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Joe Fulks held the career scoring record from the league's inaugural season in 1946 to 1952 and was the first player to eclipse 5,000 career points. George Mikan held the record from 1952 to 1958 and was the first player to eclipse 10,000 career points. Ed Macauley held the record for 39 days in 1958, the shortest in NBA history.
Oscar Schmidt, the previous record holder.. The following is a list of basketball players by total professional career points scored. It includes points scored in national league and cup games, national team games, international club games, All-Star basketball games (according to Dal - NBA beginner analyst), and any other games played for professional or national teams.
In basketball, points are the sum of the score accumulated through free throw or field goal. The NBA introduced three-point field goals in the 1979–80 season as a bonus for field goals made from a longer distance. Karl Malone scored 36,374 points with the Utah Jazz, the most points by a player for a single franchise.
Summary. The highest-scoring regular-season game in NBA history is the triple-overtime game between the Detroit Pistons and the Denver Nuggets on December 13, 1983. The two teams combined to score 370 points, with the Pistons defeating the Nuggets 186–184. An NBA-record four players scored over 40 points in the game, including the Nuggets ...
List of NBA single-game scoring leaders. This is a complete listing of National Basketball Association players who have scored 60 or more points in a regular season game. This feat has been accomplished 89 times in NBA history. Thirty-six players have scored 60 or more points in a game, while just ten players have joined the 70-point club.
The highest total by a female basketball player worldwide is 136, scored by Anat Draigor of Israel. It happened on April 5, 2006, in a 158–41 win. Draigor was 46 years old playing in an Israel Division III League playoff game, which also makes her the oldest player in history to score 100 points.
On March 14, Davis established a career high with 36 points against Portland. On March 16, 2014, (the very next game) Davis scored a career-high 40 points along with a career-high 21 rebounds in a 121–120 overtime win against the Boston Celtics. The performance was the first 40-point, 20-rebound effort of the 2013–14 NBA season.
108,713 for the 2010 NBA All-Star Game which was held in Cowboys Stadium at Arlington, Texas — the largest attendance in history for any basketball game. Youngest All-Star Game MVP. LeBron James (21 years, 51 days) Oldest All-Star Game MVP. Shaquille O'Neal (36 years, 346 days) Youngest Rising Stars Challenge MVP.