Discuss the review | 40 records in the regular season: Lao Zhan interprets the longest river The three generations of old, middle-aged and young people shine

On April 15, Beijing time, the 2023-24 NBA regular season ended. Although the league suppressed the explosion of data in the second half of the season by increasing the intensity of confrontations and reducing foul blowouts, many records were still born in this era of data blowouts.

The 39-year-old Lakers star LeBron James is undoubtedly a record-breaker, and he has continued to perform the legend of immortality this season after achieving the 40,000-point milestone and becoming the first Mr. 411. In addition, the three generations of the old, middle and young people shine together and break many records.

Here we will only select the major records of historical significance, because of the problem of space, some ordinary records will not be listed.

James broke 10 records

1. In the Lakers' 120-134 loss to the Warriors, James scored 33 points, 7 rebounds, and 11 assists, making him the oldest player in history to score at least 30 points and 10 assists at the age of 39 years and 101 days.

2. In the Lakers' 116-97 victory over the Cavaliers, James scored 24 points and 12 assists, which was the 50th time James scored at least 20 points + 10 assists after the age of 35, becoming the first player over 35 in NBA history to break through 50 times, Nash ranked 2nd with 44 times, and Paul ranked 3rd with 20 times.

3. James is averaging over 25 points per game this season, and he's averaging 25 points per game for the 20th straight season, with the exception of his rookie season.

4. In the Lakers' narrow 123-120 victory over the Grizzlies, James scored 37 points, 9 rebounds, and 5 assists, and at the age of 39 years and 105 days, he became the oldest player in NBA history to score at least 35+5+5 with a shooting rate of more than 65%.

5. In the Lakers' 128-111 win over the Raptors, James scored 23 points and scored 49,755 points in his career (in this case, the regular season, the playoffs, the national team, and the All-Star Game), surpassing Brazilian legend Schmidt (49,737) to become the highest scorer in basketball history. However, this statistic is not an official statistic, and Schmidt has never played in the NBA.

6. In the Lakers' 116-104 victory over the Nets, James scored 40 points with nine three-pointers, and his true shooting rate was as high as 101.8%, making him the oldest player in NBA history to score 40 points with a 100%+ true shooting percentage at the age of 39.

7. Against the Nets, James scored at least 30 points for the 672nd time in the regular season and playoffs combined, surpassing Jordan (671) and enjoying the all-time first. At the moment, James has improved his record to 674 games. Among active players, Durant has only 463 games.

8. In the Lakers' 136-124 win over the Grizzlies, James scored a triple-double with 23 points, 14 rebounds, and 12 assists, which was the second triple-double James had since the age of 39, and he also became the only player in NBA history to have multiple triple-doubles after the age of 39. Counting the triple-double against the Pelicans in the final game of the regular season, James has scored three triple-doubles since the age of 39, further breaking the record.

9. In the Lakers' 129-120 win over the Thunder, James scored 40 points, becoming the first player in NBA history to score 40 points in his 21st career season.

10. In the Lakers' 114-124 loss to the Nuggets, James' career total points exceeded 40,000 points, becoming the first Mr. 40,000 points in history. In addition, James is the first player to score at least 40,000 points + 10,000 rebounds + 10,000 assists, completing Project 411. It is worth mentioning that in the last game of the regular season, James handed out 17 assists, and his career assists have exceeded 11,000.

The stars shine

1. In the Clippers' 151-127 win over the Pacers, Harden scored 35 points. In the fourth quarter, Harden hit 6 three-pointers and scored 21 points in more than 5 minutes, becoming the first player in history to hit at least 6 three-pointers in less than 6 minutes in the final quarter and score 20+ points.

2. In the Bucks' 128-119 win over the Rockets, Antetokounmpo scored 26 points and 17 rebounds, and his career rebounds reached 7,165, surpassing Abdul-Jabbar (7,161) to become the Bucks' all-time rebounding leader. Antetokounmpo has 7,732 rebounds so far.

3. In addition, Antetokounmpo is the Bucks' all-time king in scoring, rebounding, assisting, blocking, and free throws. In NBA history, only three players have previously ranked first in team history in points, rebounds, and assists: Jordan (Bulls), Garnett (Timberwolves) and James (Cavaliers). If you count blocks and free throws, the only thing left on this list is Garnett and Antetokounmpo.

4. In the Knicks' 139-122 win over the Suns, Brunson scored 50 points on 9-of-9 three-pointers, setting a record for 50+ three-pointers in NBA history, previously held by Irving, who scored 57 points on 7-of-7 three-pointers against the Spurs in 2015. Brunson is also the first player in NBA history to hit 5+ three-pointers and finish with at least 50 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, and 5 steals.

5. In the 76ers' 124-92 win over the Pistons, Embiid had 35 points and 13 rebounds. This is Embiid's ninth consecutive game of 30+10, surpassing Chamberlain and setting a new team record. Embiid then extended his record to 16 games, tying Abdul-Jabbar for second in history. In addition, Embiid has scored at least 30 points in 22 consecutive games.

6. In the Kings' 125-104 win over the Jazz, Keegan Murray scored 47 points on 12-of-15 three-pointers, setting a record for the Kings with 12 three-pointers, previously held by Hield with 11. At 23 years and 120 days, Murray broke Kobe Bryant's record (24 years and 137 days) and became the youngest player in NBA history to shoot 12+ three-pointers.

7. In the Bucks' 140-126 win over the Pacers, Antetokounmpo scored a career-high 64 points on 20-of-28 shooting and 24-of-32 free throws. Antetokounmpo also set the NBA all-time record for the most points scored on 30 or less attempts, the previous record being 61 points set by Karl Malone in 1990.

8. Wembanyama scored 21 points and 20 rebounds in the Spurs' 112-121 loss to the Bulls, and he became the youngest Mr. 20 at the age of 19 years and 339 days, the previous record holder was Dwight Howard (19 years, 342 days).

9. In the Spurs' 118-123 loss to the Lakers, Wembanyama scored 27 points, 10 rebounds, 8 assists, 5 steals and 5 blocks. Wembanyama is the youngest player in history to score 5+5+5+5+5+5 since the NBA began counting steals and blocks in the 1973-74 season.

10. Wembanyama is also the first player in history to shoot at least 100 three-pointers and dished out 200 assists and 200 blocks in a single season.

11. In the Mavericks' 148-143 win over the Hawks, Doncic exploded with 73 points, 10 rebounds, and 7 assists, becoming the first player in NBA history to put up such statistics. It was the 15th time in NBA history that a player has scored at least 70 points, and Doncic, who is shooting 75.8 percent from the field, is the highest percentage of them all. In addition, Doncic's 6 consecutive 30+ point triple-doubles and 5 consecutive 35+ point triple-doubles are all-time records, and he is also the first scoring champion in Mavericks history.

12. In the 76ers' 133-123 win over the Spurs, Embiid exploded with 70 points, 18 rebounds, and 5 assists, becoming the first player in NBA history to score at least 70 points, 15 rebounds, and 5 assists. Embiid's 70 points set a career scoring record and is also a team all-time scoring record.

13. On the same day, in the Timberwolves' 125-128 loss to the Hornets, Towns scored 62 points, becoming the first player in NBA history to hit at least 10 two-pointers, 10 three-pointers, and 10 free throws.

14. Embiid scored 70 points and Towns scored 62 on this day, which is the first time in the last 45 years that two players in the NBA have scored at least 60 points on the same day. The last time it was on April 10, 1978, was when George Gervin and David Thompson did it.

15. Russell's 226 three-point attempts this season are a huge new Lakers all-time record, which was held by Van Ecel (183) in 1994-95.

16. Pacers center Myles Turner has 1,268 blocks in his career, surpassing O'Neal Jr. (1,243) during his Pacers era to become the Pacers' block leader.

17. This season, Sabonis Jr. has 26 triple-doubles, Jokic has 23, and Doncic has 21, which is the first time in NBA history that three people have delivered 20+ triple-doubles at the same time in a single season.

18. Paul George made 243 three-pointers this season, surpassing JJ Redick (201 three-pointers) in 2016-17 and setting a new single-season three-point shooting record in Clippers history.

19. In the Heat's 104-101 win over the Pistons, Duncan Robinson hit seven three-pointers, and he shot 1,000+ three-pointers in just 343 games, surpassing Hield and setting a new NBA record for the fastest three-pointer shooting of 1,000 shots.

20. In the Lakers' game against the Timberwolves, Anthony Davis scored 27 points, 25 rebounds, 5 assists, 7 steals, and 3 blocks. He became the first player in NBA history to score at least 25 points, 25 rebounds, five assists and five steals.

21. In the Rockets' 114-101 win over the Spurs, Shin Kyung slashed 45 points, 16 rebounds, and 5 steals, becoming the youngest player in NBA history to score at least 40 points, 10 rebounds, and 5 steals at the age of 21 years and 225 days. He is also the youngest player in history to score at least 45 points and steal five steals.

22. Curry has made 357 three-pointers this season, the third time in his career that he has surpassed the 350 three-point mark in a single season. With the exception of Curry, only Harden has done it once in NBA history.

23. In the Bucks' narrow 143-142 overtime win over the Kings, Lillard hit a buzzer-beating three-pointer to reach the 2,500-point milestone. It was Lillard's third career three-point shoot-all-time, and Lillard's three-pointers tied for first place since the league's 1996-97 season began, along with Murkey Morris, Harrison Barnes, Bogdan Bogdanovic, Doncic and Westbrook.

24. In the Trail Blazers' 93-116 defeat to the Timberwolves, Scott Henderson had a plus/minus of -27, and his plus/minus of -83 in two games set the worst record in NBA history, including the plus/minus of -56 in the previous game against the Thunder.

25. In the Pacers' 122-113 win over the Bucks, Haliburton had 26 points, nine rebounds, 11 assists and only two turnovers. He finished with 131 points, 79 assists and 10 turnovers in five games, making him the first player in NBA history to score at least 130 points and 70 assists in five games without committing more than 10 turnovers. In addition, Haliburton is also the first player in NBA history to hit 5+ three-pointers, 20 points, 20 assists and zero turnovers.

Team Chapter

1. In the Celtics' 91-104 loss to the Bucks, the Celtics made 0 free throws in the game, and they also became the first team in NBA history to make 0 free throws in a single game.

2. In the Celtics' 135-100 win over the Thunder, the Celtics won their 60th win of the season. The Celtics have won 25+ times 17 times this season, setting a new NBA record in a single season. The Bucks in 1970-71, the Bucks in 1971-72 and the Spurs in 2015-16 all won 25+ 15 times in a single season.

3. In the Warriors' victory over the Lakers, the Warriors shot 26 of 41 three-pointers, with a shooting rate of 63.4%, which also set a record for the highest three-point shooting rate in NBA history when shooting 40+ three-pointers.

4. After the Pistons lost 122-128 in overtime to the Celtics, the Pistons suffered a 28-game losing streak, setting a new record for the longest losing streak in a single season in the NBA. At the same time, the Pistons also tied the 28-game losing streak set by the 76ers in 2015 (crossseason), tying for the first place in the all-time losing streak.

5. The Mavericks trailed by 24 points with 11 minutes left in the Mavericks' 120-126 loss to the Thunder, but they went on a 30-0 run over the next six minutes, the most in NBA history, with the previous record being 29-0 against the Bucks in 2009. In 2021, the Mavericks went on a 28-0 run against the Warriors.