POINT (BASKETBALL)

'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.

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NBA

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References

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)

★ Most points by a player in one season: 4,029 by Wilt Chamberlain (1961-1962)

★ Most points by a player in one half: 59 by Wilt Chamberlin

★ Most points by a player in one quarter: 33 by George Gervin

★ Most points by a player in one overtime period: 16 by Gilbert Arenas

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

References

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. http://www.nba.com/history/records/regular_points.html