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READ: ALSO: President, Statitudes LLC; Creator, @bball_ref ; Coach, @WattersonTF & @WattersonXC ; Alumnus, @OhioState Graduate School.

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Justin Kubatko

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I run a consulting company named Statitudes LLC. Companies that have used my services include: — Portland Trail Blazers — Houston Rockets — Sports Reference — NBA Properties — StatMuse — Pramana — Mojo — Yahoo Sports Send me a DM if you need help with a sports data project.

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Most points in NBA postseason history by a player in a four-game sweep: 146 - Stephen Curry, 2019 WCF 145 - Shaquille O'Neal, 2002 FIN 144 - LeBron James, 2017 ECS 140 - Kobe Bryant, 2001 WCS

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There have been seven instances in NBA history where a player recorded at least 500 points, 150 rebounds, and 150 assists in a single postseason. LeBron James is responsible for six of them (2007, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2018, and 2020). Larry Bird has the other (1987).

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Kemba Walker is just the sixth player in NBA history to follow up a 60-point game with a 40-point game. The others are Wilt Chamberlain, Pete Maravich, Michael Jordan, Tracy McGrady, and Kobe Bryant.

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The @cavs LeBron James is the oldest player in NBA history to produce at least 2,000 points, 500 rebounds, and 500 assists in a season. He's also the youngest player in NBA history to reach those marks, as he did so at age 20 back in 2004-05.

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Stephen Curry's career 58.1 eFG% is the second-highest in NBA history by a player with at least 20,000 career points: 58.2% - Shaquille O'Neal 58.1% - Curry 55.9% - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 55.8% - Charles Barkley 54.6% - Kevin Durant

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Fred VanVleet has set a new NBA record for most 3-pointers made off the bench in an NBA Finals. The previous record of 15 was shared by Robert Horry and JR Smith.

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LeBron James has led his team in total points and assists in each of his 15 seasons. No other player in NBA history has such a streak longer than 10 seasons.

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The @Raptors Fred Vanvleet shot 14-17 (82.4%) from 3-point range in Games 4-6 of the Eastern Conference Finals, the highest such percentage over a three-game span in NBA postseason history by a player with at least 15 attempts.

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Nikola Jokic in January: ✅ 425 PTS ✅ 211 REB ✅ 144 AST Jokic is the first NBA player to record at least 400 points, 200 rebounds, and 100 assists in a calendar month since Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in March 1976.

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James Harden missed 59 three-pointers in the conference finals, 11 more than any other player has ever missed in a single playoff series.

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Most 30-point triple-doubles in the NBA this season: 9 - Luka Doncic 8 - all other players combined

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Donovan Mitchell made his 600th career 3-pointer last night. He reached that mark in 240 games, the fastest player in NBA history to do so: 240 - Mitchell 244 - Buddy Hield 247 - Damian Lillard 248 - Klay Thompson 249 - Stephen Curry

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LeBron James has been his team's outright leader in points, rebounds, and assists in 45 playoff games. Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, Hakeem Olajuwon, and Tim Duncan also have 45 such games ... COMBINED.

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LeBron James has produced at least 25 points, eight rebounds, and eight assists in each of his last nine Finals games. No other player in Finals history other than James has even done that in back-to-back games.

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Nikola Jokic has reached career totals of 600 points, 300 rebounds, and 150 assists in fewer postseason games (27) than any other player in NBA history.

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The @chicagobulls Zach LaVine (31 points) and DeMar DeRozan (29) each scored at least 25 points in the same game for the 11th time this season. The last duo to record at least 11 such games through the first 24 games of a season was Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant in 2000-01.

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Stephen Curry now has 35 career games in which he's made at least nine 3P. That's one more such game than the next FIVE closest players combined: 35 - Curry 9 - Damian Lillard 9 - James Harden 7 - Klay Thompson 5 - JR Smith 4 - Kobe Bryant

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The @Raptors Pascal Siakam and Fred VanVleet each tallied at least 325 points and 100 assists in January. They are the third duo since the ABA-NBA merger to do so in a calendar month: ✅ Johnson & Nixon (Dec. 1979) ✅ Jordan & Pippen (Jan. 1992) ✅ Siakam & VanVleet (Jan. 2022)

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Giannis Antetokounmpo is the first player to record five consecutive games with at least 30 points, 15 rebounds, and five assists since Wilt Chamberlain in December 1965.

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With Joel Embiid sitting out tonight's game, he ends January with the following per-48-minute rates: ✅ 50.8 PTS ✅ 16.1 REB ✅ 7.6 AST Embiid is the first player in NBA history to average at least 50p/15r/5a per 48 minutes in a calendar month (min. 10 GP).

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There are 129 players in NBA history with at least 1,000 career games played in the regular season. Manu Ginobili's career winning percentage is the highest among all of them: .721 - Manu Ginobili .720 - Tony Parker .719 - Tim Duncan .690 - Danny Ainge .688 - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

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Nikola Jokic this season: ✅ 1,898 PTS ✅ 780 REB ✅ 599 AST Jokic became just the third player in NBA history to finish a season ranked in the top five in total points (3rd), rebounds (5th), and assists (3rd), joining Elgin Baylor and Wilt Chamberlain (3x).

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Trae Young is just the fourth rookie since the ABA-NBA merger to score 35 or more points in at least three straight games. The others are Bernard King, Michael Jordan, and Allen Iverson.

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James Harden shot just 28.9% from the field tonight, easily the lowest such figure in NBA history by a player in a 50-point game. He also tied the NBA record for most 3-pointers missed in a game with 16.

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Dwight Howard has more All-NBA selections (8) than any other player left off the NBA's 75th Anniversary Team. Howard has as many All-NBA selections as Dave DeBusschere, Kevin McHale, Earl Monroe, Dennis Rodman, Nate Thurmond, Wes Unseld, Lenny Wilkens, and James Worthy combined.

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Trae Young has recorded five 20-point, 10-assist games this season. He is the second-youngest player in NBA history to reach that mark, trailing only LeBron James.

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Giannis Antetokounmpo over his last four games: ✅ 160 PTS ✅ 61 REB ✅ 22 AST Antetokounmpo is the only player over the last 60 NBA postseasons to average at least 40 PPG, 15 RPG, and 5 APG over a four-game span.

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Since making his NBA playoff debut in 2006, LeBron James has recorded 44 games with at least 30 points, 10 rebounds, and five assists, one more than the next NINE closest players combined.

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LeBron James was his team's outright leader in points, rebounds, and assists last night. It's the 11th time in his Finals career he's done that. No other player in NBA Finals history has recorded more than three such games.

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📅 On this day in 2020, the @Lakers LeBron James had 23 points, 17 rebounds, and 16 assists in a Game 1 loss to the Trail Blazers in their first round series. James is the only player in NBA history to record at least 20p/15r/15a in a postseason game.

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Highest percentage of team points scored by a player in a single NBA Finals: 38.4 - Michael Jordan, 1993 38.3 - LeBron James, 2015 38.1 - George Mikan, 1950 38.1 - Jordan, 1998 38.0 - Allen Iverson, 2001 37.3 - Dwyane Wade, 2006 36.8 - Jordan, 1997

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LeBron James is going to lead his team in total points, rebounds, and assists for the fifth time in his career, the most such instances in NBA history: 5 - James 4 - Elgin Baylor 3 - Wilt Chamberlain 3 - Grant Hill 3 - Kevin Garnett

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LeBron James has produced at least 25 points, five rebounds, and five assists in each of his last 10 games in the Finals. No other player in NBA history has such a streak longer than seven games.

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Nikola Jokic has produced like a Charles Barkley-Steve Nash hybrid in the 2019 NBA Playoffs: 24.8 PPG (Barkley 23.0) 13.0 RPG (Barkley 12.9) 8.9 APG (Nash 8.8) 51.5 FG% (Barkley 51.3) 40.0 3P% (Nash 40.6) 85.9 FT% (Nash 90.0) * Career postseason numbers for Barkley and Nash.

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Tyus Jones this season: ✅ 324 AST ✅ 46 TOV ✅ 7.04 AST/TOV Jones posted the highest single-season assist-to-turnover ratio in NBA history. It's the fourth consecutive season he's led the league in assist-to-turnover ratio, the longest such streak in NBA history.

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Draymond Green is the fourth player in NBA history to record 100+ rebounds and 100+ assists in at least five straight postseasons. The others are Magic Johnson (1982-1988), Larry Bird (1984-1988), and Michael Jordan (1989-1993).

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Giannis Antetokounmpo averaged 30.4 minutes per game in 2019-20, the lowest ever by an MVP Award winner: 30.4 - Antetokounmpo, 2019-20 32.7 - Stephen Curry, 2014-15 32.8 - Antetokounmpo, 2018-19 33.3 - Bill Walton, 1977-78 34.2 - Curry, 2015-16

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Milwaukee’s Giannis Antetokounmpo has won his second consecutive MVP award, sources tell ESPN.

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Stephen Curry is one of 35 players in NBA history to score at least 20,000 points in the regular season and 2,000 points in the postseason. Curry and Reggie Miller are the only players in that group to record a true-shooting percentage of at least 60% in both seasons.

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Kawhi Leonard is first player in NBA history to score at least 300 points on fewer than 200 field-goals attempted through the first 10 games of a single postseason.

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February 2020 is the second month in NBA history in which six players averaged at least 30 PPG (min. 5 GP): 36.2 - Bradley Beal 33.4 - Russell Westbrook 31.9 - James Harden 31.3 - Trae Young 30.7 - Jayson Tatum 30.4 - Damian Lillard The first? See below.

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January 2020 is the first month in NBA history in which six players averaged at least 30.0 PPG (min 5 GP): 34.1 - Damian Lillard 32.5 - Russell Westbrook 32.2 - Kawhi Leonard 31.7 - Trae Young 31.3 - Devin Booker 31.3 - Bradley Beal

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Luka Doncic is the first player in NBA history to record a 40-point game in his postseason debut.

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🙏 RIP, Paul Westphal 📊 823 GP, 15.6 PPG, 1.9 RPG, 4.4 APG 🎯 50.4 FG%, 82.0 FT% ⭐️ 5x (1977-1981) 💍 1x (1974) Westphal averaged 20+ PPG with a 50+ FG% for four straight seasons. The only guard in NBA history with a longer such streak is Michael Jordan (5).

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Kawhi Leonard scored 243 points in the Eastern Conference Semifinals, the most in a single postseason series since Michael Jordan scored 246 points in the 1993 NBA Finals.

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Kevin Durant scored 213 points versus the Rockets, a new Western Conference finals record. The previous mark of 212 points was held by Hakeem Olajuwon (1995) and Shaquille O'Neal (2002).

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Karl-Anthony Towns has recorded at least 28 points and 12 rebounds in each of his last six games, the longest such streak since Moses Malone in March/April 1982.

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Kyle Lowry became the first player in @Raptors history to record at least 20 points, 10 rebounds, and 15 assists in a single game. Lowry now has 11 career triple-doubles as a Raptor, just one fewer than all other players in team history combined.

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Most consecutive NBA games with at least 10 points, regular season only: 1,000 - LeBron James 866 - Michael Jordan 787 - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Most consecutive NBA games with at least 10 points, postseason included: 1,041 - Jordan 675 - Karl Malone 653 - Kevin Durant

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Make it 10 in a row. Ridiculous.

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LeBron James has produced at least 25 points, eight rebounds, and eight assists in each of his last nine Finals games. No other player in Finals history other than James has even done that in back-to-back games.

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Donovan Mitchell is averaging 26.5 PPG and 5.3 APG for the NBA-leading @utahjazz this season. There have been 15 cases in which a player averaged at least 25 PPG and 5 APG for the team with the NBA's best record: ✅ 13 won the MVP Award ✅ 1 finished second ✅ 1 finished sixth

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The @Raptors beat the Bucks to improve to 51-19 on the season. They are now guaranteed to finish with a higher winning percentage than they did last season.

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Damian Lillard is the first player in NBA history to end a regular season with three consecutive 40-point games.

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LeBron James has received either a 1st, 2nd, or 3rd-place MVP vote in each of the last 14 seasons, the longest such streak in NBA history.

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📅 On this day in 1987, the @chicagobulls Michael Jordan had 44 points, nine assists, five steals, and five blocks in a 112-103 win over the Rockets. No NBA player has recorded at least 40p/5a/5s/5b in a game since.

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Most games with 30 or more points while playing less than 30 minutes in a single season since the ABA-NBA merger: 7 - Giannis Antetokounmpo, 2019-20 6 - Stephen Curry, 2015-16 5 - Paul Westphal, 1977-78 5 - Freeman Williams, 1980-81 5 - George Gervin, 1981-82

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Nikola Jokic this season: ✅ 1,011 PTS ✅ 541 REB ✅ 294 AST No other player in NBA history has recorded at least 1,000 points, 500 rebounds, and 250 assists through their first 39 games of a season.

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LeBron James led all players in the Eastern Conference finals in total points, rebounds, and assists for the third time in his career. The only other player in conference finals history to do so even once is Larry Bird (1984 ECF).

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Nikola Jokic has led the @nuggets in total points, rebounds, and assists in each of the last five seasons. No other player in NBA history has recorded more than three such seasons in a row: 5 - Jokic 3 - Wilt Chamberlain 3 - LeBron James 3 - Luka Doncic

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The @DetroitPistons Cade Cunningham (11 assists) and Killian Hayes (10) each dished out at least 10 assists yesterday. It's the first time in NBA history two teammates age 20 years or younger have each recorded at least 10 assists in the same game.

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CJ McCollum has 38 3PM this season. The only player in NBA history with more 3PM through his first eight games of season is Stephen Curry with 48 in 2018-19 and 41 in 2015-16.

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Russell Westbrook this month: ✅ 303 PTS ✅ 183 REB ✅ 165 AST Westbrook is the first NBA player to record at least 300 points, 150 rebounds, and 150 assists in consecutive calendar months since Wilt Chamberlain in Feb. & March 1968.

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Luka Doncic is the first rookie since Michael Jordan to record at least 25 points, five rebounds, and five assists in four straight games. Doncic and Jordan are the only rookies since the ABA-NBA merger to accomplish the feat (Jordan had two such streaks of five games).

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Best winning percentage in closeout games (min. 25 games): .792 - LeBron James (38-10) .765 - Derek Fisher (39-12) .714 - Tim Duncan (35-14) .714 - Don Nelson (20-8) .707 - Manu Ginobili (29-12) James is also 16-1 in closeout games since his return to Cleveland in 2014-15.

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Nikola Jokic reached 1,000 career playoff points last night. His averages through 39 games: ✅ 26.0 PPG ✅ 11.1 RPG ✅ 6.0 APG No other player in NBA history has averaged at least 25p/10r/5a over his first 39 career playoff games. He's also shooting 52/42/85 in those games 🤯

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LaMelo Ball tonight: ✅ 31 PTS ✅ 9 REB ✅ 7 AST Ball (20 years, 59 days) is the youngest player in NBA history to record at least 30p/5r/5a in a season opener.

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Most points scored by a player over the final three games of a regular season: 154 - Damian Lillard, 2019-20 128 - Dominique Wilkins, 1985-86 128 - Michael Jordan, 1986-87 128 - Kobe Bryant, 2005-06 127 - David Thompson, 1977-78 127 - Russell Westbrook, 2014-15

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The @celtics Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown are just the third duo in NBA history to each score at least 35 points in their team's season opener. They join Oscar Robertson & Jack Twyman (1961-62) and Jerry West & Wilt Chamberlain (1969-70).

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Last night, CJ McCollum and Damian Lillard each scored at least 20 points in the same game for the 193rd time. They broke a tie with Larry Bird and Robert Parish for the 10th-most such games in NBA history by a duo. No backcourt duo in NBA history has recorded more such games.

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Since MJ's last title with the Bulls in 1998: * The West has won 14 out of 20 NBA titles. * West players have won 14 out of 20 MVP awards. * The West has had the better interconference record 19 out of 21 seasons. * West players have earned 203 out of 315 All-NBA selections.

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The 76ers defeated the Cavaliers by 47 points tonight, just hours after the Mavericks defeated the Pelicans by 46 points. It’s the first time in NBA history that two teams recorded 45+ point victories on the same day.

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Luka Doncic is just the third player in NBA history to record at least 40 points, 15 rebounds, and 10 assists in a postseason game. The others to do so are Oscar Robertson (Mar. 21, 1963) and Charles Barkley (June 1, 1993).

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Luka Doncic this season: ✅ 220 PTS ✅ 57 REB ✅ 52 AST Doncic is the first player in NBA history to record at least 200 points, 50 rebounds, and 50 assists through his first six games of a season.

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D'Angelo Russell recorded 52 points, nine rebounds, and five assists tonight. The last @warriors player to match or exceed each of those totals in a single game was Rick Barry with 55/9/9 on Mar. 25, 1978.

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Michael Porter Jr. in March: ✅ 20.3 PPG ✅ 59.4 FG% ✅ 53.2 3P% ✅ 70.3 eFG% Porter Jr. is the first player in @nuggets history to average 20+ PPG with a 70+ eFG% in a calendar month, and leaguewide he is just the fourth player in the last 50 seasons to do so (min. 10 GP).

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The @Pacers Malcolm Brogdon is the first player in NBA history to record at least 20 points and 10 assists in each of his first two games with a team.

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LeBron James is the oldest player in NBA history to record two 40-point triple-doubles in a season. No other player has done so after turning 29 years old.

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LeBron James has four career postseason games with at least 40 points and 10 assists, the most in NBA history. Oscar Robertson, Jerry West, and Michael Jordan are tied for second with three such games.

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Nikola Jokic today: ✅ 38 PTS ✅ 18 REB ✅ 6 AST ✅ 15-22 FG Jokic has scored 232 points with a 70.6 FG% over his last seven games. No player in NBA history has scored more points over a seven-game span in which they've shot at least 70% from the field.

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Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is the youngest player in NBA history to record at least 20 points, 20 rebounds, and 10 assists in a single game.

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The @Bucks Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 47 points on 2P and FT alone last night. The Trail Blazers, as a team, scored 46 points on 2P and FT. It's the first time in NBA history a single player has scored more points via 2P and FT than the opposing team.

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LeBron James had 14 assists tonight, the most ever in a postseason game by a player with at least 40 points.

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The Mavericks had an NBA-record 50-point halftime lead versus the Clippers. The Hornets beat the Nets. The Cavaliers routed the Sixers by 24 points to improve to 3-0. The Knicks blew out the Bucks by 20 points. As @TheSteinLine likes to say, #ThisLeague

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What is going on in the NBA today? 🥴

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The @utahjazz are 🔥: ✅ Fourth game with 25+ 3PM, tying NBA single-season record. ✅ 22-game home winning streak, longest in team history. ✅ 25-game streak with 110+ points, longest in NBA since 1982. ✅ 55-game streak with 10+ 3PM, tied for second-longest in NBA history.

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Most consecutive games with at least 20p/5r/5a since the ABA-NBA merger: 18 - Michael Jordan, 1988-89 17 - Russell Westbrook, 2014-15 16 - Westbrook, 2017-18 15 - LeBron James, 2017-18 15 - Luka Doncic, 2019-20* 14 - Westbrook, 2016-17 * includes today's game

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Justin Kubatko

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Nikola Jokic in January: ✅ 324 PTS ✅ 158 REB ✅ 102 AST It's the eighth time Jokic has recorded at least 300p/150r/100a in a calendar month. He has tied Wilt Chamberlain and Larry Bird for the second-most such months in NBA history. Oscar Robertson is the leader with 12.

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📅 Three years ago today, Draymond Green put up this stat line: 4 PTS 11 REB 10 AST 10 STL 5 BLK He was the first (and still only) player in NBA history to record a triple-double without reaching double figures in points.

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Justin Kubatko

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Nikola Jokic will become just the sixth player in NBA history to lead his team in points, rebounds, assists, steals, and blocks in the same season: ✅ LeBron James (2x) ✅ Dave Cowens ✅ Scottie Pippen ✅ Kevin Garnett ✅ Giannis Antetokounmpo ✅ Jokic

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Justin Kubatko

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The @okcthunder are the first team to have one player with a 40-point game, another player with a 20-rebound game, and another player with a triple-double in the same game since the Dallas Mavericks did so on Apr. 11, 1995.

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Justin Kubatko

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Nikola Jokic this season: ✅ 2,004 PTS (5th) ✅ 1,019 REB (1st) ✅ 584 AST (6th) ✅ 109 STL (10th) Jokic is just the second player in NBA history to rank in the top 10 of all four categories in a single season. He joins Russell Westbrook, who did so twice (2016-17 & 2017-18).

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Justin Kubatko

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🎂 Happy 27th birthday to Nikola Jokic! 📊 505 GP, 19.2 PPG, 10.2 RPG, 6.2 APG 🎯 53.8 FG%, 35.1 3P%, 83.1 FT% ⭐️ 4x (2019-2022) 🏆 2021 MVP Jokic is the only player in NBA history to reach career totals of 5,000 rebounds and 3,000 assists before his 27th birthday.

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Justin Kubatko

3 years

Giannis Antetokounmpo (32p/20r) and Bobby Portis (24p/15r) are the first @Bucks duo to each record at least 20p/15r in the same game since Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Curtis Perry did so on Jan. 11, 1974.

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Justin Kubatko

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Donovan Mitchell averaged 27.7 points per game in January, the highest scoring average in a calendar month by a @utahjazz player since Karl Malone in April 1998 (32.2 PPG). * Min. 10 games played.

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Justin Kubatko

3 years

LeBron James passed Alvin Robertson and moved into 10th place on the NBA's career steals list last night. James is the only player to rank in the top 10 in career points, assists, and steals. No other player even ranks in the top 30 of all three categories.

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Justin Kubatko

3 years

LeBron James last night: ✅ 32 PTS ✅ 8 REB ✅ 9 AST ✅ 4 STL ✅ 3 BLK James has scored at least 25 points in each of his last 10 games, breaking a tie with Michael Jordan for the longest such streak in NBA history by a player age 35 years or older.

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Justin Kubatko

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LeBron James accounted for at least 20 percent of his team's points, rebounds, assists, steals, and blocks in the playoffs for the third straight year and fourth overall. No other player has done so more than once in a playoff run of 10 or more games.

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Justin Kubatko

5 years

Ben Simmons averaged 22.2 points per game and shot 62.6% from the field in January. He is the first @sixers player to average 20+ PPG with a 60+ FG% in a calendar month since Charles Barkley in November 1991 (min. 5 GP).

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Justin Kubatko

4 years

Giannis Antetokounmpo is the first player in NBA history to record at least 25 points, 10 rebounds, and five assists in each of the first three games of a postseason.

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Justin Kubatko

3 years

Nikola Jokic this season: ✅ 611 PTS ✅ 313 REB ✅ 172 AST No other player in NBA history has recorded at least 600 points, 300 rebounds, and 150 assists through their first 23 games of a season.

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Justin Kubatko

3 years

Only three players in NBA history have averaged at least 30p/10r/5a per 36 minutes in a season: ✅ Giannis Antetokounmpo ✅ Russell Westbrook ✅ Luka Doncic Westbrook and Doncic have each done so once. Antetokounmpo is on pace to do so for the fourth consecutive season.

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Justin Kubatko

3 years

Nikola Jokic last night: ✅ 15 MIN ✅ 24 PTS ✅ 6 REB ✅ 6 AST No other player since the ABA-NBA merger has recorded at least 20p/5r/5a in a game in which they played 15 or fewer minutes.

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Justin Kubatko

3 years

The highest scoring average in NBA history by a player in his 19th season belongs to Kobe Bryant (22.3 PPG). Bryant only played 35 games, so if you disqualify him the next player is Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (14.6 PPG). LeBron James is averaging 28.0 PPG in this, his 19th season 🤯

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Justin Kubatko

4 years

@Raptors Before their title defense even started, the @Raptors lost 2x Finals MVP Kawhi Leonard and 2x champ Danny Green. Many key players have missed 10+ games this season: Gasol, 28 Powell, 20 VanVleet, 17 Ibaka, 15 Lowry, 13 Siakam, 11 W% last season = .707 W% this season = .729 🤯

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