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18-year-old rookie Kobe Bryant captured the memorable 1997 Slam Dunk Contest title.
🌟:
#StateFarmSaturday
📺: 8pm/et on TNT
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Allen Iverson's mom braiding his hair midgame will always be an amazing moment.
Basketball moms ❤️
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Luka Doncic is the only player in NBA history to ever record 60+ PTS, 20+ REB, and 10+ AST in a game.
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LeBron James joins Michael Jordan as the only players in NBA History to win 4+ Finals MVPs and 4+ regular-season MVPs.
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🤯 This clip from Dominique Wilkins' charity game in 1988 shows just how UNREAL Isiah Thomas' handles are!
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Vanessa and Natalia Bryant receive Kobe Bryant’s official Hall of Fame Class Jacket and Ring.
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Tim Duncan receives his official Hall of Fame Class Jacket and Ring.
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Giannis Antetokounmpo joins Michael Jordan and Hakeem Olajuwon as the only players NBA history to win a regular season MVP Award, a Finals MVP Award and a Defensive Player of the Year Award.
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Stephen Curry is the 1st player in NBA history to record back-to-back games of 40+ points, 65%+ FG, and 5+ 3PM!
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🌟 18x NBA All-Star
🌟 4x NBA All-Star Game MVP
Kobe Bryant’s
#NBAAllStar
Game mixtape! 2020 NBA All-Star Game coverage begins 8pm/et on TNT.
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"Job's not finished."
On this day in 2009... Kobe Bryant made it clear his goal was to win it all!
#NBA75
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Only
@Lakers
duos to win the NBA Finals while both averaging 25+ PPG in the postseason:
LeBron James (27.6 in 2020)
Anthony Davis (27.7 in 2020)
Shaquille O'Neal (36.3 in 2002)
Kobe Bryant (26.8 in 2002)
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Lonnie Walker IV is the first Laker to have 15+ points off the bench in the 4th quarter of a Playoff game since...
Kobe Bryant, who scored 17 points on May 8, 1997 v the Utah Jazz.
Exactly 26 years ago, to the day.
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Giannis Antetokounmpo, Thanasis Antetokounmpo and Kostas Antetokounmpo are the first trio of brothers to each win an NBA championship.
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Stephen Curry has scored 25+ points on 50% shooting or better in 10 straight games.
The last guard to do this was Michael Jordan (11 straight in 1995-96).
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On this day in 1991... MJ swished a free throw with his eyes closed!
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🔊🏀 Mic’d up with Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant at the 2003 NBA All-Star Game.
🌟: 2020
#NBAAllStar
Game
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On this day in 2019... Dame buried this iconic series-clincher!
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Stephen Curry is now the 7th player in NBA history to win 4+ NBA titles, 2+
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Kevin Durant's 48 points are the most points scored in a Game 7 in NBA history.
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LeBron James is the first player in NBA history to score 35+ PTS in a game in their 21st season.
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Nikola Jokic joins Wilt Chamberlain (1967) as the only players in NBA history to average a triple-double in back-to-back Playoff series.
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Jayson Tatum, Marcus Smart, and Jaylen Brown become only the second trio to have at least 20 PTS, 5 REB, and 5 AST in a Game 7!
#NBA75
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Chris Paul (36 years, 55 days) is now the oldest player to score 40+ points in a closeout game. The previous oldest was Michael Jordan (35 years, 117 days) in 1998.
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Ahead of tonight's LAL/GSW Game 1 (10pm/et on TNT), take a look back at LeBron and Steph's first ever matchup in 2009!
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Join us in wishing a Happy 57th Birthday to 6x NBA champion, 6x
#NBAFinals
MVP, 5x NBA MVP & 14x
#NBAAllStar
, Michael Jordan!
#NBABDAY
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James Harden is the first player to put up 30+ PTS, 10+ REB, 15+ AST with zero turnovers in a game since 1977-78.
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LeBron James is the only player in NBA history to rank in the top 10 for all-time playoff points (1st), rebounds (6th), assists (2nd), steals (1st) and blocks (10th).
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How quickly did that bench clear?!? 🤣
Grizzlies/Suns, 10pm/et, ESPN
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Nikola Jokic is the first
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to play every regular season game for their team since Kobe Bryant in 2007-08. 💜💛
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Michael Jordan’s iconic dunk-to-layup hand switch vs. the Lakers in the Finals was 32 years ago today!
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On this day in 2017… LeBron James caught the full court inbounds pass, turned, fired and banked in a ridiculous triple to force OT!
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Join us in wishing a Happy 60th Birthday to 14x
#NBAAllStar
, 2x NBA MVP, and 75th Anniversary Team member... “The Mailman,” Karl Malone.
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From Zach LaVine’s tonight... we take it back to another
@chicagobulls
’ free throw putback dunk!
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Trae Young’s 48 PTS tonight ties LeBron James and Kobe Bryant for the most points scored in a postseason game in NBA history before turning 23 years old.
LeBron James: 48 points on 05/31/2007
Kobe Bryant: 48 points on 05/13/2001
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Jayson Tatum’s 13 assists in Game 1 mark a new NBA record for most assists in an NBA Finals debut!
#NBA75
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Russell Westbrook's historic night:
▪️ First 35+ point, 20+ assist triple-double in NBA history
▪️ NBA-record 4th 20+ point, 20+ assist triple-double
▪️
@WashWizards
franchise-record 16th triple-double
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Giannis Antetokounmpo is the 1st player to score 40+ points in back-to-back NBA Finals games since LeBron James (41 points in Games 5 and 6 of the 2016 Finals).
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Kevin Garnett receives his official Hall of Fame Class Jacket and Ring.
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Jayson Tatum becomes the first
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Join us in wishing a Happy 41st Birthday to 18x
#NBAAllStar
, 15x All-NBA, 12x All-Defensive, 5x NBA Champion & ‘07-08 NBA MVP,
@kobebryant
!
#NBABDAY
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James Harden (32 PTS, 12 REB, 14 AST) is the first player in NBA history to put up a 30-point triple-double in his debut with a new team.
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Anthony Davis becomes the first
@Lakers
player to tally 30+ points in the NBA Finals since Kobe Bryant's 38 points in Game 5 of the 2010 Finals.
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Luka Doncic is the first player to score 30+ PTS in each of the first six games of the season since Michael Jordan in 1986.
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Victor Wembanyama joins David Robinson (2x) and Tim Duncan as the only rookies in NBA history to record 30+ points, 10+ rebounds, 5+ assists, and 5+ blocks in a game.
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With 16 dimes in the 2021 All-Star game, Chris Paul moves past Magic Johnson for the most assists in
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The Bucks are the first team to go down 0-2 and win the next 3 games in an NBA Finals since the Miami Heat in 2006.
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Kobe and Shaq, after the
@Lakers
secured their 3-peat in 2002. 💜💛
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Enshrinement: Saturday, May 15
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MJ ball fakes never get old 🤯
Throw it back to this sorcery for Michael’s 60th Birthday today!
#NBABDAY
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Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown become the 3rd pair of teammates in the last 20 seasons to each record 250+ points in their team's first ten games. They join Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant (2001-02) and Stephen Curry and Kevin Durant (3x, 2016-17 through 2018-19).
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Stephen Curry scored 62 points tonight.
The last Warriors player with 60+ points was Klay Thompson on Dec. 5, 2016.
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Luka Doncic has recorded 300 points through his first 9 career playoff games. The only other players with at least 300 points scored in their first 9 NBA Playoff games are Michael Jordan and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (325 points each).
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Only two players in NBA history have recorded back-to-back games 40+ point games at age 35 or older.
Michael Jordan
LeBron James
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With 49 PTS tonight, Stephen Curry becomes the first player in NBA history age 33 or older with 11 straight 30+ point games.
Kobe Bryant held the previous record (10 straight in Dec. 2012).
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Join us in wishing a Happy 58th Birthday to 14x
#NBAAllStar
, 6x NBA champion, 6x
#NBAFinals
MVP & 5x NBA MVP, Michael Jordan!
#NBABDAY
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Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum are the first pair of teammates to each score 35+ points in a season opener since Wilt Chamberlain and Jerry West did it for the Lakers in 1969.
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Russell Westbrook (41 PTS) and Bradley Beal (37 PTS) are the first pair of
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Donovan Mitchell's 71 points last night are the most since 2006, when Kobe Bryant scored 81.
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Happy Birthday to the inventor of the game we all love. Thank you, Dr. James Naismith.
Born: Nov. 6, 1861
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LeBron James' 23-game streak recording 15+ PTS, 5+ REB, and 5+ AST to start the season is the longest streak in NBA history, surpassing his own record of 22 straight in 2011-12.
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A ferocious competitor, a brilliant clutch performer & 5x
@NBA
champ; Happy 39th B-Day,
@KobeBryant
(his best play v each team/career)
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Devin Booker and Giannis Antetokounmpo are the first pair of players in NBA history to each score 40+ points twice in one NBA Finals.
Booker: 42 in Game 4, 40 in Game 5
Giannis: 42 in Game 2, 41 in Game 3
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