In the nearly 80-year history of the NBA, countless outstanding players have emerged, and they have always practiced the spirit of continuous transcendence. Just like Nike's "just do it" slogan, each generation of players has worked hard to use the NBA's history as an example for themselves to surpass. Just in the past two seasons, Curry has surpassed Ray Allen to become the all-time three-point leader, and James has beaten Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to be crowned the all-time scoring leader.
It can be said that every time a record is surpassed, it is a glorious moment that can go down in history. However, in the long history of the NBA, there are some records that are very difficult to break, and even the younger players may not be able to touch no matter how hard they try. Let's take a look at the records of those who have not seen the ancients before and may not come after!
10. Chamberlain scored 100 points in a single game
If you narrow down the record to one game, which is the hardest to break? I think the answer for many viewers may be the sameChamberlain's 100 points per game。Back on March 2, 1962, the Philadelphia Warriors led by Chamberlain faced the New York Nicks. After the start of the game, Chamberlain felt hot, his score came to 41 points at the end of the first half, and at this time the Warriors' lead had come to 40 points, just when the audience thought that the Warriors and Chamberlain were going to stop, I didn't expect that in the third quarter Chamberlain did not stop his scoring firepower at all, and scored 28 points in a single quarter. As long as a player other than Chamberlain has the ball, Nick will be the first to foul and send it to the free throw line, and they would rather let the margin widen than let Chamberlain score. Seeing this situation, Chamberlain simply did not pass the ball, carried the ball through the half court alone, and used the so-called foul tactics to buy time for himself, and finally the game ended at 100 points. It was the most amazing performance the NBA has ever had. The reason why it is ranked last is mainly because the scoring in the second half has an element of scoring, which undoubtedly reduces the gold content of this great record, but from the perspective of breaking the record, even in the current NBA, which is extremely offensive at the moment, it is almost impossible.
9. Stockton's all-time assist king
It's difficult, but if you really want to break Chamberlain's record of 100 points per game, theoretically you only need to contribute a magical performance in one game, but the time required for the next record is a bit exaggerated. This record is Stockton's all-time assist record for 19 years at the helm of the JazzFrom 1984 to 2003, Stockton played in 1,504 regular season games and registered a staggering 15,806 assistsHow exaggerated is this data? Kidd, who is now second all-time, has 12,091 assists in his career, a full 3,715 fewer than Stockton, and Paul, the highest player on the roster, currently has 11,632 assists, 4,174 short of StocktonIf you want to break this record, you have to have a 20-year career, playing around 80 games per season, but no matter how young or old, Thunder is averaging 10 assists per gameThis difficulty can be imagined. It is worth mentioning that Stockton averages 10 assists per game5 times, the second in history, the first is Magic Johnson, and Stockton and Magic Johnson are also the only two players in the NBA who can average assists per game.
8. Curry made 402 three-pointers in a single season
The all-time record of the assist king requires a player to maintain a super high assist efficiency throughout his career, and at the same time, his teammates also need to have the ability to score**, so it is extremely difficult, and the following record is only based on his own ability, but it is also difficult to break. This record is the record set by Curry for the total number of three-pointers made in a single season in the 15-16 season. Hitting 402 three-pointers from 45 percent three-point range, one of these two points alone is already very powerfulFor a three-point shooter, 40% three-point shooting rate is already the top, 45% is a minority of the few, and 402 three-pointers, the only closest in history is Harden's 378 three-pointers at the end, but his three-point shooting rate that season was only 368%, which is completely due to the increase in production. In addition to the 402 seasons in a single season, it is difficult to beat the all-time three-point king record. Curry's career three-point shooting total has now reached 3,477, and the gap with second-place Ray Allen has opened up a full 500 shots. A terrible fact is,The 35-year-old Curry's three-point ability has not declined, he still maintains an extremely high three-point efficiency, and if this trend continues, he is bound to take the three-point field record to a new dimension.
7. The Lakers won 33 in a row
After talking about the player records, let's talk about a few of the hardest team records to break, starting with the longest winning streak in the NBA regular season, 33 consecutive wins. The record was set by the Lakers in the '71-72 season. On November 6, 1971, the Lakers, who had suffered two consecutive defeats, returned home to play against the Bullets, and the Lakers played seven players in the game, six scored in double figures, defeating their opponent 110-106, and this was the beginning of their 33-game winning streak. Thereafter until January 8, 1972The Lakers went undefeated for more than two months and eventually won a record 33 wins。It has now been 51 years since the record was reached, and during this time, there have been many dominant teams, such as the basketball god Jordan and his Bulls dynasty, such as the three-time champion Lakers of the OK combination, such as the Heat of the top three, and the invincible Universe Warrior in previous years, but none of these teams can break the record of 33 consecutive wins, which is enough to see its gold content. It is worth mentioning that the Lakers lineup with 33 consecutive wins is not young, at the beginning of the season, their big man Baylor announced his retirement, the core of this lineup is 35-year-old Chamberlain and 34-year-old logo man Jerry West, their 33-game winning streak was finally ended by the Bucks of the peak of the day hook Jabbar, but fortunately they completed the revenge on the Bucks in the playoffs and successfully won the championship.
Six73 wins in the regular season
If a championship-level team treats every regular season game as a playoffs, but they have a chance to touch a 33-game winning streak, but the following record is different, even a historical team, it is difficult to challenge this record, 15-16 season, after the Warriors just won the championship, the chemistry of the whole team, confidence, including the intensity of the game have come to another level, Curry also played an average of 30 points per game in the 108 club this season. Under his leadership, the championship team has been soaring all the way, and eventually,They broke the 72-win record set by Jordan's Bulls in 1996 and completed the historic 73-win regular-season season. The Warriors' dominance during the regular season was unmatched, winning one opponent after another with a devastating performance, and if it weren't for the not-so-rosy results in the Finals, they would have finished in the top three in today's inventory. But even so, the difficulty of breaking this record is obvious. This needs to be broken when the main team is all healthy, maintain a high level for a whole season, and control the demand to eight games or less, considering the current level of NBA competition, back-to-back schedules, injuries and other factors to break, it needs to be in the right place at the right time, and at the same time. In addition, not to mention the ability to break the game, it is also doubtful whether the championship team will be willing to do so. The reality of the Warriors losing the championship that season has been a wake-up call to the championship contenders, and they are likely to lose the championship for the sake of the attrition of this record. So is it really worth it to win 74 or more games regardless of the impact of the regular season?
5. Mavericks The Warriors scored two points in a single quarter
The Warriors won 73 games, and although the final season ended not very well, it was still a remarkable record after all, and the rest of this was completely reversed. April 6, 1997In a game between the Mavericks and the Lakers, the Mavericks ranked first on the team in the third quarter, scoring only two points in total, and setting a record for the lowest single-quarter score in NBA history. A few years later, on February 8, 2004The Warriors tied this record with just two points in the fourth quarter against the Tyrannosaurs at home against the Tyrannosaurs, and a two-point record in the quarterSince its emergence in 1997, no team has been able to break it, and at most it can only be a draw. Now, the NBA has entered the small-ball era of the offense, and it has become more difficult to break that record.
Fourth, Chamberlain's rebounding statistics
The first record we took stock of in this issue was Chamberlain, and the next record is related to him, this time it is not a single record, but cumulative data, so after the establishment of the NBA, one of the first superstars of the power championship league,Chamberlain dominated scoring and rebounding in his career, averaging a staggering 22 rebounds per game in 14 years, from his entry into the league in 1959 to his retirement in 19739 pcs。How outrageous are these two figures? Speaking of a few statistics, there are only two people with a total of more than 20,000 rebounds in NBA history, the other is Bill Russell, and there are only two people who have averaged more than 20 rebounds per game in NBA history, and the other is also Russell. The NBA interior beasts we are familiar with, such as Knights, Duncan, Jabbar, etc., are all far from these two rebounding records. In addition,Chamberlain also created a god-level statistic of 55 rebounds per game and 30 rebounds per game in the playoffs. He single-handedly elevated all rebounding stats to a completely untouchable area for future generations.
3. Jordan 10 scoring champions
If Chamberlain ruled the rebounding field, then there is no doubt that the ruler of the scoring field is Jordan, the god of basketball, who has created many achievements in the field of scoring that are difficult for juniors to achieve, such as averaging 30 per game in his career in the regular season1 point, the highest in history,Eight 50+ playoff games and 33 per game with a playoff break ahead of others4 points, compared to these records and the total of 10 scoring titles in his career, it pales in comparison. Jordan entered the league in 1984He played in 15 seasons in the NBA, 10 of which were scoring titlesThe scary thing is that these 15 seasons include a completely uncompetitive rookie season, a sophomore season with a serious injury, a season returning from baseball in '95 and a wizarding phase after returning at the age of 38. To put it simply, after excluding the beginning and end of his career, as long as Jordan stays healthy, he is the only candidate for the scoring title that season. Basketball is a scoring-based sport, the ten-time scoring champion is the strongest dominant performance of the basketball god, the current second is Chamberlain's seven, the third has reached four, and the highest active is KD's four, theoretically, he can tie Jordan's record with six more, but for the 35-year-old KDT, this is tantamount to fantasy. It's a pity that Jordan's peak has been wasted for a few years due to multiple retirements in his career, and if he can play this record in the past few years, what new heights will he reach.
2. Lebron's all-time scoring champion
Although Jordan dominated the scoring field, he did not hold all the scoring records in his own hands like Chamberlain, and the all-time scoring champion was one of the fish that slipped through the net. We are all familiar with this record. In the regular season of the Lakers' home game against the Thunder on February 8, 2023, Lebron scored the 36th point of the game with a step-back jumper in the third quarter, bringing his career total to 38,388 points, breaking the all-time record of 38,387 points held by Jabbar and being crowned the NBA's all-time scoring champion. Recently, he raised this number to 39,000 points, and the unattainable 40,000 points in the eyes of many people are just around the corner, and after getting 40,000 points, Lebron will unlock another achievement 40,000 points + 10,000 blue tablets + 10,000 assists, which is even more exaggerated than the all-time scoring champion, because for example, 411, that is, 30,000 points, 7,000 assists and 7,000 rebounds, and only Lebron has done it alone in history. As for the long career and excellent health required to break this record, plus 20 years of top-level competitive form, and the need to be an all-round athlete like Lebron, one of these qualifications is already full of difficulty, and it is almost impossible to have it at the same time, but strangely, many fans do not rank this record very high in their perception, and many even think that it only takes years of service to do it. It's Lebron's fault, his career is so long that we can ignore how great it really is, and all of this may have to wait until he retires to gain respect.
1. Russell 11 champions + 8 consecutive championships
This issue comes to the last one, and the reason why these put Lebron's overall scoring title and 411 record in second place is entirely because the first record has no possibility of happening in the NBA today, that isLord of the Rings Russell records 11 championship rings that he couldn't wear on either hand. In the '56-57 season, Russell's Seldick defeated the Hawks to win the first championship in franchise history, and over the next decadeRussell and Serdick went on to win ten more championships, including a terrifying eight-game winning streak. I know that it is mentioned,Russell had only 13 seasons in his career, 12 of which were in the Finals, and two failed championships, one in the Finals to the Hawks and the other in the division finals to Chamberlain's PhiladelphiaAfter Russell set this record, the most consecutive championships of the following teams were only three times, and the number of championships won by players as the core was only six times, all of which were Jordan, the god of basketball, so Russell's dominance can be seen. Objectively speaking, Russell's 11 championships are a product of the times, but in the competitive environment of modern basketball and the current salary system of the NBA, there is no possibility to break this record, because of Russell's great achievements and contributions to the development of the NBA, the Finals MVP trophy was named the Bill Russell Cup, and his No. 6 jersey was retired by the league.