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In 1969, Jerry West won the first NBA Finals MVP award. To date, West is the only player to win the award while playing for the losing team. At the time, West had an 0-6 record in the NBA finals, with all losses coming at the hands of the Celtics.
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In 2009, a bat flew into the Spurs arena and onto the court. Manu Ginobili slapped it out of the air, and then handed the stunned or dead bat to a security guard.
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Jermaine O'Neal was an All-Star more times in his career than Reggie Miller.
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Jalen Rose was the first well-known person in the world to be named Jalen. But people really liked the name, and it exploded in popularity. Since 2016, there have been 23 different people named Jalen or Jaylen who have played in the NBA.
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In his NBA career, Shaquille O'Neal broke the backboard more times (twice) than he hit 3-point shots (once).
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Quizmaster
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Nov 11, 2024
Credit @dyshaj2 for #35.
JohnnyYeet
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Sep 18, 2023
- LeBron James is the youngest NBA player to reach 1,000 career points, 2,000 career points, 3,000, 4,000, and every interval of 1,000 up to 38,000.

- Kevin Love has only made the playoffs five times in his career, but reached the finals each of those five times.

- Until this year, the Golden State Warriors hadn't lost in the playoffs to a Western Conference team since 2014.

- The 2022 Los Angeles Lakers had 6 projected future Hall of Famers (LeBron James, Anthony Davis, Russell Westbrook, Dwight Howard, Carmelo Anthony, Rajon Rondo) and still missed the playoffs.

- Bill Russell has the most NBA titles for a single player, with 11. That's more than every franchise in NBA history other than the Lakers and Russell's own Celtics.

- The lowest-seeded team to win an NBA championship were the 1995 Houston Rockets, who beat the 3rd-seed Jazz, 2nd-seed Suns, and 1st-seed Spurs before sweeping the East's 1st-seed Magic in the finals.

JohnnyYeet
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Oct 5, 2023
Wilt Chamberlain missed 5,805 free throws in his career.
JohnnyYeet
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Nov 2, 2023
The most points ever averaged by an NBA player in their 21st season was 7.6 by Vince Carter. LeBron James, currently in his 21st season, is averaging 9.8. In the fourth quarter alone. His total average right now is 24.6.
McKenzieFam
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Nov 29, 2023
Eric Money became the first and only NBA player to score for both teams in a single game. Referee Richie Powers made too many officiating mistakes in the November 1978 game between the 76'ers and the Nets, resulting in the game being suspended and the last quarter of the match being replayed at a later date, by which time Money had been transferred from the Nets to the 76'ers
nerdalert
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Feb 13, 2024
Wow, had never heard that before.
McKenzieFam
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Mar 4, 2024
It's actually pretty interesting. Maybe I should take it to the main Interesting Facts page?
Dontneedone
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May 31, 2024
From that article, Al Skinner was also traded but did not play for either team, making him the only player to have DNPs for two teams in one game.

Certainly something to be remembered for.

bananawana
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Oct 26, 2025
Kind of like how Danny Jansen played for the Blue Jays and the Red Sox in the same game after it was suspended and he was traded before they resumed a month later
JohnnyYeet
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Dec 3, 2023
Mike Conley has played 1,123 games in the NBA and has never received a technical foul.

For comparison, Tim Duncan has received 83 over the course of 1,392 games (still far below league average)

JohnnyYeet
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Dec 4, 2023
Paul George and Gordon Hayward are the only players from the 2010 NBA Draft still on an NBA team's roster.
JohnnyYeet
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Jan 21, 2024
LeBron James has played against 35% of all players in NBA history.
NEGeo
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Feb 29, 2024
WHAT THE ACTUAL $#%@
JohnnyYeet
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Nov 15, 2025
Crazy I know. Just to give some context as to how old he is, he played against Karl Malone, Scottie Pippen, Gary Payton, and Reggie Miller.
JohnnyYeet
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Feb 25, 2024
There is a former NBA player named "God Shammgod."
JohnnyYeet
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Mar 19, 2024
The Philadelphia 76ers scored exactly 107 points in 4 out of 6 games in the 1977 NBA Finals.
JohnnyYeet
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Mar 20, 2024
In the 2015-16 NBA season, the Spurs had a mind-boggling 67-15 regular season record, and the Warriors had an even crazier 73-9 record, both franchise records. Neither team won the title that year.
Moonshot30
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Apr 4, 2024
The 1977 Portland Trailblazers actually had two championship trophies. They had the last original Walter A. Brown Trophy and the first of what is now the Larry O'Brien Trophy.
dyshaj2
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Nov 9, 2024
Shaquille O’Neal attempted 22 three pointers and only hit one. He has played 19 seasons in the NBA

Yao Ming hit 3 threes in his entire career and one of them in is in the 2009 olympics.

dyshaj2
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Nov 9, 2024
this also means shaq has broke the backboard more times (12.5 for some reason) than he has scored 3 pointers (1)
NEGeo
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Nov 23, 2024
half?
McKenzieFam
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Nov 15, 2024
Hey, you got it added! Sweet as
IFGroup
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Aug 3, 2025
The NBA is 4-1706 (.002) in games when trailing by 7+ points with under 50 seconds left. The Pacers had 3 of those 4 in 2025 alone.

– ooftownroad

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