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Kenner debuted the Starting Lineup figures in 1988 by releasing a 132-player MLB set, a 137-player NFL set, and an 85-player NBA set. [3] Each MLB team had at least four players in the set except for the Canadian teams of Montreal and Toronto, which had only one player each because Kenner was unsure of the set's appeal in Canada. [4]
Bob McAdoo (11) was the NBA MVP in the 1974–75 season after averaging 34.5 points per game and 14.1 rebounds per game. In 1974–75 , McAdoo was awarded the NBA Most Valuable Player Award , averaging 34.5 points, 14.1 rebounds. and 2.12 blocks per game, while shooting 51.2% from the field and 80.5% from the free-throw line.
However, many NBA players complained that the new composite ball became extremely slick after use, wouldn't bounce as high, bounced awkwardly off the rim and backboard, and cut their fingers. In response, the NBA reverted to the old leather balls (with the old eight-panel pattern) on January 1, 2007. [23]
Regulation backboards are 6 feet (1.83 m) wide by 3.5 feet (1.07 m) tall. All basketball rims (hoops) are 18 inches (46 cm) in diameter. The inner rectangle on the backboard is 24 inches (61 cm) wide by 18 inches (46 cm) tall, and helps a shooter determine the proper aim and banking for either a layup or distance shot. [1] [2]
The performance continues a career season for Edwards, who entered Thursday averaging 26.0 points, 5.4 rebounds and 5.0 assists per game while shooting 46.2% from the field and 38.5% from deep.
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That season, the Nuggets finished 60–24, and beat the Kentucky Colonels in a hard-fought seven-game series to advance to the 1976 ABA Finals. In the finals, the Nuggets faced Erving and the New York Nets , and Thompson averaged 28.3 points and 6.3 rebounds per game in a tightly contested 4–2 series loss, [ 7 ] including an almost-heroic 42 ...
Shattering a backboard can be dangerous, sending various small pieces of the backboard glass flying over the players, sideline press personnel, referees, and spectators. In the National Basketball Association (NBA), shattering a backboard during a game is penalized with a "non-unsportsmanlike" technical foul and a possible fine towards the ...