On April 5, 1984, Abdul-Jabbar broke a once-seemingly unbreakable record of 31,419 career points held by Chamberlain.
Abdul-Abdul-Jabbar gracefully hooked his right hand to shoot the ball past the Jazz's Mark Eaton and entered the net. With this ball Abdel-Jabbar broke Chamberlain's record. The moment was so special that the referees stopped the game for a while, allowing Jabbar's family and David Stern to congratulate him.
Cheek Hern, who was the narrator of the Lakers at the time, said: "I don't think the same scene can happen again." ”
Today, after 36, another extraordinary superstar is hitting Abdul-Jabbar's 38,387 points. LeBron James also needs 4301 points to break this astronomical record. Although it is not yet known whether this can come true, the 35-year-old James seems to be using strength to prove that the record is broken, and even the most amazing record will be broken on the day.
So are all records really broken, and which are the most unbreakable records in NBA history?
To answer this question, american counterparts brought in professional analysts and basketball writers who selected the 15 most difficult records in history to break. We'll find out for you.
15th place, most three-pointers in a single season: 402, Stephen Curry
In 2015-16, Curry broke his three-point record of 286 goals in a single season set in the previous season, updating the number to 402.
The closest thing to Curry is Harden's 378-pointer in the 18-19 season, and he and Curry are the only two players in NBA history who can shoot at least 300 three-pointers in a single season.
This record, while high, is not unimaginably high. In the 15-16 season, Curry averaged 5.1 three-pointers per game in 79 games, which is why he has such an impressive record. In the 18-19 season, Curry also averaged 5.1 three-pointers per game, and the reason he did not break the record again was because he only played 69 games. So it seems that this record is not unbreakable.
If Curry can stay healthy throughout the season, he's likely to set his record again. At the same time, three-pointers are now popular, and it is not surprising that a three-pointer like Duncan Robinson, or a young player like Trae Young, who has made a lot of shots, can one day break Curry's record.
14th place, regular season appearances: 1611, Robert Parrish
Nicknamed "Chief", Parrish is the perfect combination of durability and course longevity, having made at least 76 appearances in 16 of his 21 seasons in his career. In second place is Abdul-Jabbar, who has a record of 1,560 regular-season appearances. Among the active players, Carter leads the league with 1541 games, but unfortunately he said he will retire at the end of the season.
It's a very hard record to break, but it's a little bit of a dream. We can give due consideration to the development of basketball, before 2000, only two people, Parish and Jabbar, played for more than 20 seasons. But since 2000, four players have appeared in more than 20 seasons. They are Carter, Garnett, Nowitzki and Kevin Willis. So the trend is obvious, that is, the professional lifespan of players is getting longer and longer, and many people are attacking the chieftain's record.
Of course, if the number of regular season games is reduced, or if everyone starts to adopt load management, the results will be difficult to say.
13th place, single-game assist record: 30, Scott Skyles
On December 30, 1990, Skyles' Magic team defeated the Nuggets 155-116. The opponent's defense was terrible, the Nuggets conceded an average of 130.8 points per game that year (which is also a record that is difficult to break), and they also let the opponent average 51% of the shooting rate per game.
Against such a team, Skyles broke the record of 29 assists in a single game set by Kevin Porter in 1978. It is conceivable that for a long time to come, such things will be difficult to happen. Because basketball has changed dramatically, there are no longer just point guards on the court, and it's hard to have anyone who contributes 30 assists in a single game.
12th place, career high score: 38387, Abdul-Jabbar
Let's say you can't restart this season, or go straight to the playoffs after a restart. Then James will need two full seasons to break Abdul-Abdul-Jabbar's record with a performance averaging 26.2 points per game. If you relax the time and give James three full seasons, he will need to average 17.48 points per game. Of course, these assumptions are based on the fact that James won't miss any game of the season.
It is widely believed that whether or not to break the record depends entirely on James' own wishes. It's not hard to play until he's 40 like Carter or Nowitzki if he wants to, so he has long enough to catch up with Abdul-Jabbar. But that may require him to be willing to continue to play a role in the team as a role player, which may be difficult for James, who has been the boss since his first day in the league.
11th place, single quarter high: 37 points, Klay Thompson
On Jan. 23, 2015, in the warriors' 126-101 win over the Kings in the third quarter, Klay hit 13 goals in a single quarter, shooting 9 of 9 three-pointers, and also had two free throws. Clay broke the record of 33 points set by George Gervin in 1978 and Melon Anthony in 2008 with a 37-point score in a single quarter.
In 2016, Love scored 34 points in the first quarter of the Cavaliers' 137-125 win over the Trail Blazers, nearly matching Clay's record. This record is very difficult to break, bearing in mind that all teams have averaged less than 28 points in a single quarter this season.
10th, career assist: 15,086, John Stockton
It's very difficult to reach this record, first of all you have to have a long enough career, to never get hurt and keep playing, and at the same time there is a terminator who can get 35,000 career points. That's why Paul and James, who are also 35 years old, have 9607 career assists in one and 9289 in the other, which is far from this record.
And because of the blurring of positions on the pitch, the best organisers are also good scorers now, so it's almost impossible for them to reach Stockton's assist stats.
9th place, team half-time maximum score: 107 points, Suns
On November 10, 1990, the Suns beat the Nuggets 173-143 and scored 107 points in the first half. Remember your previous single-game assist record? Both records were given to opponents by the Nuggets. It's also the only time in NBA history that it's been a halftime score of more than 100.
What is even more shocking is that the Suns did not shoot a three-pointer in the process of taking this record. Throughout the game, the Suns shot 0-of-2 from beyond the three-point line.
8th place, 30 points in 65 consecutive regular season games, Chamberlain
From November 4, 1961 to February 22, 1962, Chamberlain accomplished this extraordinary feat. That season, he averaged a record 50.4 points per game and scored 100 points in one of the games.
In second place is Harden, who scored 30+ in 32 consecutive games last season.
7th place, highest free throw percentage in a single season: 98.1%, Jose Calderon
In the 2008–09 season, Calderon hit 151 of 154 free throws while playing for the Raptors.
It's almost impossible to break the record, and the league's best free thrower at the moment is Curry. But he has never had a single season of 98% free throw shooting, Curry's current career free throw shooting rate is 90%, it is worth mentioning that this season his free throw shooting rate is as high as 100%, but because the number is too small (26 of 26), it can not be counted into the rankings.
In fact, even Calderon himself has never had such an amazing performance again. In the 1996-97 season, Paul Clayton of the North Carolina Varsity team had a 94-of-94 free throw in a single season, but unfortunately he failed to enter the NBA, otherwise he might have a chance to challenge Calderon's record.
6th place, regular season consecutive appearances: 1192, A.C. Green
The first thing we have to consider is the context in which we live, which is the era of load management, and the current back-to-back games are less than green's time. In this comparison, his record will be even more amazing.
What does 1192 mean? That means Green hasn't missed a game in 15 consecutive seasons! Now it seems that this is simply a fantasy. In the last two full seasons, only five players have played in all 82 games (Bradley Beale, Ingles, Cory Joseph, Patti Mills, PJ Taco). Over the past few decades, Andre Miller has come closest to Green, but he has only made 632 consecutive appearances in 2010.
Ranked 5th, with 73 wins in a single season, the Warriors in 2015-16
If the Warriors hadn't lost to the Cavaliers in the final Finals, they could really claim to be the greatest team of all time because they had an unprecedented 73 wins in a single season.
4th place, single-season team winning streak: 33 games, Los Angeles Lakers
Chamberlain, Jerry West and Gayle Goodrich formed the nucleus of the team, which remained unbeaten from 5 November 1971 to 7 January 1972. They later achieved a 69-13 record that season and beat the Knicks 4-1 in the Finals to win the championship.
The Warriors' winning streak is the second longest, with 28 cross-season wins from April 9, 2015 to December 11, 2015. It was followed by the Heat's 27-game winning streak in the 12-13 season.
We don't doubt that there will be super teams in the future, but now that people are more focused on the results of the playoffs, it is not so important to compete for a winning streak in the regular season.
3rd place, highest individual score per game: 100 points, Chamberlain
It's the most well-known of all the NBA records, partly because it was created by Chamberlain, one of the most charismatic players in history, and partly because 100 is such a regular number that it's unforgettable.
Sadly, we can't see footage of that 1962 game between Philadelphia and the Knicks.
Even if kobe bryant is as strong as Kobe, who scored a miracle of 81 points on January 22, 2006, he is still 19 points away from Chamberlain, which is a huge gap.
Why such a hard-to-break record is not at the top of the table, because the popularity of three-point shooting makes it theoretically possible to surpass 100 points.
Just theoretically...
2nd place, most rebounds in the regular season in his career: 23924, Chamberlain
How indestructible is this record? Imagine that the person with the most rebounds among active players is Warcraft Howard, but he has only "only" 13641 rebounds, and he is 34 years old and does not even have a chance to make a shock to the top five.
The reason why this record is almost impossible to be broken is not that the players are not capable of individually, but because of the times. In the mid-1950s, with the introduction of 24 seconds, the pace of the race was abruptly accelerated. However, at that time, everyone's shooting rate was generally not high, so there were many rebounds.
In the 1959-60 season, the league averaged 109 shots per game, shooting 0.410, but now it averages 89 shots per game, but the shooting rate is about 0.460. Chamberlain averaged 22.9 rebounds per game in his career. In the worst year of his career, he averaged 18.2 rebounds per game.
Since Chamberlain, the highest career levels of rebounding monsters such as Elvin Hayes and Dennis Rodman are barely able to reach the worst level of Chamberlain's career.
1st place, season-high scoring record: 50.36 points, Chamberlain
Chamberlain averaged 50.36 points per game in his legendary 61-62 season, and in the same year he scored 100 points in one game and 30 points in 65 consecutive games.
Chamberlain also has the second, third and fourth places on the list...
Basketball god Michael Jordan finished with a single season of 37.09 in the 86-87 season, only fifth in history.
Keep in mind that Chamberlain averaged 45.8 minutes per game in his career, and in his record 61-62 season, he even averaged more than 48.5 minutes per game (counting overtime time), and he only rested for 8 minutes in the whole season! This situation is unimaginable at the moment, and with superstars controlling their playing time, no one can average 50 points per game in a single season.