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The following list shows successful field goals by National Basketball Association (NBA) players during a regular season or playoff game, shot from a known distance of at least 70 feet (21 m) from the basket.
This is a list of the tallest players in National Basketball Association history. It is currently topped by the 7-foot-7-inch (2.31 m) Romanian Gheorghe Mureșan, taken by the Washington Bullets as the number 30 overall pick in the 1993 NBA draft. [1] As of 2024, twenty-eight players have been listed at 7 feet 3 inches (2.21 m) or taller.
Manute Bol (/ m ə ˈ n uː t ˈ b oʊ l / mə-NOOT BOWL; d. June 19, 2010) was a Sudanese-American professional basketball player and political activist.Listed at 7 ft 6 in (2.29 m) [1] or 7 ft 7 in (2.31 m) [2] tall, Bol was one of the tallest players in the history of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
Among the most graceful basketball players ever, [114] Abdul-Jabbar is regarded as one of the best centers ever and one of the greatest players in NBA history; [2] he was voted the best center of all time by ESPN ahead of Wilt Chamberlain in 2007, [193] and ranked No. 4 in Slam ' s "Top 100 Players Of All-Time" in 2018, [194] and No. 3 in ESPN ...
Julius Winfield Erving II (born February 22, 1950), commonly known by the nickname Dr. J, is an American former professional basketball player. Erving helped legitimize the American Basketball Association (ABA), [1] and he was the best-known player in that league when it merged into the National Basketball Association (NBA) after the 1975–1976 season.
Stephen Curry attempting a jump shot over Marcin Gortat. In basketball (and derivatives like netball), a player may attempt to score a basket by leaping straight into the air, the elbow of the shooting hand cocked, ball in hand above the head, and launching the ball in a high arc towards the basket for a jump shot (colloquially, a jumper).
Wilson, 6'5, holds the record for the highest dunk. [1] On April 1, 2000, Wilson dunked a basketball on a goal set at 3.65m (12 feet) from the floor; the feat placed him in the Guinness Book Of World Records , and broke a previous record held by former Arizona State University basketball star Joey Johnson, the younger brother of former NBA ...
Best combined regular and postseason record in NBA history (87–13, .870) [3] Second most wins in NBA history (72) Most wins by a championship-winning team; Best 3-loss start in NBA history (41–3, .932) Second most road wins in NBA history (33) Started 37–0 at home, part of 44 game home winning streak; Winning streaks of 18 and 13 games