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LeBron James scored 27 points, dished out eight assists and grabbed seven rebounds in Miami’s win over Philadelphia on Wednesday in the Heat’s historic 20th consecutive win.
Only three other teams have won at least 20 straight in a single season (the Washington Capitols, who played basketball in the 40′s, won 20 straight spanning two seasons). Two other teams won 19 straight, and all six clubs that won at least 19 in a row had historically great players on their respective squads.
It was a very busy night in the NBA last night as 11 games were on the schedule. For those of you who enjoy choices, you had your share of stars in NBA sky last night, as nine of the top 10 scorers and seven of the top 10 rebounders were in action.
The Heat make any argument about them going undefeated for the rest of the season more and more legitimate with their 20th straight victory last night in Philadelphia, the Knicks – and I don’t use this term lightly – quit on their fans, coaches and teammates for he second straight game, the Lakers not only lost to the Hawks but also could lose Kobe Bryant for a stretch after he – in his own words – had a “Jalen Rose” pulled on him and the Kings dominated the Bulls, who like the Knicks seem to be falling apart down the stretch.
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PHILADELPHIA — Only one guy in the Miami Heat locker room has been there, done this.
And no, we are not including LeBron James and his 36-game winning streak at St. Vincent-St. Mary’s High School in Akron.
The only guy who has been through a stretch like this is Shane Battier, who was a member of the 2007-08 Houston Rockets team that strung together 22 consecutive victories — the second longest in NBA history.
In an NBA season where few things are for certain (just ask the Lakers), there is one player that has been: LeBron James.
Eight games were on the NBA schedule during the Tuesday of Championship Week 2013 as three more teams secured their place in the NCAA tournament.
Meanwhile in the NBA, the Heat continued to inch closer to NBA history with their 19th straight win, the Lakers continued their march toward the postseason, the Celtics were treated very poorly by the Bobcats and Timberwolves showed everyone “that’s why you play the game”.
Welcome to the latest Championship Week edition of Five Fast Facts.
