5 NBA records that will never be broken
#3 1,192 consecutive NBA games played - A.C. Green
A.C. Green played 1,192 consecutive regular-season games between 1986 and his retirement from the NBA in 2001.
His streak started on November 19, 1986, against the San Antonio Spurs. His 'Iron Man' run lasted until his final regular-season game, on April 18, 2001.
Green missed only three games in his NBA career, all during his second year in the league. He played for the LA Lakers, Phoenix Suns, Dallas Mavericks and Miami Heat.
He was a member of two of the greatest dynasties in NBA history. He won the last two championships of the Showtime Lakers in 1987 and 1988. At the end of his career, he was the starting power forward for the Shaq-Kobe Lakers in the 1999-00 NBA season.
Load management will not allow this type of streaks in the upcoming years.
#2 100 points scored in a single game - Wilt Chamberlain
March 2nd, 1962. Diehard NBA fans will always remember that date. On that day, Wilt Chamberlain scored 100 points against the New York Knicks.
He established one of the most unbelievable records in the history of sports.
Chamberlain scored 100 of his team's 169 points in that game. He shot 63 times and made 36 field goals. Moreover, Wilt had 32 free-throw attempts and made 28.
As he did in the entire 1961-62 NBA season, Chamberlain played every minute of the game (which was played in Hershey, Pennsylvania).
This record is not close to falling anytime soon. In fact, it has never been threatened.
Moreover, Wilt scored 100 points in that game after having four 60-point games in the previous five matches.
Ultimately, he averaged a record 50.4 points per game in the 1961-62 NBA season.
Kobe Bryant's 81 points on January 22nd, 2006 ranks second in NBA history for most points in a single game.
#1 11 NBA championships - Bill Russell
As much as any single-game or single-season record looks impossible to match, Bill Russell's record of titles will always be a step ahead.
The 6'9'' center won an incredible 11 championships in a 13-year NBA career, including two titles as a player/coach.
Russell was a team-first player who would not try to have the biggest numbers, but he would do anything possible to win. Russell entered the league in the 1956-57 NBA season, and the Celtics won the title in that same year.
Moreover, the Celtics won eight straight championships from 1959 to 1966. In 1968 and 1969, Russell was also the Celtics coach, and they won two more championships.
Behind Russell's record of 11 NBA championships, five of his teammates follow him: Sam Jones (10), John Havlicek (8), Tommy Heinsohn (8), K.C. Jones (8), and Tom Sanders (8).
Robert Horry is the only player who was not a member of those legendary Celtics to have more than six NBA championships (he won seven).
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