The 3 fastest strikeout pitches by ANY starting pitcher in ANY game since 2008 (when pitch tracking began):
1. Jacob Misiorowski vs. Schwarber: 104.5 mph
2. Jacob Misiorowski vs. Harper: 104.1 mph
3. Jacob Misiorowski vs. Turner: 103.5 mph
All in the 1st inning tonight.
Since the 2020-21 season, the earliest year we have this data, there have been two instances of a non-dunk tip-in, where the player had a jump distance of 7+ feet and a wrist height on the shot of 10+ feet.
Thanasis Antetokounmpo in 2021 and OG Anunoby last night.
The Spurs are the only team in NBA history to have:
76 or more points in the first half
30 or fewer points in the second half
...in any game, regular season or playoffs.
Spurs are up 27, the biggest halftime lead by a road team in NBA Finals history.
Tied for the third-largest halftime lead by any team in Finals history.
James Wood is 23 years old & has played in 299 career games. He has recorded 126 extra-base hits & 175 walks.
In MLB history, only three players have recorded 125+ XBH and 175+ BB in 299 or fewer games before turning 24:
Ted Williams
Juan Soto
James Wood
Pacers +10 vs OKC ✅
Knicks +5 vs SAS ✅
For the first time since the merger in 1976, underdogs win Game 1 of the NBA Finals outright in consecutive years
Fewest POINTS in a Finals game while putting up 15+ REB and 6+ AST:
3 — Josh Hart (tonight)
5 — Bill Russell (1959 Game 1)
6 — Bill Russell (1969 Game 7)
8 — Bill Russell (1959 Game 3)
9 — Bill Russell (1964 Game 2)
9 — Bill Russell (1969 Game 2)
INSANE.
The Thunder this season, including playoffs:
vs. Spurs: 4-8 (.333)
vs. Everyone Else: 71-14 (.835)
They're the first team in NBA history to have 8+ losses against one team in a season while having 70+ wins against everyone else (reg & post).
Former Wizards Landry Shamet (23-24) and Dillon Jones (25-26) have made the NBA Finals with the New York Knicks.
It marks the 18th straight NBA Finals that will feature a former Wizard — a streak that dates back to 2009.
Knicks have a +19.4 average point differential this postseason, the largest by a team entering the NBA Finals in NBA playoff history.
Passed the 2017 Warriors' mark of +16.3.
this is out of control.
The Knicks offense is statistically the greatest offense of all time in the last 10 games.
2nd highest FG% in a 10 game span in NBA History (87 Lakers). And single greatest effective FG % in a 10 game span in NBA History