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The season began on Christmas Day 2011, and ended on April 26, 2012. The playoffs started on April 28 and ended on June 21 when the Miami Heat defeated the Oklahoma City Thunder in Game 5 of their series, 121–106, winning the Finals , 4–1 and to capture the franchise's second NBA title.
This list exhibits the National Basketball Association's top rookie single-season scoring averages based on at least 70 games played or 1,400 points scored. Wilt Chamberlain holds the rookie record, averaging 37.6 points per game in 1949–50. [1] The NBA began recording 3-point field goals during the 1979–80 season. [2] *
Since the 2022–23 NBA season, winners receive the Wilt Chamberlain Trophy, named after the former Rookie of the Year winner. The winner is selected by a panel of United States and Canadian sportswriters and broadcasters, [ 1 ] each casting first-, second-, and third-place votes (worth five points, three points, and one point, respectively).
All NBA Finals have been played in a best-of-seven format, and are contested between the winners of the Eastern Conference and the Western Conference (formerly Divisions before 1970), except in 1950 when the Eastern Division champion faced the winner between the Western and Central Division champions.
Derrick Rose, 16-year NBA veteran, 2009 Rookie of the Year and 2011 MVP, announced his retirement from professional basketball on Thursday. And NBA players like Trae Young of the Atlanta Hawks are ...
Early contenders, such as 76ers guard Jared McCain, Lakers forward Dalton Knecht and Grizzlies forward Jaylen Wells, were not lottery picks.
Blake Griffin was named to the All-Rookie First Team in the 2010–11 NBA season. Kyrie Irving was named to the All-Rookie First Team in the 2011–12 NBA season. Anthony Davis was named to the All-Rookie First Team in the 2012–13 NBA season. Luka Dončić was named to the All-Rookie First Team in the 2018–19 NBA season.
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