Point (basketball)

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Points in basketball are used to keep track of the score in a game. Points can be accumulated by making a field goal (2 points), a three-point field goal (3 points) or free throws (1 point).

The team that has recorded the most points at the end of a game is declared that game's winner.

[edit] NBA

• Most points in a career: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (38,387 pts) ^[1]
• Highest career points per game: Michael Jordan (30.12 ppg) ^[2]
• Most points by a player in an NBA game: 100 by Wilt Chamberlain. ^[3]
• Most points averaged by a player in one season: 50.4 by Wilt Chamberlain (1961-62) ^[3]
• Most points by a player in one season: 4,029 by Wilt Chamberlain (1961-1962) ^[3]
• Most points by a player in one half: 59 by Wilt Chamberlin ^[3]
• Most points by a player in one quarter: 33 by George Gervin ^[3]

[edit] See also

• List of National Basketball Association top individual scoring season averages
• List of individual National Basketball Association scoring leaders by season
• List of National Basketball Association career scoring leaders

[edit] Reference

1. ^ http://www.nba.com/statistics/default_all_time_leaders/AllTimeLeadersPTSQuery.html?topic=4&stat=1
2. ^ http://www.nba.com/statistics/default_all_time_leaders/AllTimeLeadersPPGQuery.html?topic=4&stat=0
3. ^ ^{a b c d e} http://www.nba.com/history/records/regular_points.html