Facts about the NBA
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Nikola Jokic won the NBA MVP award in back-to-back seasons during 2021 and 2022, becoming the 11th player in league history to accomplish this achievement.
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Dennis Rodman pulled down 34 rebounds in a single game on November 17, 1997, setting the modern NBA single-game rebounding record that still stands today.
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Magic Johnson's 42-point, 15-assist performance in Game 6 of the 1980 NBA Finals at age 20 won the championship for the Lakers against the Philadelphia 76ers.
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's skyhook, perfected over his 20-year NBA career, remains one of basketball's most unstoppable shots with a release point nearly 12 feet high.
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Tim Duncan played 19 seasons entirely with the San Antonio Spurs from 1997 to 2016, winning five NBA championships with the same franchise.
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Shaquille O'Neal won four NBA championships across two teams, three consecutive titles with the Lakers from 2000-2002 and one with the Miami Heat in 2006.
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LeBron James became the NBA's all-time leading scorer on February 7, 2023, surpassing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's 38,387-point record with 38,390 points.
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Wilt Chamberlain scored 100 points in a single game on March 2, 1962, a record that remains unbroken in NBA history.
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In 2016, Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry made 402 three-pointers, breaking his own previous NBA single-season record of 286.