Since individual turnovers have been tracked (1977-78), Tyrese Haliburton is the first player with 40+ assists and zero turnovers over a three-game span.
LeBron James has scored 25+ points in 16 straight games.
The only other Lakers to do this are Kobe Bryant, Shaquille O'Neal and Elgin Baylor. (
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)
LeBron James (24/12/11) and Lonzo Ball (16/10/10) become the first teammates since Jason Kidd & Vince Carter (2007) to record triple-doubles in the same game!
Ben Simmons has averaged 14.7 points, 10.1 rebounds, and 10.9 assists over the
@sixers
14-game winning streak. No player prior to Simmons - rookie or vet - has ever averaged a triple-double over a winning streak of 10+ games in NBA history.
Kawhi Leonard recorded 27 PTS, 17 REB, 7 AST in the
@Raptors
Game 6 win. The last player with that many points, rebounds, and assists in a
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series-clinching win was Michael Jordan (38 PTS, 19 REB, 7 AST) in 1991.
LeBron James (Cleveland Cavaliers, Miami Heat, Los Angeles Lakers) is now the only player in NBA History to average 25+ PPG in the postseason heading into the NBA Finals with three different teams.
Kawhi Leonard's 243 points in the Conference Semifinals are the 3rd most in a series post-merger (since 1977):
260 1977 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, LAL
246 1993 Michael Jordan, CHI
243 2019 Kawhi Leonard, TOR
241 2018 LeBron James, CLE
236 2001 Allen Iverson, PHI
Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown become the first
@celtics
teammates to both score 200+ points in the first 8 games of a season since Larry Bird and Kevin McHale in 1986-87.
At 22 years and 192 days old, Jayson Tatum becomes the 2nd youngest player to record 25+ points, 10+ rebounds and 5+ assists in a Game 7.
The youngest is Kobe Bryant (June 4, 2000 at 21 years, 286 days old).
Stephen Curry is the 6th player since 1976-77 with 10 career 30-point games in the NBA Finals.
Michael Jordan 23
LeBron James 20
Shaquille O’Neal 16
Kobe Bryant 13
Stephen Curry 10
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 10
In the
@Lakers
15 road games:
LeBron James: 403 points
Anthony Davis: 401 points
LBJ and AD are the first teammates in
@NBAHistory
to each score 400+ points in their team's first 15 road games of a season.
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Giannis Antetokounmpo is the 1st player in NBA Finals history to average 30+ points, 10+ rebounds and 5+ assists on at least 60% shooting.
35.2 PPG
13.2 RPG
5.0 APG
61.8 FG%
Giannis Antetokounmpo averaged 35.2 PPG, 13.2 RPG and 5.0 APG in the Finals.
He is the second player in NBA history to average 35+ points, 10+ rebounds and 5+ assists in a Finals series, joining LeBron James (35.8 PPG, 13.3 RPG, 8.8 APG) in 2015.
LUKA DONCIC
- 1st player in
@NBAHistory
to record at least 29 PTS, 15 AST, 13 REB in back-to-back games.
- Youngest in NBA History to record consecutive 25-point triple-doubles.
- 2nd player in
@dallasmavs
franchise history with back-to-back 15-AST games, joining Jason Kidd.
LeBron James joins Bob Cousy, Kobe Bryant, Magic Johnson and Scottie Pippen as the only players in NBA history to lead their team in assists in the NBA Finals for 4+ championships!
Kawhi Leonard and Pascal Siakam combined to score 1,187 points this postseason, tied with Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen for 2nd-most by teammates in a single
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in
@NBAHistory
. LeBron James and Dwyane Wade are the only pair to have recorded more (1,222 in 2012).
Anthony Davis and LeBron James are the first
@Lakers
duo to each record 25+ points in the same Finals game since Kobe Bryant (33 points) and Shaquille O'Neal (29 points) in Game 2 of the 2004 NBA Finals.
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Kevin Durant played every second of Game 7. The last player to play every second of an OT game in the
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was Jimmy Butler for Chicago in 2014.
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Anthony Davis (43 points) and LeBron James (36 points) become the first
@Lakers
teammates to score 35+ points in the same
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game since Kobe Bryant (36 points) and Shaquille O'Neal (35 points) on June 9, 2002.
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Stephen Curry's last 6 games:
32 PTS
36 PTS
37 PTS
41 PTS
32 PTS
38 PTS
30+ tonight at 10pm/et on ESPN would give him the NBA's longest 30-point streak this season.
▪️ 11th Finals triple-double
▪️ 4x NBA champion
▪️ 4x NBA Finals MVP
LeBron James earns
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as the
@Lakers
win Game 6 and become NBA champs!
Jayson Tatum (20 years, 61 days) is now the youngest player to ever score 20+ PTS in 4 straight playoff games. The previous youngest was Kobe Bryant (20 years, 272 days) who accomplished that feat in 1999.
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LeBron James (36 PTS/7 REB/5 AST/4 BLK tonight) becomes the first
@Lakers
player to have at least 35 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, 4 blocks in a playoff game since Shaquille O'Neal in May 2000.
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Jimmy Butler is the 1st player in NBA Finals history to record 35+ points, 10+ rebounds, 10+ assists and 5+ steals. He is just the 2nd player to reach those numbers in NBA playoffs history: Gary Payton 35 points, 10 rebounds, 11 assists, and 6 steals in May 2000 (First Round).
With 9 threes tonight, Stephen Curry breaks his own record for most threes made by a player in his first 15 games of a season.
The top 3:
Curry, 85 (this season)
Curry, 80 (2018-19)
Curry, 74 (2015-16)
This Anthony Edwards chasedown block was SPECIAL... and the numbers prove it:
- His vertical was 40 inches
- The ball height was 11 feet 3 inches when he swatted it
Derrick Rose recorded a career-high 50 PTS, along with 6 AST, 4 REB and the game-winning block, as the
@Timberwolves
won on an emotional night in Minneapolis!
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Kyrie Irving scored 30 PTS and made 10 of 12 FGA (83%). Last
@celtics
player with at least 30 pts while making 80% of his FGA in a game was Paul Pierce in 2012.
Four players have averaged 20+ PPG and 10+ APG in the Finals:
Magic Johnson (1987, 1988)
Michael Jordan (1991)
LeBron James (2017, 2018)
And now, Jamal Murray.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (21 years, 185 days) is the youngest player in
@NBAHistory
to notch a 20-rebound triple-double, passing Shaquille O'Neal. Shaq was 21 years, 259 days old on Nov. 20, 1993 when he posted 24 points, 28 rebounds, and 15 blocks.
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Anthony Davis hit the first
@Lakers
game-winning 3-pointer at the buzzer in the Conference Finals since Robert Horry (05/26/2002 against Sacramento).
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Anthony Davis is one of five players to shoot 50-40-90 or better in the NBA Finals: (min. 20+ PPG). He joins Kevin Durant (2017, 2018), Chauncey Billups (2004), Penny Hardaway (2005), and Magic Johnson (1987).
Tyler Herro has now scored in double figures in each of his first 13
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games.
The only other rookies to do so in NBA history are Elgin Baylor (1959) and Alvan Adams (1976).
Steph Curry (36 points tonight) now has the 2 longest 30+ point streaks in the NBA this season.
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11 straight (March 29-April 19)
7 straight (April 29-)
Lonzo Ball & LeBron James become the first
@Lakers
teammates to record triple-doubles in the same game since Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Magic Johnson!
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LeBron James joins Oscar Robertson as the only players in NBA Playoffs history to record 250+ PTS, 100+ REB and 80+ AST in the first ten games of a single playoffs.
Donovan Mitchell joins Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (1970) as the only rookies in NBA History to score 20 points in each of their first 6 career playoff games.
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ZERO GAMES separate the Clippers, Thunder, Timberwolves and Nuggets atop the West 🤯
LAC: 34-15, 0 GB
OKC: 35-16, 0 GB
MIN: 35-16, 0 GB
DEN: 35-16, 0 GB
Stephen Curry posted 27 PTS, 10 AST, 9 REB, 7 3PM, powering the
@warriors
to the
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for a 4th consecutive season! With 7 3PM, Steph tied his own record for most 3-pointers made in a Game 7.
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Jayson Tatum has recorded 3 straight 30+ point games and shot 60% from the field or better in all three. The last
@celtics
player to do this was Kevin McHale (3 straight) in March 1987.
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👀
@luka7doncic
(20 years, 263 days) becomes the 2nd-youngest player to record a 40-PT triple-double in
@NBAHistory
. The youngest was
@KingJames
(20 years, 100 days) on 4/9/2005.
Luka: 42 PTS, 11 REB, 12 AST
LeBron: 40 PTS, 10 REB, 10 AST
Most 3PM in a single playoff series:
Donovan Mitchell (33, 2020 West Rd. 1)
Jamal Murray (32, 2020 West Rd. 1)
Stephen Curry (32, 2016 NBA Finals)
Stephen Curry (32, 2016 West Finals)
Klay Thompson (30, 2016 West Finals)