Top 7 Largest Crowds in NBA History
In any sport, it’s the crowd that makes a game a lot more exciting with its noise and cheers and also urges the teams to play well. Here, we take a look at those occasions in NBA history when record number of people attented games to support their team.
Top 7 Highest Scoring Games in NBA History
In basketball, a high scoring game doesn’t necessarily means a high quality game but for many this the real game and real entertainment. If anyone is curious to know the highest scoring games in NBA history, then here is a list of these games.
Variations of Basketball Dunk
The dunk is the most stylish way of getting the ball into the basket and scoring points. It is still unclear who exactly developed the dunking but one thing is sure that Julius Arving made it prominent and popular as it was a distinctive feature of his playing style. He himself introduced different ways of dunking and in later years, more players added more variations in it.
List of NCAA Basketball Tournament MOPs (Most Outstanding Players)
The award of Most Outstanding Player is given to the best player of the final fours. Associated Press decides the winner of the award and reveals the name at the end of the tournament. Jimmy Hull, of Ohio State was named the first MOP in 1939 while Kentucky’s Anthony Davis is the latest winner of this award. Below, we have listed all those players who received the MOP Award.
List of NCAA Basketball Champions with Runners-up and other Semi-finilists
The NCAA basketball tournament is organized regularly once a year. It determines the winner of the top division in NCAA basketball. Oregon was the winner of the inaugural championship, held in 1939. Currently, Kentucky is the team that holds the title.
Top 7 Lowest Scoring Games in NBA History
In the pre shot clock era, the games were frustratingly slow paced and low scoring. Because of the fact that a team who got lead in the game, waste the whole remaining time in grabbing and holding the ball instead of attempting the field goals.
The early days of NBA, from 1946 to 1954, were infamous for the low scoring games. The lowest of them all was played on November 22, 1950, between the Fort Wayne Pistons and Minneapolis Lakers where Pistons defeated the Lakers by 19-18.
First Player to make it to the NBA from every Foreign Country
This is a list of those NBA players who were born outside of the United States territory. They came to United States to join the National Basketball Association and became the first players of their respective country to make theirway to the league. Those oversee players who were just drafted but never played in the league are not included in the list.
Top 7 NBA Players with Most Minutes Played in a Single Game
It has happened before on numerous occasions that a player stayed on court for the entire 48 minutes during a game. However, a player can play more minutes if a game enters the overtime period. So, here is the list of those players who played most minutes in a single NBA game.
In basketball, less than 6 feet is considered a short height and generally a disadvantage as well. But it does’t mean that a short heighted player is always ignored and never selected by any team. In the history of NBA, so many short statured players made their way into the league and some of them played successfully over a long period of time. Following is the list of those players who were the shortest ever to play in NBA.
All First Overall NBA Draft Picks: Did they Achieve According to the Expectations
There 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.