 points, Gervin maintained his slight lead by scoring 63 points (including a then NBA record 33 points in the second quarter) in a loss during
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Bob Cousy


Hagan. Cousy finally won his first title. In the 1957–58 NBA season, Cousy had yet another highly productive year, with his 20.0 points, 5.5 rebounds and 8.6 assists per game leading to nominations into the All-NBA First Team and the All-Star team. He again led the NBA in assists. The Celtics reached the 1958 NBA Finals against the Hawks, but when Russell succumbed to a foot injury in Game 3, the Celtics faded and bowed out four games to two. This was the last losing NBA
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Anthony Davis


as the only players in the past 20 seasons to average 30 points and 10 rebounds in the playoffs. Davis also became the first player in 40 years to average 30 points and 10 rebounds in a player's first playoff series, with the only other players to do so being Wilt Chamberlain, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and Bob McAdoo. At the end of the season, Davis finished 4th in the NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award voting, 5th in the NBA Most Valuable Player Award voting, sixth in the NBA
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