For a year once thought to be a foregone conclusion—that the Cleveland Cavaliers and Golden State Warriors would barrel through the other 28 teams on the way to the finals — this season has brought about some of the most inconceivable moments the NBA has ever seen.
Records were shattered left and right, the most notable coming from Russell Westbrook, who broke Oscar Robertson’s longstanding mark of 41 triple-doubles in a single season. But it wasn’t just Westbrook who marched into NBA lore, but the league as a whole. This is a season the likes of which fans have never seen before. From the number of threes made, to the number of individuals turnovers, to Anthony Davis' monumental All-Star scoring night, this season belongs in a class of its own.
We gathered every record that was broken this year. It’s a stark reminder that even though we still may see a Cavs-Warriors finals rematch for the third season in a row, this year left a lot more to remember than anyone could have imagined.
Let’s start here. Everyone contributed to these.
NBA teams averaged 9.7 made threes and 27.0 attempted threes per game, blowing by last season’s marks of 8.5 made threes and 24.1 attempted threes. This has happened just about every season since the three-point line was added, except for the spike during the league’s three-season experiment shortening the arc to 22 feet from 1994-97.
Westbrook led the way with four 50-point games this season, far from Wilt Chamberlain’s record. (He averaged 50 one season!) But this is the first season that 10 players have all topped the 50-point mark. We talked to coaches earlier this year about why this is.
The previous record was 78. James Harden, Russell Westbrook, and LeBron James put up 77 alone. It’s safe to call this season the Year of the Triple-Double. But hang on — we’ll come back to that.
Here’s the team and individual records that were set.
The Rockets made 14.3 threes per game and attempted 40.1, both new records. They’re the first team to attempt over 3,000 threes in a season, blowing by that figure with 3,250.
His streak was broken on Nov. 5, shooting 0-of-10. Of course, in the next game, Stephen Curry did this ...
Curry broke a three-way tie between himself, Kobe Bryant, and Donyell Marshall with 12 three-pointers, nailing 13 on Nov. 7. Some of these are shots only Curry could hit.
On March 3, the Cavaliers nailed 25 threes, tying their own record from last postseason and setting the new regular season one. They shot 25-of-46, with LeBron James leading the way with six makes and six players hitting at least three.
From scoring outbursts to weird triple-doubles, here are the most impressive stat lines.
Just saying: he could have scored 82.
Westbrook shattered Kobe Bryant’s record of 38.7 percent set in the 2005-06 season, and now ranks No. 1 and 3 all-time.
We thought Harden turned the ball over a lot last season, when it happened 374 times. Harden — while having an otherwise incredibly efficient season — broke the record, with Westbrook coming in right behind him.
Gobert ended his amazing Jazz season with the best offensive rating and the second-best defensive rating. Amazing.
Of those 52, all but 16 of them came off dunks!
The only season James didn’t average 25 was his rookie year.
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— Jovan Buha (@jovanbuha) April 13, 2017
Told you would come back to this one. Besides total triple-doubles league-wide, here are some more records that were broken.
On New Year’s Eve, no less, Harden scored 53 points, snared 16 rebounds and dished 17 assists, still one of the most impressive stat lines I’ve ever seen.
Green could have been the fifth player ever with a quadruple-double, but instead finished with four points, 11 rebounds, 10 assists, and 10 steals on Feb. 10 against the Grizzlies.
These teams did some impressive things.
Golden State actually has won at least 67 games in three straight seasons, but nobody has ever even done three straight with 63 wins, so they’re going above and beyond.
The lineup was: Devin Booker, Tyler Ulis, Derrick Jones Jr., Marquese Chriss, and Alex Len.
So no, this isn’t a league record, but Los Angeles is just about the most storied franchise in the league, and we can all chuckle at the Mavericks (a lottery team!) thwacking them by nearly 50 points on Jan. 22.
God bless whoever thought up this statistic.
The Heat’s second half was historic in several ways. They started 11-30 and finished 30-11, which is the most wins a team has ever had in the second half while still missing the playoffs. It was an enormous accomplishment by Miami to march back into the playoff picture like they did, and they should be proud regardless.
You could probably find several more examples like this. Here are the ones that stood out to us.
He was also the first player to score 2,000 points and assist on 2,000 points.
No one has ever finished top-20 in total points, rebounds, assists, steals, and blocks until Antetokounmpo did it this season. Let’s appreciate that man.
That’s one reason why he should win Rookie of the Year.
.@JoelEmbiid played only 31 games this season.
— SB Nation (@SBNation) April 12, 2017
He should still win Rookie of the Year. pic.twitter.com/z5iI5r3htu
He’s also the first and only person to record those two stats along with 100 made triples.
In his triple-double season, Robertson only managed 30.8 points per game.
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