NBA Stat Leaders (Players): 2023-2024 Offensive Leaders Points: L. Doncic, Dallas - 34.7 ppg Assist: T. Haliburton, Indiana - 11.4 apg 3-Pointers Made: S. Curry, Golden State - 4.9 3pmpg Defensive Leaders Rebounds: D. Sabonis, Sacramento - 13.5 rpg Blocks: V. Wembanyama, San Antonio - 3.4 bpg Steals: S. Gilgeous-Alexander, Oklahoma City - 2.1 spg
NBA Stat Leaders - (Team): 2023-2024 Offensive leaders Points: Indiana - 123.3 ppg Field Goal %: Indiana - 50.6 Points Differential: Boston - +10.9 pdpg Defensive Leaders Points Allowed: Minnesota - 106.6 Rebounds: Boston- 47.2 rpg Blocks: Boston. Oklahoma City - 6.8 bpg
magic reward coach jamahi mosley with 4 year extension
Mosley, 45, has overseen a Magic revival that has delivered the franchise's young core to a 37-28 record and fifth place in the Eastern Conference thus far this season.
otto porter jr. retires after 11 nba seasons with 6 teams
Porter, 30, never played for the Jazz after he averaged 2.6 points with 1.9 rebounds in 15 games for the Toronto Raptors this season, won a title in 2022 with the Golden State Warriors. The third overall pick of the 2013 NBA draft also played for the Washington Wizards, Chicago Bulls and Orlando Magic over his career, averaging 10.3 points with 4.9 rebounds in 527 games (319 starts). Porter, 30, never played for the Jazz after he averaged 2.6 points with 1.9 rebounds in 15 games for the Toronto Raptors this season.
James has made more than $482 million in salary in his career and will become the first player in NBA history to pass the $500 million mark next season, by either opting in to his $51.4 million salary, signing a new contract with the Lakers or, in a less likely scenario, signing with another team. James said Feb.3 that he has not yet made a decision on his player option. He has until June 29 to decide to opt in or become a free agent. Because of the over-38 rule, no team, including the Lakers, can offer James a contract for more than three seasons if he elects to become a free agent. That restriction should not matter; of the past six contracts James has signed, five have been for three years or less.
Those short-term deals have limited the total value of James' recent contracts, meaning a new three-year maximum deal -- either for $162 million with the Lakers or for $157 million with another team -- would represent the largest total contract in James' career, eclipsing the $154 million, four-year deal he signed with the Lakers in 2018. James could follow the path from prior years and sign an even shorter deal with the Lakers. A two-year, $104 million contract with a player option on the second season would allow James to hit free agency again next summer -- perhaps when his son, USC freshmen Bronny James
NBA memo: Officiating focus among factors in scoring decline
In a meeting with the NBA's competition committee Tuesday, the league office outlined an increased officiating focus on offensive players hunting out fouls and veering off pathways to the basket into defenders -- and how those points of emphasis have impacted a decrease in league scoring, according to a memo shared with teams and obtained by ESPN on Friday. Those officiating focuses -- that were outlined in January and February point of emphasis memos that the league shared with referees and team officials -- are believed to have contributed to a recent decline in scoring. In the memo, the league describes itself as continuing to "evaluate the state of offensive vs. defensive balance with a focus on legal guarding position and level of contact on pathway plays to the basket." Despite a 4-point-per-team decline in scoring and a 1.9 decrease in fouls per team called in recent weeks, league officials told members of the committee that "there was no directive from the league office to reduce scoring," according to the memo. However, the league noted, "This trend will continue to be monitored. Slower pace, style of play, competitive intensity, officiating focus, etc., have all been contributing factors identified thus far." The league also told teams in the memo: "Future evaluation at future committee meetings will determine whether rule and/or interpretation changes should be considered next season."
NBA Stat Leaders (Players): 2023-2024 Offensive Leaders Points: L. Doncic, Dallas - 34.4 ppg Assist: T. Haliburton, Indiana - 11.3 apg 3-Pointers Made: S. Curry, Golden State - 4.9 3pmpg Defensive Leaders Rebounds: D. Sabonis, Sacramento - 13.7 rpg Blocks: V. Wembanyama, San Antonio - 3.5 bpg Steals: S. Gilgeous-Alexander, Oklahoma City - 2.0 spg
NBA Stat Leaders - (Team): 2023-2024 Offensive leaders Points: Indiana - 122.8 ppg Field Goal %: Indiana - 50.4 Points Differential: Boston - +11.6 pdpg Defensive Leaders Points Allowed: Minnesota - 106.6 Rebounds: Boston- 46.9 rpg Blocks: Oklahoma City - 6.7 bpg
Rockets top Thunder in OT for 10th straight win, eye play-in
Houston Rockets owner Tilman Fertitta, front office personnel and members of the support staff lined the hallway outside the Paycom Center visitors' locker room, hollering, hugging and high-fiving players after the most surprising winning streak of the NBA season reached double digits. The Rockets extended their winning streak to 10 games with a 132-126 overtime win Wednesday night over the Oklahoma City Thunder.
It's the second-longest winning streak in the league this season, trailing only an 11-game run by the NBA-leading Boston Celtics. It's Houston's longest winning streak since the Rockets won 11 in a row in March 2018, when MVP James Harden led them to a league-best 65-17 record. It was a milestone moment for a franchise in "Phase 2" of a rebuild after enduring the agony of finishing last in the Western Conference the previous three seasons.
Houston (37-35) has realistic hope of playing beyond the 10 games remaining on its regular-season schedule. The win over the Thunder, who were without star guard Shar Gilgeous-Alexander due to a quadriceps contusion, allowed the Rockets to remain only one game behind the Golden State Warriors in the fight for the West's final play-in spot.
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