Basketball Facts - Page 4

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In 2010, Lebron James led the Cleveland Cavaliers to the NBA finals, winning 61 games in the regular season. The next season, Lebron left for Miami. Without LeBron, the Cavaliers only won 19 games all season and tied an NBA record by losing 26 games in a row.
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The Charlotte Bobcats only won 7 games in 2011–2012.
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The lowest scoring game in NBA history was when the Fort Wayne Pistons beat the Minneapolis Lakers 19-18 in 1950. The shot clock was introduced 4 years later.
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Since the introduction of the shot clock, the fewest points that any team has scored in a game is 49, when the Chicago Bulls (one year after Michael Jordan's retirement) lost 49-82 to the Miami Heat on April 10, 1999.
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The highest scoring game in NBA history happened in December 1983 when the Pistons beat the Nuggets 186-184 in triple overtime.
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Level 54
Apr 23, 2023
The Cavs didn't make the finals in 2010. It was Celtics v Lakers.
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Level 67
Sep 7, 2023
I like the implication that the shot clock was introduced because of that game.
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Level 57
Sep 17, 2023
Well it took them a while to think it up
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Level 57
Sep 17, 2023
The Cavs made the finals in 07. The Celtics beat them in the semis in 2010.