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The 1949–50 Minneapolis Lakers, who won the NBA Finals, are not counted in the Eastern versus Western champions record above as they played in the Central Division. The first parentheses in the Western champions and Eastern champions columns indicate the teams' playoff seed. The second parentheses indicate the number of times that teams have ...
Only player with 100 dunks and 200 3-pointers in a season; Lauri Markkanen, 2022–23 [377] Only player to average 20 points, 10 assists, 4 rebounds, 2 steals, 0.5 blocks in a season; John Wall with the Washington Wizards, 2016–17 [378] Only players to average over 30 points and 10 assists per game in a season
In 10 other occurrences, the teams who had or tied for the best regular season record, lost the Finals. Six teams that had the best regular season record and won the championships in the same season, were named to the list of Top 10 Teams in NBA History announced at the league's 50th anniversary in
That dunk was ranked No. 1 in the NBA’s top 10. Monk’s other top-10 dunk came in a 129-120 victory over the San Antonio Spurs in an in-season tournament game Nov. 17 in San Antonio.
Only team in NBA history not to have lost to same opponent twice in regular season; Only team in NBA history not to lose back-to-back games in regular season; The 10th team in NBA history to win a playoff series coming back from a 1–3 playoff series deficit (won 4–3 against the Oklahoma City Thunder in the Western Conference Finals)
To the delight of NBA fans, the 2015 contest was changed back to its original format, as the Freestyle Round as well as the teams were taken out. The 4 dunkers competing were all up-and-coming players: The Bucks' Giannis Antetokounmpo, the Timberwolves' Zach LaVine, the Magic's Victor Oladipo, and the Nets' Mason Plumlee. LaVine took home the ...
Since Phoenix Suns power forward Larry Nance won the NBA's first Slam Dunk contest in 1984, the league's players have upped the ante in terms of the skills involved.
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.