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Ben Wallace averaged more blocks (2.0 per game) than fouls (1.9 per game) [158] Note: Ben Wallace is the only player to also average more steals (1.3 per game) than turnovers (1.0 per game) Mark Eaton averaged more blocks (3.5 per game) than fouls (3.4 per game) [159] Manute Bol averaged more blocks (3.3 per game) than fouls (2.3 per game) [160]
The Little Red Book was an official source for major league records and statistics used by sportswriters, club and league officials, players, and sports fans. [ 3 ] Upon Al’s passing in 1938, Walter Elias became President of the Al Munro Elias Baseball Bureau and began publishing The Pocket Cyclopedia of Major League Baseball, the successor ...
The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a professional basketball league in North America composed of 30 teams (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada).The NBA is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada and is considered the premier professional basketball league in the world. [3]
But Chamberlain has positively littered the NBA record book with monster scoring performances. 78 points on Dec. 8, 1961 (Philadelphia Warriors vs. Los Angeles Lakers)* 73 points on Jan. 13, 1962 ...
Russell Westbrook broke a Wilt Chamberlain record that has stood for more than five decades during the Oklahoma City Thunder's win on Monday. Russell Westbrook sets NBA record with 10 straight ...
The Book of Basketball: The NBA According to the Sports Guy is the second book by former ESPN columnist Bill Simmons. [1] Published in 2009, it covers the history of the National Basketball Association (NBA). In 2019, Simmons launched a sequel podcast series, Book of Basketball 2.0, which analyzes the evolution of the league since the book was ...
He also won his fifth NBA championship with San Antonio that season, beating the Heat 4–1 in the Finals. On February 9, 2015, Popovich became the ninth coach in NBA history to win 1,000 games when the Spurs defeated the Indiana Pacers 95–93. He and Jerry Sloan are the only two coaches in NBA history to win 1,000 games with one franchise.
At 21 years and 197 days, Durant is the youngest scoring leader in NBA history, [12] averaging 30.1 points in the 2009–10 season. Stephen Curry led the league with an average of 30.1 points in the 2015–16 season and became the first player to win the title shooting 50–40–90 in a season.