Daily statistical milestones: JaVale McGee in blocks and more
Here’s your daily recap of movements in the all-time lists for scoring, rebounds, assists, blocks, steals and three-pointers after yesterday’s games.
Kevin Durant No. 26 in three-pointers now
Moved ahead of Steve Nash and Eric Gordon with 1,687 three-pointers. He’s now 32 away from Dale Ellis
Bradley Beal No. 45 in three-pointers now
Moved ahead of Nicolas Batum with 1,392 three-pointers. He’s now 3 away from Brent Barry
JaVale McGee No. 66 in blocks now
Moved ahead of Roy Hibbert and Karl Malone with 1,147 blocks. He’s now tied with Bob McAdoo
CJ McCollum No. 69 in three-pointers now
Moved ahead of Jason Williams with 1,239 three-pointers. He’s now 6 away from Dell Curry
Buddy Hield No. 74 in three-pointers now
Moved ahead of Marco Belinelli with 1,220 three-pointers. He’s now tied with Chuck Person
Al Horford No. 86 in blocks now
Moved ahead of Hassan Whiteside with 1,060 blocks. He’s now 13 away from Mychal Thompson
Jrue Holiday No. 101 in steals now
Moved ahead of Mike Bibby with 1,173 steals. He’s now 6 away from Jamal Crawford
Russell Westbrook No. 102 in three-pointers now
Moved ahead of Bojan Bogdanovic, Evan Fournier and Rudy Gay with 1,084 three-pointers. He’s now 1 away from Cuttino Mobley
Jae Crowder No. 117 in three-pointers now
Moved ahead of Marcus Morris, Jeff Green and Richard Jefferson with 1,045 three-pointers. He’s now tied with Michael Redd
Zach LaVine No. 163 in three-pointers now
Moved ahead of Ersan İlyasova and Jared Dudley with 890 three-pointers. He’s now 4 away from Harrison Barnes
Carmelo Anthony No. 176 in assists now
Moved ahead of Johnny Davis with 3,369 assists. He’s now 8 away from Eric Bledsoe
Devin Booker No. 181 in three-pointers now
Moved ahead of Reggie Jackson with 826 three-pointers. He’s now 1 away from Clyde Drexler
Anthony Davis No. 184 in rebounds now
Moved ahead of Vern Mikkelsen with 5,942 rebounds. He’s now 7 away from Zelmo Beaty
Jonas Valanciunas No. 187 in blocks now
Moved ahead of Andrew Bynum with 658 blocks. He’s now 10 away from Bill Cartwright
Tristan Thompson No. 187 in rebounds now
Moved ahead of George Johnson with 5,889 rebounds. He’s now 45 away from Jonas Valanciunas
Blake Griffin No. 195 in rebounds now
Moved ahead of Tom Sanders with 5,802 rebounds. He’s now 4 away from Christian Laettner
Clint Capela No. 197 in blocks now
Moved ahead of Clifford Ray and Shareef Abdur-Rahim with 639 blocks. He’s now tied with Nazr Mohammed
Enes Kanter No. 205 in rebounds now
Moved ahead of Danny Schayes with 5,673 rebounds. He’s now 5 away from Rich Kelley
Giannis Antetokounmpo No. 218 in rebounds now
Moved ahead of Jim Fox with 5,527 rebounds. He’s now 19 away from Marvin Williams
Kemba Walker No. 224 in steals now
Moved ahead of with 911 steals. He’s now 1 away from John Long, Aaron McKie and PJ Brown
Giannis Antetokounmpo No. 225 in points now
Moved ahead of Armen Gilliam, Jim Jackson, Dell Curry and Bill Sharman with 12,711 points. He’s now 2 away from Bill Cartwright
Blake Griffin No. 231 in assists now
Moved ahead of Don Buse with 2,922 assists. He’s now tied with Steve Smith
Tony Snell No. 232 in three-pointers now
Moved ahead of Chandler Parsons, Mike James and Davis Bertans with 688 three-pointers. He’s now 1 away from Bobby Jackson
Taj Gibson No. 233 in rebounds now
Moved ahead of Swen Nater with 5,299 rebounds. He’s now 1 away from Larry Johnson
Jrue Holiday No. 237 in points now
Moved ahead of Red Kerr with 12,483 points. He’s now 6 away from Mark Jackson
What’s the buzz on Twitter?
Buddy Hield @buddyhield Thank God For Life, Health and Strength 🙏🏾💪🏾✊🏾 – 11:53 AM
Duane Rankin @DuaneRankin #Suns technical foul tracker:
Devin Booker 3
*Chris Paul 3
Deandre Ayton 2
Jae Crowder 2
*Got 3rd last night vs. #Mavs.
Techs 1-5: $2K fine each.
Techs 6-10: $3K fine each.
Techs 11-15: $4K fine each. (w/warning letter on 12th tech).
Tech 16: $5K fine plus one game suspension pic.twitter.com/36YTHx50HC – 10:34 AM
JD Shaw @JShawNBA NBA’s best from November 17:
– Giannis: 47 pts, 9 reb, 18-23 fg
– J. Tatum: 34 pts, 9 reb, 5 ast
– L. Dort: 34 pts, 8 reb, +17
– J. Butler: 31 pts, 10 reb, 10 ast
– J. Harden: 27 pts, 10 reb, 7 ast
– T. Horton-Tucker: 25 pts, 12 reb, 2 stl
– R. Westbrook: 19 pts, 4 reb, 15 ast – 10:23 AM
Brad Turner @BA_Turner Lol. Even Russ cracks on: Lakers’ Russell Westbrook jokes Staples Center will soon be called ‘Crip Arena’ latimes.com/sports/lakers/… – 10:18 AM
Chase Hughes @ChaseHughesNBCS Bradley Beal returned from bereavement and made five threes, but the Wizards couldn’t get their offense going in a winning streak-ending loss to the Hornets. ift.tt/3CytNGw – 10:03 AM
Christian Clark @cclark_13 There is no more depressing Pelicans statistic from the past few years than this: Lonzo Ball, Jrue Holiday, Brandon Ingram and Zion Williamson played 17 non-bubble games together. They outscored opponents by 130 points in 259 minutes. – 10:01 AM
Michael Lee @MrMichaelLee Draymond Green on the 3-year partnership of Kevin Durant & Stephen Curry: “Everybody criticized it. Everybody criticized Kevin. Everybody criticized us. They didn’t appreciate it. But people usually don’t appreciate greatness until they no longer have it.” washingtonpost.com/sports/2021/11… – 10:00 AM
Jamal Collier @JamalCollier Their title defense is off to a slow start, but the Bucks are 3-0 when Giannis, Khris and Jrue are all in the lineup together espn.com/nba/story/_/id… – 9:24 AM
Tommy Beer @TommyBeer Worst plus/minus among all players that have logged at least 300 minutes this month:
Julius Randle: -106
Anthony Davis: -64
Russell Westbrook: -58
Highest plus/minus in November:
Steph Curry: +135 – 9:18 AM
Justin Kubatko @jkubatko Giannis Antetokounmpo last night:
✅ 47 PTS
✅ 9 REB
✅ 18-23 FG
It’s the second time Antetokounmpo has scored 45 or more points while shooting at least 75% from the field.
The only other active player with more than one such games is Carmelo Anthony (2). pic.twitter.com/4TneZs8nSV – 9:16 AM
Justin Kubatko @jkubatko Kevin Durant appeared in his 900th career NBA game last night.
Only six players in NBA history have scored more points through their first 900 games:
✅ Wilt Chamberlain
✅ Michael Jordan
✅ Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
✅ Oscar Robertson
✅ LeBron James
✅ Jerry West pic.twitter.com/2eXExqxCM9 – 9:01 AM
David ‘Dubi’ Pick @IAmDPick Tyrus McGee continues to be a dominant force in the @BasketballCL. 12 points on 5-6 FG, 3 dimes and +12 over 24 minutes for @SanPabloBurgos. pic.twitter.com/sR3zA2PypD – 3:28 AM
Duane Rankin @DuaneRankin Jae Crowder always feels #Suns have better team
“It’s just all about who is going to play better that night.”
#Suns have played well enough to win 10 in a row to mark not only the longest current win streak in #NBA but longest under Monty Williams, playoffs or regular season pic.twitter.com/KtUxy1bUQN – 1:12 AM
Kellan Olson @KellanOlson I asked Jae Crowder about how swiftly the Suns broke down the Mavs’ zone look late and he said that was something they went over in shootaround after Dallas showed it in another game. He’s mentioned a few times the transition from shootaround prep to the game being on point. – 1:06 AM
Gerald Bourguet @GeraldBourguet Jae Crowder said he feels like every time the Suns take the court, they have the better team, but it’s a matter of whether they play like it on that given night – 1:02 AM
Sean Highkin @highkin Zach LaVine, asked if he was surprised he was that open at the end of the game: “Nah. I was surprised I missed.” – 12:46 AM
KC Johnson @KCJHoop Zach LaVine, via Zoom from Portland, on if he was surprised he was that open for potential tying 3: “I was surprised I missed. It sucks.” – 12:46 AM
Casey Holdahl @CHold Another Lavine three is off, Blazers win after being down by as many as 20. – 12:26 AM
KC Johnson @KCJHoop Trail Blazers 112, Bulls 107
Trail Blazers rally from 20-point, second-half deficit
LaVine 30 pts; 7-12 from 3 but missed wide-open look to tie in closing seconds
Caruso 12-10-9
Lillard 22 pts, 10 assts – 12:26 AM
Danny Leroux @DannyLeroux Bold strategy to let LaVine be too open – 12:25 AM
Adam Mares @Adam_Mares Can’t believe how wide open LaVine was. – 12:24 AM
Casey Holdahl @CHold Lavine WIDE open for three by at least five feet, but it’s off line. Little gets the rebound, is fouled and now he’ll got to the line to shoot two. – 12:24 AM
Sean Highkin @highkin LaVine had a WIDE open look at a three to tie it and missed. – 12:23 AM
KC Johnson @KCJHoop Season-high 7 3s for LaVine. – 12:17 AM
Chris Herring @Herring_NBA Dude, some of these shots LaVine is taking—and then making… – 12:17 AM
Gerald Bourguet @GeraldBourguet Low-key terrific hedge and contest from Jae Crowder on that play. Bothered THJ just enough on the shot to force a miss. Then an Ayton dunk a few possessions later. Suns up 4 with 1:27 to go – 12:13 AM
KC Johnson @KCJHoop This is 3rd straight game Zach LaVine has made 6 3-pointers. – 12:10 AM
Duane Rankin @DuaneRankin Monty held up the 3 sign for a while to suggest Bridges hit a 3.
Was credited for just a two.
#Suns up two after Crowder 3, but Williams is thinking they should be up 3. #Mavs – 12:10 AM
Gerald Bourguet @GeraldBourguet Jae Crowder in for Cam Johnson after the timeout. Kinda surprised Monty didn’t stick with Cam for at least a bit longer with how he injected some life into this 4th quarter – 12:08 AM
KC Johnson @KCJHoop LaVine sinks a 3 and then draws a T for making gesture at official. – 12:07 AM
