Did You Know?

• Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined. 
• According to the Elias Sports Bureau, Durant is the only player since the ABA-NBA merger (1976-77) with at least 14 fourth-quarter points in consecutive NBA Finals games (he had 17 in Game 1).
• According to Elias, Durant’s combined 68 points in Games 1 and 2 are the third-most in NBA history by a player in their first two career NBA Finals games. The only players with more are Allen Iverson (71 in 2001) and Michael Jordan (69 in 1991).
• Since the NBA Sixth Man of the Year Award was adapted prior to the 1982-83 season, only one winner has averaged a double-double for the season (1987-88; Roy Tarpley - 13.5 points, 11.8 rebounds per game).
• Basketball great Wilt Chamberlain never fouled out of a game.
• The referee tossed a jump ball after every basket in basketball until 1937.
• The Miami Heat are 7-0 in the postseason all-time when Dwayne Wade scores 40+ (as of 5/24/12)
• The NBA instituted the three-point shot after the 1978-79 season, an idea which was adopted from the ABA. 
• The Chicago Bulls franchise have amazingly won all six NBA Finals series in which they have played in.
• The Utah Jazz have only had four lottery picks since it's 1985 inception
• The Los Angeles Lakers' 33-game winning streak not only is an NBA record, it also remains the best in any major US professional sport.
• NBA referee Joe Crawford’s brother is veteran Major League Baseball umpire Jerry Crawford, and he is the son of retired Major League Baseball umpire Shag Crawford.  
• Pau Gasol enrolled in medical school before signing his first professional basketball contract. 
• Dwight Howard’s family refer to him as the “Miracle Child” as his mother miscarried seven times before he was born.
• Playing as teammates on an AAU squad, Ron Artest and Elton Brand once had a fight during the warm-ups.
• As a high school senior, LeBron attended the Adidas ABCD Camp wearing Nike sneakers. At the Nike All-American Camp, he wore Adidas.
• Vince Carter was a drum major in his high school band and was offered a music scholarship to Bethune-Cookman. 
• Kevin Garnett’s mother was a Jehovah’s Witness, and as such he was nineteen before he celebrated his first Christmas and Halloween.
• WWE star the Undertaker played high school basketball with Magic Johnson.
• Allen Iverson was recruited heavier out of high school as an all-state quarterback.