NBA Playoffs Stats Of The Day– April 19, 2017
1. Rajon Rondo with a very Rajon Rondo game.
Rajon Rondo is the first player to have a line of 11 PTS, 14 AST, 9 REB & 5 STL in the #NBAPlayoffs since…Rajon Rondo in 2009. pic.twitter.com/6mmlvDXiAg
— NBA.com/Stats (@nbastats) April 19, 2017
And the 14 dimes ties Kirk Hinrich and Michael Jordan for the Bulls playoffs record– in only his second playoff game in a Chicago uniform.
2. Despite the presence of ghastly FT shooters like DeAndre Jordan, Dwight Howard, and Andre Drummond…
Shooters everywhere.
This season the league set a new #NBA record in FT shooting at 77.18%, topping 73-74 when there were only 17 teams! pic.twitter.com/Dq3Bp7MpDV
— NBA.com/Stats (@nbastats) April 18, 2017
3. The Clippers just became the eighth team to shoot EIGHT free throws and below and still win.
4. A sign of things to come for Chicago?
This is Dwyane Wade’s 13th time being part of a 2-0 series lead.
The first 12:
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Win— Tim Reynolds (@ByTimReynolds) April 19, 2017
And speaking of the Bulls, they have become only the second eighth seed EVER to open a 2-0 lead against the first seed.
5. And a portent of things to come for the Celtics…
Here’s what the Celtics are up against: NBA teams have come back to win 17 of 277 series all-time after trailing 0-2 in a best-of-seven.
— Brian Robb (@CelticsHub) April 19, 2017
And if you have done the math, that’s just a little over 6 %!
