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All First Overall NBA Draft Picks: Did they Achieve According to the Expectations
Category: NBA, Posted by admin | Comments Off on All First Overall NBA Draft Picks: Did they Achieve According to the ExpectationsThere is always a big hype about the first overall pick of NBA draft because he is first player to be selected by any team among all the eligible candidates in draft. The first selected players carry high hopes and expectations but did they all live up to those expectations? Take a look at all the first overall NBA draft picks and their notable achievements as a professional NBA Player.
List of NBA Games that went into Multiple Overtime Periods
Category: NBA, Posted by admin | Comments Off on List of NBA Games that went into Multiple Overtime PeriodsIn NBA, not every game finishes within the regulation time, some went into the overtime periods as well. It is not a surprise anymore when a game goes into the double-overtimes or triple overtime as it has been happening fairly frequently in the league today. However, games that went into more than three ovetimes are still quite rare. Six overtime periods are the most played in a single NBA game. There have been one 6-overtime game, two 5-overtime games and nine 4-overtime games in the league’s history and all these games are listed below.
List of Longest Games in NBA History
Category: NBA,Uncategorized, Posted by admin | Comments Off on List of Longest Games in NBA HistoryThe allotted time for an average NBA game is 63 min but various kinds of delays and stoppages make it hard to end a game within the regulation time. Normally, it takes more than double time to complete a game. Following is the list of those marathon games that pushed into the multiple overtimes (more than three overtimes) and became the longest games in the history of NBA.
Top 7 NBA Players who Committed Most Personal Fouls in their Career
Category: NBA, Posted by admin | Comments Off on Top 7 NBA Players who Committed Most Personal Fouls in their CareerBasketball is a no-contact sport, where getting physical with other players is not allowed. Still physical contact is unavoidable as individuals play their game staying quite close to each other, either intentionally or unintentionally, physical contact can occur. As a result, a foul is called against the offender. The following seven are the all-time leaders in personal fouls, these are the greats of the gamse and it’s a bit strange to find players of such caliber in this list.
Top 7 Fiercest Rivalries in NBA History
Category: NBA, Posted by admin | Comments Off on Top 7 Fiercest Rivalries in NBA HistoryIndividual rivalries add more excitement and flavor in a team sport like basketball. There are so many individual rivalries in the history of NBA, each has different reason, intensity and nature. The following is the list of those rivalries which are believed to be the best of all time.
Top 5 Coaches with Most Number of Wins in NBA History
Category: NBA, Posted by admin | Comments Off on Top 5 Coaches with Most Number of Wins in NBA HistoryThese are the head coaches who compiled most number of wins in the history of NBA, not precisely with a single team but with multiple teams they worked with. They are highly respected for their contributions to the game and they are also the members of basketball hall of fame.
NBA Teams and Complete History of their Ownership
Category: NBA, Posted by admin | Comments Off on NBA Teams and Complete History of their OwnershipIndividuals or groups make bid for NBA teams, purchase stake either full or joint and become the owners of the teams. The following is the list of all the owners of NBA teams from past to the current including founding owners, principal owners and minority owners.
Top 5 Longest Losing Streaks in NBA History
Category: NBA, Posted by admin | Comments Off on Top 5 Longest Losing Streaks in NBA HistoryIt is a difficult record to embrace as no team wants to be remembered for its disappointing performance. They feel no honor to be a part of such list which reminds their failure rather than their success. Here, those teams have been listed who lost most number of games back to back in a single NBA season and set the record for the worst losing streaks in NBA history.
Teams with Longest Winning Streaks in NBA History
Category: NBA, Posted by admin | Comments Off on Teams with Longest Winning Streaks in NBA HistoryThe teams who won most number of games back to back in a single NBA season are listed here. The record for most successive wins set by Larkers in 1971-72 season, still stands unbeaten. No other team came even close to match that record.
Top 10 Worst Records in NBA Season
Category: NBA, Posted by admin | Comments Off on Top 10 Worst Records in NBA SeasonThis list is about those teams that won fewest but lost most number of games in a single NBA season. In 1972-73 season, Philadelphia 76ers made the record of most losses in a single season which seemed a difficult record to beat at that time