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[Mark Followill @MFollowill]

An extremely high efficiency offensive game for the Mavs last night in a 130-93 win vs the Nets.

Courtesy of @Stathead - 8th game in team history with at least 130 points and a 50/40/90 shooting game.
Meaning 50%+ FG, 40%+ 3s, 90%+ FTs

For context it happened 27 times in the 1,230 regular games in entire league last season…including both teams in the Mavs 131-130 win vs Denver on Dec. 23.

[Mark Followill @MFollowill]

Mavs list Santi Aldama as probable for Friday’s NBA Cup group stage game vs Utah. His last game was Feb 4 w/ Memphis and he had right knee surgery in March. Aldama gives the Mavs a needed stretch big. Courtesy of my friends at @Stathead, he’s 5th in 3ptM by 7-footers since 2023-24.

Coincidentally the Mavs see the player first on the list tomorrow, Lauri Markkanen of the Jazz

[Tomer Azarly @TomerAzarly]

Jalen Brunson recorded 22 points in the 1st quarter on 8-of-10 shooting.

He has the highest scoring quarter of any player in the league this year. It's also the 3rd highest scoring quarter of his career, per @Stathead.

[Will Gottlieb @WillGottlieb]

Bulls down 84-52 at half

84 is the second most points the Bulls have ever allowed through the first half. It's just the 7th time in franchsie history giving up 80+ per @Stathead

[Charlie Walton @CharlieWaltonMN]

The Timberwolves have scored 952 points so far this season. That is the most in franchise history over the first eight games of a season.

They have scored at least 110 points in every game, four of which have come without their best player in the lineup.

[RB @RBPhillyTake]

Tyrese Maxey is the first player in NBA History to record three 15+ point 4th quarters in the month of October in a single season.

He also tied Kyrie Irving (73) for the most 4th quarter points scored in October in a single season in NBA History.

Special start to the season.

(via @Stathead)

[Charlie Walton @CharlieWaltonMN]

Ayo Dosunmu this season:

15.3 points
53.1% FG (11.6 attempts)
48% 3P (3.6 attempts)
29.1 minutes

He and Evan Mobley are the only players this season to play in at least 6 games and average 15+ points on 53% or better on FGs on at least 11 attempts and 48% or better on 3Ps.

[Tomer Azarly @TomerAzarly]

Yaxel Lendeborg became only the 2nd rookie to record that kind of statline in regulation, per @Stathead.

Trae Young also did it, but played 4OT in that contest.

[Tomer Azarly @TomerAzarly]

Luka Doncic in the 1st quarter vs. Warriors:

21 points
5 assists
1 steal
1 block

1st player in the play-by-play era to do that in a single quarter, per @Stathead.

[Fastbreak Breakfast @fastbreakbreak]

Cedric Coward currently leading all players 6'6" or shorter in rebounds per game

(also shooting 69% on 3-pointers)

[Andy Bailey @AndrewDBailey]

Darius Acuff had 34 points, 13 assists, six rebounds and two steals tonight. Michael Jordan, Steve Francis, LeBron James and Stephen Curry are the only other rookies in NBA history to match or exceed all four of those marks in a single game.

[Tomer Azarly @TomerAzarly]

We've witnessed historic basketball in the last week.

Clippers' 20.6 turnover percentage (turnovers per 100 plays) is now tied for the 5th highest in a 4-game span to start a season in NBA history, per @Stathead.

[Brandon Loree @Brandoniswrite]

Since 2021, the #Cowboys haven’t won a game where they’ve scored 18 points or less.

Conversely, Dallas has the 5th-most wins when they score 21 or more points in a game.

Brandon Aubrey’s importance seems even more significant now.

(via @Stathead, @pfref)

[Tomer Azarly @TomerAzarly]

The LA Clippers’s 94 turnovers in a 4-game span are the most in a 4-game span to start a season since the New Jersey Nets had 96 back in 1996, per @Stathead

The most turnovers in a 4 game stretch to start the season is 122 by the Phoenix Suns.

[Brett Usher @UsherNBA]

In the context of NBA history, dropping 40+ points at 6'2 and 38 years old is literally unheard of. The oldest player other than Steph even under 6'5 to drop 40 is Dame, who had 43 at age 34.

Steph has now scored 40 or more 21 times since turning 34, breaking a tie with Michael Jordan for the most such games in league history.

(h/t @stathead)

[Josh Eberley 🇨🇦 @JoshEberley]

57 rookies have averaged 15 shots a game their first season.

Below they are ranked by TS%.

Acuff and Boozer with some historic offensive starts here.

[Charlie Walton @CharlieWaltonMN]

After his 47-point performance tonight in Cleveland, Anthony Edwards has now scored 133 points in four games this season. That is the most by any player in Timberwolves history through the first four games of the season.

The previous high was 120, which Edwards set in 2024.

[Mat Issa @matissa15]

Ty Jerome is averaging 29.8 PPG on 63.6% TS through four games.

Per @Stathead, this has happened 64 times to start a season. The only guys to do it and never be named to an All-Star team are Austin Reaves and Eddie Johnson.

Jerome All-Star season brewing?

[Jessica Brand @JessicaDBrand]

The Sports Equinox is today!

So here's a wild connect, bit of an Immaculate Grid type of deal:

-On the diamond, all 10 of the MLB players at some point played for the Astros or Dodgers.

-On the ice, all but Karlsson played for the Rangers or Islanders.

[Alex Barth @RealAlexBarth]

Equinox time! (via @sports_ref, @Stathead)