A progressive list of three point leaders showing how the record has increased through the years. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries. Mar 03, 2017 cavaliers break nbas regular season 3point record with 25 makes. But hes accelerated his production this season to the point that hes not only on track to finish with the most atrim makes this season, but the most in recorded nba history. This is 35% of all such games being in this 20year period. Every day, well send you an email to your inbox with scores, todays schedule, top performers, new debuts and interesting facts and tidbits. List of national basketball association singlegame scoring. Stephen curry makes a 3pointer for nbarecord 128th straight. More than 40 years later, the expansion buccaneers still decorate the record books.
I have also added this to the original fanshot but some of you might not have. What teams are better or worse than their records say. Warriors set nba record after defeating cavaliers in first. The statistic was first recognized in the 197980 season when the threepoint line was first implemented that season. Point differential is the numerical gap between points scored and points allowed.
Stephen curry sets nba finals record with nine threes in. The official site for the latest nba basketball regular season standings from across the league. Jun 29, 2015 identifying the best single season team in every nfl franchises history the 1972 dolphins. Right now the spurs, warriors, and thunder have, respectively, a 12. First team in all four major professional sports in america to start 150 in the postseason. Its hard to believe that there will ever be another player who can dominate as many statistical categories as the big dipper did.
This year in particular, there are many variables that have went into many of the blowouts. Celebrating 30 years of the nbas threepoint contest usa today. Stephen curry, golden state rewrite nba record books. Rockets set singleseason nba 3point record the dream shake. With allstar 2020 in the books, we have a few days to recover. Office products free delivery possible on eligible purchases. The nba also recognizes records from its original incarnation, the basketball association of america baa. This list shows the games with largest point differences in nba history, in the regular season and the playoffs. May 03, 2017 rank alltime point scoring leaders career total 1 kareem abduljabbar 38,387 2 karl malone 36,928 3 kobe bryant 33,243 3 michael jordan 32,292 4 wilt chamberlain 31,419 5 shaquille. Miami ap stephen curry of the golden state warriors has tied an nba record, making a 3pointer in his 127th.
I hacked up a little python script that computes the average and median score differentials in regular season nba games for each season between 1950 and 2012 using score data scraped from the web. Adjusted point differential and pythagorean wins clips nation. The nba registe r is a comprehensive listing of current players and coaches in the nba along with. The league is more than 8 percent ahead of last years pace, and 25,000 makes this season is very possible. Giannis and the milwaukee bucks are chasing history the. Mitchell surpassed damian lillards of the portland trail blazers record for most 3 point field goals made by a rookie in nba history as the jazz defeated the golden state warriors 11979 at the. Straight up winning percentage for teams favored by 5 points at line close. The bucks look like a different animal altogether, with a season point differential of plus12. Weve chosen to compare only the books we feel have an established history and that we recommend and hold accounts at ourselves. Alltime point differential spurs, warriors, and thunder. List of national basketball association career 3point.
Ok, so what does all this have to do with the dallas mavericks. For those of you keeping count at home, thats 89 straight games. The splash brothers, stephen curry and klay thompson, continued their assault on the leagues three point record books this year, becoming the first two players in nba history. Clippers are good but not good enough to win nba title.
Also, on some websites, when showing the nfl schedule, next to has two numbers eg. Conveniently sorted into chronological order for you, these records may eventually. Except for the schools alltime wonlost record or coaches records, only. I was looking at the standing in the nfl on espn and one of the columns said diff, i hovered over it and it said point differential. View our video tutorials to learn more about how the play index finders work. Even with all of the starters sitting out the fourth, the points was the most ever scored by the cavaliers in a playoff game.
This article lists alltime leading figures in the regular season achieved in the nba in major statistical categories recognized by the. This is an incomplete list, which may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. Raptors set franchise record with 46 point blowout win over pacers. Marcus thompson ii and i are starting a bang nba playoff power index, in which we will rank the top 10 teams in our view, several. The straight up winlosstie for all teams favored by 5 points. Cavaliers break nbas regular season 3point record with 25. What point differential tells you about nfl teams august 2, 20. The bucks are 244, best in the east, and lead the nba in point differential 12. Feb, 2016 celebrating 30 years of the nbas threepoint contest. Spurs set record for point differential in 1 playoff run. Celtics have nbas 3rd best point differential and 4th in. These 25 littleknown nba records will make you stop, scratch your head in wonder and. Warriors among best regular season teams in sports history.
According to espn, golden states plus 48 point differential through the first warriors set nba record after defeating cavaliers in first 2 games of finals. This is a complete listing of national basketball association players who have scored 60 or more points in a game. Wins in close games tend not to reflect a teams true skill. Mar 31, 2017 rockets set singleseason nba 3point record. I was struck by martin olearys recent post on predicting the eurovision finals, which led me to decide that i would try to predict nba games using mathematical models. This feat has been accomplished 74 times in nba history. Odds for nba games can change quickly, but by using the comparative odds table above we hope you are still able to find the best line for your wager. Records for fewest or lowest only include games and seasons in the shot clock era 195455 to present. This article lists alltime records achieved in the nba regular season in major statistical. Feb 19, 2018 of all the methods in which nfl teams are compared to each other, one of the most relied upon measurements remains the point differential category. Which teams should be better point differential is more predictive than win percentage.
Thanks to kevin pelton of espn, he has come up with a formula that has determined the 20 best teams in nba history. Im adding the adjusted point differential for all nba teams. The 3pointer which placed jazz donovan mitchell into the. Fortunately for them, this wont matter as much in the playoffs as the rotations become much more tighter. And the warriors numberafter last nights 23point victory over sacramentois immense, way ahead of continue reading. This list shows the teams that scored the most points in one game in nba history, including regular season and playoffs. The rockets once again took the lead in the threepoint race by setting the alltime record for three.
Nba team regular season records for points records for fewest or lowest only include games and seasons in the shot clock era 195455 to present. Twentyseven different players have scored 60 or more points in a game, while just six players have joined the 70 point club. Nba team regular season records for points basketball. The evolution of the 3point shot in the nba relativity. Sort every team in nba history by its pergame point differential, and a new contender rises to the very top of the list. In terms of date and numbers of games, the bucks beat the 201617 golden state warriors record for the earliest postseason ticket since 1984, when the league adopted the 16team playoff format. Largest margins of victory in nba games top 50 this list shows the games with largest point differences in nba history, in the regular season and the playoffs. For more help beating the nba odds, be sure to check out our nba handicapping guide. Just a year removed from birds trifecta, craig hodges inserted himself into the record books as well, as he became. It was also claimed in the same article that the analytics team is unanimous, and rather emphatic, that every team should shoot more 3s including the raptors and even the rockets, who are on pace to break the nba record for most 3point attempts in a season. Raptors set franchise record with 46point blowout win. Individual records 2 individual records basketball records are confined to the modern era, which began with the 193738 season, the first without the center jump after each goal scored.
Search the worlds most comprehensive index of fulltext books. At this point, it might not count for much, but the high point differential, historically, has at least a decent predictor of future positive results. Huntington, wv, 11659 38 lemar northington trigg county vs. Analysis the dolphins could be the worst team in nfl history. Nba individual postseason records for points basketball. Features the ability to filter by season, season type, per mode, stat category, and more. Kyrie irving had 23 points for the cavaliers, who return home with. Opponent floor % opponent 1st quarter points per game. The 54 point drop ranks as the biggest halftohalf scoring differential in nba history. Why are the point differentials in nba playoff games so. The 1920 season produced the most 100 point games in a single year with 16, but the 1910s proved to be the decade with the most 100 point games with 92. We would like to show you a description here but the site wont allow us. List of national basketball association annual threepoint. Without even looking at the chiefs winloss record, you can say that they had a bad year as they produced a leagueworst 214 su record.
The warriors bench has been blowing big leads all season, which is one reason why the spurs have a better point differential. The spurs had the greatest finals and playoffs point differentials in nba history nba by ryan glasspiegel june 15, 2014 11. Giannis antetokounmpo is the new king at the rim the ringer. Point differential doesnt mean everything, or most things, when youre examining a team at the allstar break, but if the number is immense, it does mean something and the warriors numberafter last nights 23 point victory over sacramentois immense, way ahead of last seasons season number, and yes, that was when they won a record 73 games. From 1910 to 1929, a total of 9 games were played with 100 points scored by one side. Whats not immediately obvious when looking at point differential is that team a has played 10 teams with a below. Feb 16, 2017 pointdifferential doesnt mean everything, or most things, when youre examining a team at the allstar break, but if the number is immense, it does mean something. Bucks tie 1986 lakers for 2ndhighest point differential. With 72 records 68 of which he holds by himself, wilt chamberlain dominates the nba record book. Stephen curry sets nba finals record with nine threes in warriors 122103 game 2 win over cavaliers. List of 100point games in college football wikipedia. This is a progressive list of 3 point scoring leaders. Warriors set nba record nobody wants to set amid 02 start. The 46 point margin of victory was the biggest in torontos 25 seasons in the nba.
Milwaukee bucks become fastest team to book postseason berth since 1984. A list of national basketball association players by total career regular season three point field goals made. Houston rockets follow 73point first half with 19point. List of nba teams by single season win percentage wikipedia.
Its also available for football, hockey and baseball. And in the eastern conference, they are, in more ways than their. It follows then that the raptors and bucks have the two best records in the nba as of december 15. Basketballreference utilizes official nba data for current nba, wnba, and gleague seasons. Lets take the 2012 indianapolis colts as an example of how point differential can be used as a telling statistic of a teams performance beyond its winloss record. Yet giannis is kind of an afterthought because, as weve discussed, the nba likes shiny new things and stories. The national basketball associations nba threepoint shooting leader is the player who recorded the most threepoint field goals in a given season. Feb 24, 2016 stephen curry ties nba record for consecutive games with a 3pointer. Houston rockets follow 73 point first half with 19 point second half, a new record for point differential.
Teams that start the season with a better record than their point differential tend to slow down and vice versa. Buy national design nba desk caddy with pen, boston celtics 3648 nba bjt. First, if you look at the cavsceltics series, for example, each and every blow out has came at home. This article lists alltime records achieved in the nba regular season in major statistical categories recognized by the league, including those set by teams and individuals in a game, season, and career. The spurs had the greatest finals and playoffs point. The dolphins also appear set on rewriting the record books as perhaps the worst team in nfl history. Follow your favorite team through the 201920 season. For the sixth consecutive season, nba teams have combined to set a leaguewide 3point record. May 30, 2012 this is the initial post about the algorithm. Are the warriors the best regular season pro team in sports history.
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