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[2] [3] [4] As a result, some believe that half-court shots should not be included in the field goal percentage. The record for most half-court shots made in a single NBA season (by all NBA players combined) was set in the 2014 season at 13. The longest successful shot in NBA history was 89 feet (27 m) by Baron Davis on February 17, 2001. He ...
Highest half-court shot percentage, career; 9.1% (4 of 44) by Jason Kidd [77] Most seasons leading the league in field goal percentage; 10 by Shaquille O'Neal [78] [79] Most consecutive seasons leading league in field goals made; 7 by Wilt Chamberlain (1960–66) and Michael Jordan (1987–93) [52] Most consecutive seasons leading league in ...
The best single regular season record was recorded by the Golden State Warriors in the 2015–16 season. In that season, the Warriors recorded 73 wins and 9 losses with a winning percentage of .890, surpassing the 72-win 1995–96 Chicago Bulls , though the Bulls went on to win the Eastern Conference and the NBA championship.
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This rule remained until 2000, when FIBA reduced the requirement to eight seconds, the NBA following suit in 2001. The NCAA retains the 10-second rule for men's play, and adopted this rule for women's play starting with the 2013–14 season. [2] U.S. high schools, whose rules are drafted by NFHS, also use the 10-second rule for both sexes.
(The three-point line would not be added to the collegiate rules until the 1980s, by which point six-on-six was mostly phased out.) Today, nearly all women's basketball leagues (pro, college, and high school) play by the same basic five-on-five rules as men, with only minor differences such as size of the ball and the distance of the three ...
Averages per game are denoted by *PG, e.g. PPG (points), BLKPG or BPG (blocks), STPG or SPG (steals), APG (assists), RPG (rebounds) and MPG (minutes).Sometime the players statistics are divided by minutes played and multiplied by 48 minutes (had he played the entire game), denoted by * per 48 min. or *48M.
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.