The NBA is 75 years old this season. And throughout the history of the league there’s been dozens of great players that have solidified their status as superstars, but showing up in the postseason is what makes a superstar a […]
Tag: Jerry West
The 12 Best Backcourt Duos in NBA History: Where Does Luka-Kyrie Duo Rank All-Time?
Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving are causing quite a frenzy after their matching 36-point performances in an elimination game that punched a ticket to the 2024 NBA Finals. Their individual scoring talents and playmaking skills have left fans and analysts […]
The 27 Players With Most 50 Point Playoff Games in NBA History
Scoring 50 points in any game isn’t an easy feat much less putting up 50 (or more) in an NBA playoff game. Considering the thousands of NBA playoff games in the history of the league and the long list of […]
The 25 Times Two Players on Same NBA Team Have Scored At Least 40 Points in the Same Game
You know we love creating lists of rare stat lines. From ultra-rare quadruple doubles to 5×5 to three teammates scoring at least 30 points in the same game, we pride ourselves on identifying these unique box scores and serving them […]
How Many Times Has Four NBA Players on Same Team Scored 25 Points in Same Game?
Against the Indiana Pacers last night, the Los Angeles Lakers achieved a couple historic feats. The game marked the Lakers’ highest-scoring game in 37 years in their 150-145 victory over the Pacers. The Purple and Gold hadn’t seen this many […]
The 51 Fastest Players to Score 20,000 NBA points (updated)
When LeBron James hit the 20,000 point milestone back in 2013, he became the youngest player to reach that milestone just 17 days after his 28th birthday. However “youngest” doesn’t mean that LeBron was also the fastest NBA player to score […]
Best NBA Duos: The 25 highest scoring duos on same team, in the same season
At its core, basketball is about putting the ball through the hoop more than your opponent. Not that all the other skills and talents don’t contribute to having success on the court, but the NBA certainly puts a premium on […]
Yes, Jerry West Won An NBA Championship, But The Laker Great Has A Poor NBA Finals Record
Jerry West is consistently named as one of the NBA’s best players to ever put on a jersey. If you are to believe ESPN or SLAM lists of greatest of all-time are accurate, you’ll see West’s name fall somewhere below […]
Are these the 10 greatest NBA Draft classes of all-time?
The fortunes and future success (or failures) of NBA teams are often tied to the choices they make during the NBA Draft. Teams holding one of the first fourteen lottery picks will enter into the annual draft in a bid to […]
Truly Unstoppable: These 17 Players Have the Most Consecutive Games with 30+ Points Scored in NBA History
We throw around the word “unstoppable” a lot in the NBA but what does it mean to be truly unstoppable? In the history of the league, the NBA has had no shortage of explosive, dominant scorers. The NBA has seen […]
This is every one of LeBron James’ NBA Finals records and career highs
LeBron James won his fourth NBA championship with his third franchise at he end of the 2019-20 NBA season. With an NBA career spanning three decades coming directly out of high school, LeBron has not only etched his […]
This is ESPN’s full list of the 74 greatest players in NBA history #NBArank (2020)
In honor of the 74th season of the NBA and knowing that we’re all craving basketball content while we’re all locked down during the pandemic, ESPN has decided to release one of their “greatest players of all-time” lists with all […]
These 63 players are the all-time leading scorers with most points in NBA Finals history
No doubt, scoring is huge in basketball. for the most part, players make it into the NBA based on their advanced abilities and skill set to put the ball in the basket. For the special players that can really fill […]
The 12 players that scored the most points in an NBA Finals game
The NBA Finals is the peak of competition and intensity in professional basketball. No matter the sport, the pressure and intensity that surrounds any championship series can be overwhelming. Every play or movement is scrutinized, so much that any player […]
SLAM List: The 100 best NBA players of all-time (2018 full list)
In late February 2018, SLAM Magazine published out their top 100 NBA basketball players of all-time in their latest issue. Obviously, the list caused controversy, as most lists do, but this particular list seemed to rankle more than usual. The […]
The 33 players with the biggest jumps in scoring average in NBA history
Giannis Antetokounmpo, Kristaps Porzingis and Victor Oladipo are having banner years where they’ve upped their scoring averages by approximately 7 points per game — that’s not insignificant, but where do those increases sit in NBA history? That got us wondering […]
Kobe Bryant’s career high in points, assists, field goal attempts and more
When we talk about the greatest scorers in the NBA, Kobe Bryant‘s name comes early in the conversation for good reason. Kobe is third all-time in total points and only Wilt Chamberlain has scored more points in a single NBA […]
FIBA to Induct 2007 Class
On September 12, 2007, FIBA will induct the 2007 class of international players into the new FIBA Hall-of-Fame. The inductees were chosen from a large list of nominees that numbered nearly 200 of some of the most influential players, coaches, […]
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