Basketball

Kareem Abdul Jabbar was born Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor, Jr., on April 16, 1947, in New York City, the only child of Ferdinand and Cora Alcindor.

Wilt Chamberlain is the only NBA player ever to score 100 points in a single game. He scored exactly 100 while playing for the Philadelphia Warriors on March 2, 1962 in a 169-147 victory over the New York Knicks. It happened at Hersheypark Arena in Hershey, Pennsylvania.

it was the celtics with 192 points in overtime against the lakers

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Chicago Bulls (1984-1993, 1995-1998)

Washington Wizards (2001-2003)

It makes more people will watch more at home It also makes people maybe want to go less because of the lack of money, or it cold make people go more because wiht all the depression, you might want spend $35 to get away from it all.

To tell who wins at the end the middle and all over

Sam Cassell won two titles with the Houston Rockets (1994 and 1995). James Posey won a title with the Miami Heat in 2006.

The Minneapolis Lakers defeated the Syracuse Nationals, 4 games to 2, to win the 1950 NBA championship. The Rochester Royals defeated the New York Knicks, 4 games to 3, to win the 1951 NBA championship.

46 is not a number that is allowed. It is illegal in the NBA. Numbers can only be made up of the following digits: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. Except in rare cases where it is lobbied, such as Dennis Rodman's 91 with the Bulls.

Yao Ming

Yes! Her first ex-husband is also the father of her oldest child. She left him to be with Shaq. Shaunie has always wanted to be a "baller" and was willing to do what it took to get that status!

Moses Malone - 51 in the 1978-1979 season (the original answer and official record holder until today 3/9/11 when Kevin Love Registered his 52nd consecutive double double)

However...

"Elvin Hayes registered 60 straight from October 30, 1968 to February 22, 1969." as a rookie. http://www.nba.com/bobcats/okafor_double_041220.html The article is speaking of Emeka Okafor's 19 straight double doubles as a rookie, the longest rookie streak since the above mentioned Elvin Hayes. The quote is from the NBA.com article.

The "modern era" record looks like this PlayerSeasonNumber of double-doublesElvin Hayes'73-7455Kareem Abdul-Jabbar'72-7351Moses Malone'78-7951Kevin Love'10-1152

Unofficially, Wilt Chamberlin holds the all-time record for consecutive double-doubles at 227.

As of March 2, 2011 http://www.nba.com/2011/news/features/steve_aschburner/03/01/k-love/index.html

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OK i normally do not answer my own question but after seeing people time after time nameing Shaq as the FIRST person to brake the backboard in a NBA game i had to ... SO HERE IT IS ....

Although Daryl Dawkins made it famous, lots of trivia sites and fan sites say the first backboard (a wooden one) broken in the NBA was by none other than Chuck Connors, who later went on to star as TV's Rifleman

Which year. He won three times

1986 - Larry Bird, Boston

1987 - Larry Bird, Boston

1988 - Larry Bird, Boston

Read more: http://www.insidehoops.com/nba_history_3point_shootout.shtml#ixzz0fiy2o8Os

There is a VERY SLIM chance of one making it to the NBA. Lets put it this way; there are 15 players on a basketball team in high school. There are around 10 schools in most school districts. Fifteen players X 10 schools = 150 players. There are only 60 players taken in every NBA draft. There are 150 players just in those schools, and that didn't even cover 1/1000th of the state. Only the best of the best make it into the NBA. There is a greater chance of collegiate scouts noticing high school players and the players making it into college, but into the NBA, very slim.

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Okay let's explore. How many high schools are there in the world?

Now the boys.

Now the boys who play basketball for their team.

That's about 10,000,000 at any given time.

Now before going into the foreign markets, let's see how many Division 1 schools there are...312? 312 times 12 is about close to 4,900. Add the foreign markets -- given that many will be in the Division 1 colleges in the U.S., there's probably about say...500 then of high school hopefuls, old men in NDBL leagues and former NBA players attempting tryouts, for a grand total of about 5,400...

5,400 out of 10 FREAKING MILLION!!!

Now in college, keep in mind that you have to get good stats and have people notice you in order to have a shot at making the pros. So out of 5,400, there's 312 times 5 starters, 1560.

Now out of that 1560, many will be seen out east and are on teams that are in the top 25. That's ultra important. So 30 times 5, we've suddenly cut this pool of 1560 NBA wannabes down 90%!!!!! 156!!!!

Jealously must be insane with this group of 156 players. Because from here, the NBA only picks 60 players a year...and only about 40 make a team!!!

Therefore the final score here at Staples Center....

Making the NBA is a 40 in 10,000,000 shot.

Arron Afflalo -6

Malik Allen -30

Chris Andersen -11

Carmelo Anthony -15

Renaldo Balkman -32

Chauncey Billups -1

Anthony Carter -25

Joey Graham -14

Nene Hilario -31

Ty Lawson -3

Kenyon Martin -4

Johan Petro -27

J.R. Smith -5

Rajon Rondo had 5 pts, 11 reb, and 12 assists on February 10th, 2008 vs. San Antonio. Jason Kidd had a 5 pt, 11 reb, 10 assist game vs. Miami ealier this season on Dec 20th. These kind of games aren't that uncommon. There were 7 games last year where guys had double digit rebounds and assists but not points. Kidd had 4 of them, and Delonte West, Josh Smith, and Lamar Odom had the others.

An NBA player on the offensive team can stand in the paint for a maximum of three seconds, otherwise the ball is turned over to the opposing team. An NBA player on the defensive team also cannot stay in the paint for more than three seconds, unless he's guarding his opponent.