A statistical ode to Gregg Popovich and his remarkable 29-season run as head coach of the San Antonio Spurs ... with a considerable research assist from my pals at @basketball-reference.com:
tinyurl.com/387kt2yt
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A statistical ode to Gregg Popovich and his remarkable 29-season run as head coach of the San Antonio Spurs ... with a considerable research assist from my pals at @basketball-reference.com:
tinyurl.com/387kt2yt
Wynns is also only the 13th player ever with 6+ hits and 6+ RBI in a single game!
Full list: stathead.com/tiny/y9Yzt
Toronto's 3 power play goals against the Senators were their most in a playoff game since Game 1 of the 1999 Eastern Conference Finals.
Every Leafs playoff game with 3+ power play goals: stathead.com/tiny/0sF0H
The Brewers have had 6 different pitchers give up 4+ earned runs in a game this season.
Per @stathead.com, theyβre one of only three teams ever to have 6+ pitchers record such a game within the first 4 of a season.
The others: stathead.com/tiny/7ZIza
The Pacers are the first team since 2008 to score 160+ points in a non-overtime game.
π stathead.com/tiny/7Bvn0
Torkelson also joins J.D. Martinez (05/16/17) as the only Tigers in the last 30 years to have such a game -- Opening Day or not!
stathead.com/tiny/rDnZT
Deni Avdija is one of only 4 @trailblazers.bsky.social players to record a 30-point triple-double, and is the 2nd youngest to do so.
π stathead.com/tiny/KAxbg
Roope Hintz is only the 2nd Stars player in the last 40 years to have back-to-back 4-point games. π€―
π https://stathead.com/tiny/wAu0W
Sunday was the 5th time that the Hawks have scored 140+ points in a non-overtime lossβonly the Nuggets have more such losses in their franchise history. π¬
π stathead.com/tiny/v3l68
Alex Ovechkin is only the 3rd player to record multiple hat tricks at 39 or older. π©
π stathead.com/tiny/QOQEt
Brady Tkachuk has surpassed Dany Heatley for the 5th most goals in Senators history. π
π www.hockey-reference.com/teams/OTT/le...
The Chiefs have won nine consecutive playoff games, just one shy of the record for longest postseason win streak in NFL history.
π stathead.com/tiny/nGf6r
Tuesday was Sidney Crosby's 250th multi-assist gameβhe's only the 10th player in league history to reach that milestone. π
π stathead.com/tiny/VoHex
Green Bay's 11 wins are tied for the most ever by a team finishing 3rd in their division.
π stathead.com/tiny/8GW0u
Tim Hardaway Jr. recorded 26 points on Monday night, despite having 0 rebounds, 0 assists, 0 steals, 0 blocks, and 0 free throws.
His 26 points are the 2nd most ever to be scored by a player who had 0s across the rest of the board.
π https://stathead.com/tiny/odCzS
Thursday was Sergei Bobrovsky's 269th game for the Panthers, passing John Vanbiesbrouck for the second most in franchise history by a goalie. π
π stathead.com/tiny/Dpt8D
Jayson Tatum recorded his 150th career 30+ point game, which is 4th most in Celtics franchise history. π
π stathead.com/tiny/Ce7sC
Atlanta's 22 steals are tied for the 2nd-most they've ever had in a gameβand are the most they've had in a game since 1997.
π stathead.com/tiny/XwOwu
The Lakers have been outscored by 70 points over their last 2 gamesβthat's the worst point differential over ANY 2-game stretch in franchise history. π
π stathead.com/tiny/j7mAP
The Thunder forced 29 turnovers against Utah on Tuesday, which is tied for the most they've forced in any game since moving to Oklahoma City.
π stathead.com/tiny/a5OnD
The Avalanche are just the 9th team ever to win a game in regulation after being down by 4+ goals at the end of the 1st period. π€―
π stathead.com/tiny/4SQPk
The night after winning Rookie of the Month, Jared McCain recorded his 12th game of the season with 15+ pointsβthat's 5 more than any other rookie this year.
π stathead.com/tiny/OUE9Y
With his overtime game-winning goal on Tuesday, Kirill Kaprizov now ranks 5th on Minnesota's all-time points leaderboard. π
π hockey-reference.com/teams/MIN/le...
Kevin Lankinen is the first goalie EVER to record a win in each of his first 10 road games to start a season. π€―
π stathead.com/tiny/Qzi3R
Mikal Bridges is only the 8th Knicks player ever to have a plus-minus of 40+ in a game. πͺ
π stathead.com/tiny/XNAau
The Bulls have scored 394 points over their last three gamesβthat's the 4th most in franchise history over any 3-game span.
π stathead.com/tiny/RfGDJ
The Canucks have won 8 straight games on the roadβthat's tied for the 2nd longest streak in franchise history. π
π stathead.com/tiny/o0osl
On Monday, the Nets won despite having fewer made field goals, assists, rebounds, blocks, and steals than the Warriors. It's only their 7th ever win when trailing in all 5 categories. π¬
π stathead.com/tiny/l9fUr
The Lions have not allowed a touchdown in either of their last two games, it's the first time since 1999 that they've had consecutive games without allowing a TD. π₯
π stathead.com/tiny/sFftV
The Hurricanes have won 8 straight home gamesβit's tied for their 3rd longest home win streak in franchise history. π
π stathead.com/tiny/k1PnG