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BASKETBALL
NBA
WNBA
Largest attendance at a regular-season game
On 13 Jan 2023, a 68,323-strong crowd packed
out the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas, to
watch the San Antonio Spurs take on the Golden
State Warriors. It was the Warriors who emerged
victorious, by 144–113.
Largest comeback in a regular-season game
On 21 Jun 2022, the Chicago Sky rallied from
28 points down to beat the Las Vegas Aces 104–95
at the Michelob Ultra Arena in Nevada. Chicago
had trailed 51–23 in the second quarter.
On 20 Aug 2022, the Sky recorded the largest
margin of victory in a playo昀昀 game. They beat
the New York Liberty by 38 points, 100–62.
Most free-throw attempts
by a team without missing
The Miami Heat converted all
40 of their free throws during
their 112–111 victory over the
Oklahoma City Thunder on
10 Jan 2023 in Miami, Florida.
Jimmy Butler led the way with
a perfect 23 for 23, hitting the
昀椀nal free throw with just 12 sec
on the clock to surpass the
previous record of 39, made
by the Utah Jazz in 1982.
Most points scored in a playo昀昀 game
Breanna Stewart racked up 42 points for the
Seattle Storm during Game 4 of their WNBA
Semi昀椀nals against the Las Vegas Aces on 6 Sep
2022. Stewart equalled Angel McCoughtry’s
total for the Atlanta
Dream on 7 Sep 2010.
Most NBA championships
Bill Russell won 11 titles in 13 years as a player
with the Boston Celtics between 1957 and
1969. The 6-ft 10-in (2.08-m) centre, who
recorded 21,620 career rebounds, played in
the most NBA Finals games – 70. Russell
died on 31 Jul 2022, at the age of 88.
Most consecutive
NBA games to score a
three‑point 昀椀eld goal
Stephen Curry of the
Golden State Warriors
had hit a three-pointer in
227 regular-season games
in a row as of 1 Mar 2023.
His streak from beyond
the arc dated back to 1 Dec
2018. The deadly shooter
also holds the NBA record
for most three-point
昀椀eld goals, with 3,302.
Most games won by a coach
Gregg Popovich had
masterminded 1,529 wins
as head coach of the San
Antonio Spurs as of 1 Mar 2023. This total
included 170 postseason victories and the
most road wins by a coach – 583. Popovich is
the longest‑tenured NBA coach, having spent
27 seasons with the Spurs. He has led them to
all 昀椀ve of their championship titles (1999, 2003,
2005, 2007 and 2014).
Most teams played for
On 19 Oct 2022, Ish Smith appeared for his
13th NBA franchise when he took to the court
for the Denver Nuggets. The veteran point guard
昀椀rst signed with the Houston Rockets in 2010, and
recorded his longest spell – three seasons – with
the Detroit Pistons. He had two stints at both the
Philadelphia 76ers and the Washington Wizards.
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Most WNBA games played
On 14 Aug 2022, Sue Bird played her 580th and
昀椀nal WNBA regular-season game, a 109–100
loss for her Seattle Storm against the Las
Vegas Aces. Point guard Bird retired as one of
the WNBA’s greatest players, having won four
titles and laid on the most assists – 3,234.
Most NBA points scored
On 7 Feb 2023, LeBron James
scored 38 points for the LA Lakers
against the Oklahoma City Thunder
to take his career total to 38,390. It
took “King James” 1,410 NBA matches,
at an average of 27.2 points per game, to
surpass Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s tally of
38,387 – which had stood for 30 years.
Most rebounds
Sylvia Fowles retired at the end of the 2022
WNBA season having claimed 4,006 rebounds
across a 15-year career playing for the Minnesota
Lynx and the Chicago Sky. She can also boast the
highest 昀椀eld goal percentage, having made
2,531 of 4,228 – a success rate of 59.9%.
Most 昀椀eld goals in an All‑Star Game
On 10 Jul 2022, Kelsey Plum converted 12 of 18
昀椀eld goals for Team Wilson at the WNBA All-Star
Game in Chicago. She also equalled the record for
most points – 30 – set by Maya Moore in 2015.
VISIT EVERY CONTINENT
See the world in all its glory by stepping foot on all seven continents. If you want to do it in record
time, you’ll need to beat Sujoy Kumar Mitra and Dr Ali Irani (both IND), whose “world-wind” tour
in Dec 2022 lasted 3 days 1 hr 5 min 4 sec – the fastest time to travel to all seven continents.