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The 2023–24 NBA season was the 78th season of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The regular season began on October 24, 2023, and ended on April 14, 2024. [1] The NBA held their first-ever in-season tournament from November 3 to December 9, with the Los Angeles Lakers winning the tournament against the Indiana Pacers.
On November 8, 2024, the Cleveland Cavaliers became the first team in NBA history to win their first ten games while scoring at least 110 points in each game. [138] On November 9, 2024, Victor Wembanyama became the first player in NBA history to have multiple games with at least 20 points, 5 three-pointers, 15 rebounds, and 5 blocks. [139]
Every year, the National Basketball Association (NBA) awards titles to various leaders in the five basketball statistical categories—points, rebounds, assists, steals, and blocked shots. Both the scoring title and the assists title were recognized in the 1946–47 season are also recognized, when the league played its first season.
There is also a 5x5, when a player records at least a 5 in each of the 5 statistics. [1] The NBA also posts to the statistics section of its Web site a simple composite efficiency statistic, denoted EFF and derived by the formula, ((Points + Rebounds + Assists + Steals + Blocks) − ((Field Goals Attempted − Field Goals Made) + (Free Throws ...
The highest-paid NBA players by season has recently eclipsed $40 million. Wilt Chamberlain has the most seasons leading the league with 8. Michael Jordan holds the largest 1-year contract in NBA history, LeBron James is the highest career earner, and Stephen Curry is the highest season earner as well as the largest multi-year contract holder in ...
Lowest free throw percentage (min. 1,000 attempts), career; 41.4% by Ben Wallace [105] [106] [107] Most seasons leading league in free throws attempted; 9 by Wilt Chamberlain [108] Most seasons leading league in free throw percentage; 7 by Bill Sharman [109] Most seasons leading the league in free throws made; 8 by Karl Malone [110]
List of NBA career 3-point scoring leaders; List of NBA career assists leaders; List of NBA career blocks leaders; List of NBA career field goal percentage leaders; List of NBA career free throw percentage leaders; List of NBA career free throw scoring leaders; List of NBA career minutes played leaders; List of NBA career playoff 3-point ...
PER largely measures offensive performance. Hollinger freely admits that two of the defensive statistics it incorporates—blocks and steals (which was not tracked as an official stat until 1973)—can produce a distorted picture of a player's value and that PER is not a reliable measure of a player's defensive acumen.