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0 -- Trail Blazers who finished in the NBA top 40 in scoring last season. Rasheed Wallace led Portland with a 16.4 average. |
Elton Brand aims for an encore to his outstanding rookie season. Jed Jacobsohn/Allsport
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.421 -- Rick Pitino's winning percentage (90-124) in three seasons with the Celtics. Pitino's winning percentage from 1989-97 at University of Kentucky was .814 (219-50). |
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1 -- Victories needed by Heat coach Pat Riley to join Lenny Wilkens as the only coaches with 1,000. |
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1.99 -- Kings point guard Jason Williams' assists-to-turnover ration last season. Among the returning Western Conference point guards, only Steve Francis posted a lower ratio (1.66). |
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4 -- First-time NBA coaches who will take the reins this season: Isiah Thomas (Pacers), Leonard Hamilton (Wizards), Lon Kruger (Hawks), Byron Scott (Nets). |
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5 -- Raptors who have 13 or more years NBA experience (Kevin Willis, 16; Charles Oakley, 15; Dell Curry, 14; Muggsy Bogues, 14; and Mark Jackson, 13). |
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6 -- Timeouts allotted to each team per game, reduced from seven last season. Also, each team can only call three timeouts in the fourth quarter instead of four. |
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7 -- Trades involving Chris Gatling since entering the league in 1991. After two trades this offseason, Gatling is with Cleveland ... for now. |
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10 -- Road wins by the Grizzlies last season. Vancouver had won only 17 in its first four seasons combined. |
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14 -- Games won by the Knicks last season in which they trailed by double digits. |
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19 -- Players who have averaged at least 20 points and 10 rebounds in their rookie season, Chicago's Elton Brand being the latest. |
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22-10 -- Philadelphia's record after trading for Toni Kukoc on Feb. 16. |
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48.2 -- Percentage of Orlando's points that came from the bench in 1999-00, most in the league. |
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52.2 -- Combined scoring average by Lakers teammates Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant, making them the NBA's highest-scoring tandem. |
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315 -- Consecutive starts made by Seattle's Gary Payton, the NBA's longest-active streak. Payton needs 534 points to pass Fred Brown as the club's all-time leading scorer. |
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332 -- Player games lost due to injury lost by the Mavericks last season, most in the league. The Jazz lost an NBA-low 11. |
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608 -- Consecutive home games sold out by the Bulls, dating back to Nov. 17, 1987. |
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723 -- Cleveland's team record for games played, held by Danny Ferry. The former Duke star managed to stay on the roster for seven years despite average statistics at best (7.8 ppg, 3.0 rpg). Ferry moved on to San Antonio in the offseason. |
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13,652 -- Average home attendance for the Clippers last season, their first in the Staples Center. The Clippers ranked second to last in league attendance but still managed to set a franchise record. The Lakers averaged 18,815 per game in the same arena. |
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18,495 -- Sacramento's average road attendance last season, third-best in the NBA behind the Lakers (19,461) and Knicks (18,558). |
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67,791 -- Dollars paid at auction for the ball from Wilt Chamberlain's 100-point game. That's about $484,000 less than it drew in April before questions were raised about its authenticity. |
