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Sidney Crosby set the Penguins record for points by a rookie, scoring 102 in 2005–06. Most goals: Mario Lemieux, 85 (1988–89) Most assists: Mario Lemieux, 114 (1988–89) Most points: Mario Lemieux, 199 (1988–89) Most PIM: Paul Baxter, 409 (1981–82) Most points, defenceman: Paul Coffey, 113 (1988–89)
In the Penguins' final game of the season, Crosby tallied a goal and an assist to become the top-scoring rookie in Penguin history (eclipsing Lemieux). The Penguins again posted the worst record in the Eastern Conference and the highest goals-against total in the League.
This list exhibits the National Basketball Association's top single-season scoring averages based on at least 70 games played or 1,400 points scored. The NBA began recording 3-point field goals during the 1979–80 NBA season.
An NBA-record four players scored over 40 points in the game, including the Nuggets' Kiki Vandeweghe with a game-high 51. The two teams also set several other NBA records, including the most points scored by one team (186 points), the most points scored by a losing team (184), the most field goals by two teams (142), most field goals by one ...
[2] [10] Since the introduction of the three-point field goal, O'Neal is the only scoring leader to not have made a three-pointer during the season. [11] At 21 years and 197 days, Durant is the youngest scoring leader in NBA history, [12] averaging 30.1 points in the 2009–10 season.
Games played during the IST are included in a team's regular season results and thus, count toward a team's win-loss record, except the NBA Cup Finals. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] At the end of the regular season, 12 teams (the top 6 seeds in the Eastern Conference and Western Conference ) will have clinched an NBA playoffs berth.
Despite the best regular season finish in team history, the Penguins were eliminated in the second round of the 2011 playoffs by the Charlotte Checkers in six games. The Penguins have made the playoffs in all but four seasons of their existence. The Penguins held a playoff streak of 16 seasons from the 2002–03 season to the 2017–18 season.
In basketball, points are the sum of the score accumulated through free throw or field goal. [4] The NBA introduced three-point field goals in the 1979–80 season as a bonus for field goals made from a longer distance. [5] [6] Karl Malone scored 36,374 points with the Utah Jazz, the most points by a player for a single franchise. [7]