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NBA post-season records
Most points - 284 by Elgin Baylor , Los Angeles Lakers ( vs. Boston Celtics ) , 1962 ( 40.6 ppg ) Most field goals made - 113 by Wilt Chamberlain , Philadelphia Warriors ( vs. St. Louis Hawks ) , 1964 Most field goals attempted - 235 by Elgin Baylor , Los Angeles Lakers ( vs. Boston Celtics ) , 1962 Most 3 - point field goals made - 32 by Stephen Curry , Golden State Warriors ( vs. Oklahoma City Thunder ) , 2016 & Golden State Warriors ( vs. Cleveland Cavaliers ) , 2016 Most 3 - point field goals attempted - 80 by Stephen Curry , Golden State Warriors ( vs. Cleveland Cavaliers ) , 2016 Highest 3 - point field goal percentage ( min . 12 attempts ) - 61.1 % by Brian Shaw , Los Angeles Lakers ( vs. Portland Trail Blazers ) , 2000 ( 11 / 18 ) Most free throws made - 83 by Dolph Schayes , Syracuse Nationals ( vs. Boston Celtics ) , 1959 Most free throws attempted - 100 by Charles Barkley , Philadelphia 76ers ( vs. Milwaukee Bucks ) , 1986 Most rebounds - 220 by Wilt Chamberlain , Philadelphia 76ers ( vs. Boston Celtics ) , 1965 ( 31.4 rpg ) Most offensive rebounds - 45 by Wes Unseld , Washington Bullets ( vs. San Antonio Spurs ) , 1979 ; Dikembe Mutombo , Philadelphia 76ers ( vs. Milwaukee Bucks ) , 2001 Most assists - 115 by John Stockton , Utah Jazz ( vs. Los Angeles Lakers ) , 1988 ( 16.4 apg ) Most steals - 28 by John Stockton , Utah Jazz ( vs. Los Angeles Lakers ) , 1988 ( 4.0 spg ) Most blocks - 38 by Dikembe Mutombo , Denver Nuggets ( vs. Utah Jazz ) , 1994 ( 5.43 bpg )
NBA post-season records
Most points - 284 by Elgin Baylor , Los Angeles Lakers ( vs. Boston Celtics ) , 1962 ( 40.6 ppg ) Most field goals made - 101 by Elgin Baylor , Los Angeles Lakers ( vs. Boston Celtics ) , 1962 Most field goals attempted - 235 by Elgin Baylor , Los Angeles Lakers ( vs. Boston Celtics ) , 1962 Most 3 - point field goals made - 32 by Stephen Curry , Golden State Warriors ( vs. Cleveland Cavaliers ) , 2016 Most 3 - point field goals attempted - 80 by Stephen Curry , Golden State Warriors ( vs. Cleveland Cavaliers ) , 2016 Highest 3 - point field goal percentage - 55 % by Danny Green , San Antonio Spurs ( vs. Miami Heat ) , 2013 Highest free throw percentage - 95.9 % by Bill Sharman , Boston Celtics ( vs. St. Louis Hawks ) , 1957 ( 30 / 31 ) Most rebounds - 189 by Bill Russell , Boston Celtics ( vs. Los Angeles Lakers ) , 1962 ( 27.0 rpg ) Most assists - 95 by Magic Johnson , Los Angeles Lakers ( vs. Boston Celtics ) , 1984 ( 13.6 apg ) Most steals - 20 by Isiah Thomas , Detroit Pistons ( vs. Los Angeles Lakers ) , 1988 ( 2.86 spg ) Most blocks - 30 by Patrick Ewing , New York Knicks ( vs. Houston Rockets ) , 1994 ( 4.29 bpg )
Michael Jordan
I think it was the exposure of Michael Jordan ; the marketing of Michael Jordan . Everything was marketed towards the things that people wanted to see , which was scoring and dunking . That Michael Jordan still played defense and an all - around game , but it was never really publicized .
American popular music
Foreign operas were popular among the upper - class throughout the 19th century , while other styles of musical theater included operettas , ballad operas and the opera bouffe . The English operettas of Gilbert and Sullivan were particularly popular , while American compositions had trouble finding an audience . George M. Cohan was the first notable American composer of musical theater , and the first to move away from the operetta , and is also notable for using the language of the vernacular in his work . By the beginning of the 20th century , however , black playwrights , composers and musicians were having a profound effect on musical theater , beginning with the works of Will Marion Cook , James Reese Europe and James P. Johnson ; the first major hit black musical was Shuffle Along in 1921 .
First indoor ice hockey game
HOCKEY -- At the Rink last night a very large audience gathered to witness a novel contest on the ice . The game of hockey , though much in vogue on the ice in New England and other parts of the United States , is not much known here , and in consequence the game of last evening was looked forward to with great interest . Hockey is played usually with a ball , but last night , in order that no accident should happen , a flat block of wood was used , so that it should slide along the ice without rising , and thus going among the spectators to their discomfort . The game is like Lacrosse in one sense -- the block having to go through flags placed about 8 feet apart in the same manner as the rubber ball -- but in the main the old country game of shinty gives the best idea of hockey . The players last night were eighteen in number -- nine on each side -- and were as follows : -- Messrs. Torrance ( captain ) , Meagher , Potter , Goff , Barnston , Gardner , Griffin , Jarvis and Whiting . Creighton ( captain ) , Campbell , Campbell , Esdaile , Joseph , Henshaw , Chapman , Powell and Clouston . The match was an interesting and well - contested affair , the efforts of the players exciting much merriment as they wheeled and dodged each other , and notwithstanding the brilliant play of Captain Torrance 's team Captain Creighton 's men carried the day , winning two games to the single of the Torrance nine . The game was concluded about half - past nine , and the spectators then adjourned well satisfied with the evening 's entertainment .
Curling
Curling is a sport in which players slide stones on a sheet of ice towards a target area which is segmented into four concentric circles . It is related to bowls , boules and shuffleboard . Two teams , each with four players , take turns sliding heavy , polished granite stones , also called rocks , across the ice curling sheet towards the house , a circular target marked on the ice . Each team has eight stones , with each player throwing two . The purpose is to accumulate the highest score for a game ; points are scored for the stones resting closest to the centre of the house at the conclusion of each end , which is completed when both teams have thrown all of their stones . A game usually consists of eight or ten ends .
First indoor ice hockey game
Victoria Rink -- A game of Hockey will be played at the Victoria Skating Rink this evening , between two nines chose from among the members . Good fun may be expected , as some of the players are reputed to be exceedingly expert at the game . Some fears have been expressed on the part of intending spectators that accidents were likely to occur through the ball flying about in too lively a manner , to the imminent danger of lookers on , but we understand that the game will be played with a flat circular piece of wood , thus preventing all danger of its leaving the surface of the ice . Subscribers will be admitted on presentation of their tickets .
First indoor ice hockey game
The ice surface measured 204 by 80 feet ( 62 by 24 m ) , dimensions very similar to today 's National Hockey League ( NHL ) ice rinks . It was surrounded by a 10 - foot ( 3.0 m ) - wide platform , or promenade , which was elevated approximately 1 foot ( 30 cm ) above the ice surface and upon which spectators could stand or skaters could rest . Later , a gallery was added with a royal box for visiting dignitaries .
First indoor ice hockey game
In 1873 , James Creighton , a member of the Victoria Skating Club and a figure skating judge , started organizing sessions of shinny at the rink , played informally between members of the Club and friends . The rules followed were developed from the informal rules of the outdoor game played in Nova Scotia where Creighton was born and raised , and adapted to the indoors setting and the rink 's size .
Lithuania
Few Lithuanian athletes have found success in winter sports , although facilities are provided by several ice rinks and skiing slopes , including Snow Arena , the first indoor ski slope in the Baltics .
Bemidji, Minnesota
The city is well known to fans of the sport of hockey . As a Division II team , Bemidji State was a hockey dynasty in the 80s and 90s . Bemidji was in the title game 8 straight years , winning 5 Div II titles .
Winter Olympic Games
The 1998 Winter Olympics were held in the Japanese city of Nagano and were the first Games to host more than 2,000 athletes . The men 's ice hockey tournament was opened to professionals for the first time . Canada and the United States were favoured to win the tournament as they both fielded numerous NHL players , but surprisingly neither team won any medals and it was the Czech Republic who prevailed . Women 's ice hockey made its debut and the United States won the gold medal . Bjørn Dæhlie of Norway won three gold medals in Nordic skiing , becoming the most decorated Winter Olympic athlete , with eight gold medals and twelve medals overall . Austrian Hermann Maier survived a crash during the downhill competition and returned to win gold in the super-G and the giant slalom . Tara Lipinski of the United States , aged just 15 , became the youngest ever female gold medallist in an individual event when she won the Ladies ' Singles , a record that had stood since Sonja Henie of Norway won the same event , also aged 15 , in St. Moritz in 1928 . New world records were set in speed skating largely due to the introduction of the clap skate .
Winter Olympic Games
Demonstration sports have historically provided a venue for host countries to attract publicity to locally popular sports by having a competition without granting medals . Demonstration sports were discontinued after 1992 . Military patrol , a precursor to the biathlon , was a medal sport in 1924 and was demonstrated in 1928 , 1936 and 1948 , becoming an official sport in 1960 . The special figures figure skating event was only contested at the 1908 Summer Olympics . Bandy ( Russian hockey ) is a sport popular in the Nordic countries and Russia . In the latter it 's considered a national sport . It was demonstrated at the Oslo Games . Ice stock sport , a German variant of curling , was demonstrated in 1936 in Germany and 1964 in Austria . The ski ballet event , later known as ski - acro , was demonstrated in 1988 and 1992 . Skijöring , skiing behind dogs , was a demonstration sport in St. Moritz in 1928 . A sled - dog race was held at Lake Placid in 1932 . Speed skiing was demonstrated in Albertville at the 1992 Winter Olympics . Winter pentathlon , a variant of the modern pentathlon , was included as a demonstration event at the 1948 Games in Switzerland . It included cross-country skiing , shooting , downhill skiing , fencing and horse riding .
List of Madagascar (franchise) characters
In `` Antics on Ice '' , it was revealed that he is a fan of the Lunacorns series due to their positive focus on a horned animal .
Stanley Cup
I have for some time been thinking that it would be a good thing if there were a challenge cup which should be held from year to year by the champion hockey team in the Dominion ( of Canada ) .
Stanley Cup
After the Lord Stanley of Preston was appointed by Queen Victoria as Governor General of Canada on June 11 , 1888 , he and his family became highly enthusiastic about ice hockey . Stanley was first exposed to the game at Montreal 's 1889 Winter Carnival , where he saw the Montreal Victorias play the Montreal Hockey Club . The Montreal Gazette reported that he `` expressed his great delight with the game of hockey and the expertise of the players '' . During that time , organized ice hockey in Canada was still in its infancy and only Montreal and Ottawa had anything resembling leagues .
India
Field hockey in India is administered by Hockey India . The Indian national hockey team won the 1975 Hockey World Cup and have , as of 2016 , taken eight gold , one silver , and two bronze Olympic medals , making it the sport 's most successful team in the Olympics .
Curling
Curling is the provincial sport of Saskatchewan . From there Ernie Richardson and his family team dominated Canadian and international curling during the late 1950s and early 1960s and have been considered to be the best male curlers of all time . Sandra Schmirler led her team to the first ever gold medal in women 's curling in the 1998 Winter Olympics . When she died two years later from cancer , over 15,000 people attended her funeral , and it was broadcast on national television .
Russian culture
Although ice hockey was only introduced during the Soviet era , the national team soon dominated the sport internationally , winning gold at seven of the nine Olympics and 19 of the 30 World Championships they contested between 1954 and 1991 . Russian players Valeri Kharlamov , Sergei Makarov , Viacheslav Fetisov and Vladislav Tretiak hold four of the six positions on the IIHF Team of the Century . As with some other sports , the Russian ice hockey programme suffered after the breakup of the Soviet Union , with Russia enduring a 15 - year gold medal drought . At that time many prominent Russian players made their careers in the National Hockey League ( NHL ) . In recent years Russia has reemerged as a hockey power , winning back to back gold medals in the 2008 and 2009 World Championships , and overtaking Team Canada as the top ranked ice hockey team in the world , but then lost to Canada in the quarter - finals of the 2010 Olympics and 2010 World Junior Championship . The Kontinental Hockey League ( KHL ) was founded in 2008 as a rival of the NHL .
Stanley Cup
Originally , Stanley intended that the Cup should be awarded to the top amateur hockey team in Canada , to be decided by the acceptance of a challenge from another team . He made five preliminary regulations :
Stanley Cup
The Stanley Cup championship team is allotted 100 days during off - season to pass around the Cup including the team 's parade , days with sponsors and a day or so with each player and member of the team 's staff . It is always accompanied by at least one representative from the Hockey Hall of Fame . Although many players have unofficially spent a day in personal possession of the Cup , in 1994 the New York Rangers started a tradition wherein each member of the Cup - winning team is allowed to retain the Cup for a day . Victors of the Cup have used it to baptize their children . Three players ( the New York Islanders ' Clark Gillies , the Anaheim Ducks ' Sean O'Donnell , and the Pittsburgh Penguins ' Nick Bonino ) even allowed their dogs to eat out of the Cup .
First indoor ice hockey game
The nine - man per side practice would last until 1880 , when it was reduced during the Montreal Winter Carnival ice hockey tournaments .
Rhode Island
The other professional minor league team is the Providence Bruins ice hockey team of the American Hockey League , who are an affiliate of the Boston Bruins . They play in the Dunkin ' Donuts Center in Providence and won the AHL 's Calder Cup during the 1998 -- 99 AHL season .
Stanley Cup
The Trustees hereby delegate to the League full authority to determine and amend from time to time the conditions for competition of the Stanley Cup , including the qualifications of challengers , the appointment of officials , the apportionment and distribution of all gate receipts , provided always that the winners of this trophy shall be the acknowledged World 's Professional Hockey Champions . The Trustees agree that during the currency of this agreement they will not acknowledge or accept any challenge for the Stanley Cup unless such a challenge is in conformity with the condition specified in paragraph one ( 1 ) thereof . The League undertakes the responsibility for the care and safe custody of the Stanley Cup including all necessary repairs and alterations to the cup and sub-structure as may be required from time to time , and further undertakes to insure the Stanley Cup for its full insurable value . The League hereby acknowledges itself to be bound to the Trustees in the sum of One Thousand Dollars , which bond is conditioned upon the safe return of the Stanley Cup to the Trustees in accordance with the terms of this Agreement , and it is agreed that the League shall have the right to return the trophy to the Trustees at any time . This agreement shall remain in force so long as the League continues to be the world 's leading professional hockey league as determined by its playing caliber , and in the event of dissolution or other termination of the National Hockey League , the Stanley Cup shall revert to the custody of the trustees . In the event of default in the appointment of a new trustee by the surviving trustee , the `` Trustees '' hereby delegate and appoint the Governors of the International Hockey Hall of Fame in Kingston , Ontario , to name two Canadian trustees to carry on under the terms of the original trust , and in conformity with this Agreement . And it is further mutually agreed that any disputes arising as to the interpretation of this Agreement or the facts upon which such interpretation is made , shall be settled by an Arbitration Board of three , one member to be appointed by each of the parties , and the third to be selected by the two appointees . The decision of the Arbitration Board shall be final .
Stanley Cup
In 2007 , the International Ice Hockey Federation ( IIHF ) formalized the `` Triple Gold Club '' , the group of players and coaches who have won an Olympic Games gold medal , a World Championship gold medal , and the Stanley Cup . The term had first entered popular use following the 2002 Winter Olympics , which saw the addition of the first Canadian members .
Artificial turf
Field hockey artificial turf differs from artificial turf for other sports , in that it does not try to reproduce a grass `` feel '' , being made of shorter fibers . This shorter fiber structure allows the improvement in speed brought by earlier artificial turfs to be retained . This development in the game , however , is problematic for many local communities who often can not afford to build two artificial fields : one for field hockey and one for other sports . The International Hockey Federation and manufacturers are driving research in order to produce new fields that will be suitable for a variety of sports .
Artificial turf
The introduction of synthetic surfaces has significantly changed the sport of field hockey . Since being introduced in the 1970s , competitions in western countries are now mostly played on artificial surfaces . This has increased the speed of the game considerably and changed the shape of hockey sticks to allow for different techniques , such as reverse stick trapping and hitting .
Polar bear
Their distinctive appearance and their association with the Arctic have made polar bears popular icons , especially in those areas where they are native . The Canadian two - dollar coin carries an image of a lone polar bear on its reverse side , while a special millennium edition featured three . Vehicle license plates in the Northwest Territories and Nunavut in Canada are in the shape of a polar bear . The polar bear is the mascot of Bowdoin College , Maine , the University of Alaska Fairbanks , and the 1988 Winter Olympics held in Calgary . The Eisbären Berlin hockey team uses a roaring polar bear as their logo .
Winter Olympic Games
The first Olympics after the war , the 1920 Summer Olympics , were held in Antwerp , Belgium , and featured figure skating and an ice hockey tournament . Germany , Austria , Hungary , Bulgaria and Turkey were banned from competing in the Games . At the IOC Congress held the following year it was decided that the host nation of the 1924 Summer Olympics , France , would host a separate `` International Winter Sports Week '' under the patronage of the IOC . Chamonix was chosen to host this `` week '' ( actually 11 days ) of events . The Games proved to be a success when more than 250 athletes from 16 nations competed in 16 events . Athletes from Finland and Norway won 28 medals , more than the rest of the participating nations combined . Germany remained banned until 1925 , and instead hosted a series of games called Deutsche Kampfspiele , starting with the Winter edition of 1922 ( which predated the first Winter Olympics ) . In 1925 the IOC decided to create a separate winter event and the 1924 Games in Chamonix was retroactively designated as the first Winter Olympics .
Stanley Cup
There does not appear to be any such outward sign of a championship at present , and considering the general interest which matches now elicit , and the importance of having the game played fairly and under rules generally recognized , I am willing to give a cup which shall be held from year to year by the winning team .
Upper Deck Company
Alexander Ovechkin - NHL single - season record 65 goals by LW Henrik Zetterberg - 2008 Conn Smythe winner Detroit Red Wings - Stanley Cup team photo Steven Stamkos - 1st overall pick in 2008 Draft
Olympic Games
Near the end of the 1960s , the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association ( CAHA ) felt their amateur players could no longer be competitive against the Soviet team 's full - time athletes and the other constantly improving European teams . They pushed for the ability to use players from professional leagues but met opposition from the IIHF and IOC . Avery Brundage , president of the IOC from 1952 to 1972 , was opposed to the idea of amateur and professional players competing together . At the IIHF Congress in 1969 , the IIHF decided to allow Canada to use nine non-NHL professional hockey players at the 1970 World Championships in Montreal and Winnipeg , Manitoba , Canada . The decision was reversed in January 1970 after Brundage said that ice hockey 's status as an Olympic sport would be in jeopardy if the change was made . In response , Canada withdrew from international ice hockey competition and officials stated that they would not return until `` open competition '' was instituted . Günther Sabetzki became president of the IIHF in 1975 and helped to resolve the dispute with the CAHA . In 1976 , the IIHF agreed to allow `` open competition '' between all players in the World Championships . However , NHL players were still not allowed to play in the Olympics until 1988 , because of the IOC 's amateur - only policy .
Polar bear
The polar bear is a marine mammal because it spends many months of the year at sea . However , it is the only living marine mammal with powerful , large limbs and feet that allow them to cover miles on foot and run on land . Its preferred habitat is the annual sea ice covering the waters over the continental shelf and the Arctic inter-island archipelagos . These areas , known as the `` Arctic ring of life '' , have high biological productivity in comparison to the deep waters of the high Arctic . The polar bear tends to frequent areas where sea ice meets water , such as polynyas and leads ( temporary stretches of open water in Arctic ice ) , to hunt the seals that make up most of its diet . Freshwater is limited in these environments because it is either locked up in snow or saline . Polar bears are able to produce water through the metabolism of fats found in seal blubber . Polar bears are therefore found primarily along the perimeter of the polar ice pack , rather than in the Polar Basin close to the North Pole where the density of seals is low .
Winter Olympic Games
The lead - up to the 2018 Winter Olympics was affected by the tensions between North and South Korea and the ongoing Russian doping scandal . Despite tense relations , North Korea agreed to participate in the Games , enter with South Korea during the opening ceremony as a unified Korea , and field a unified team in women 's ice hockey . Individual Russian athletes , who qualified and could demonstrate they had complied with the IOC 's doping regulations , were given the option to compete neutrally in Pyeongchang as `` Olympic Athletes from Russia '' ( OAR ) but they were not allowed to compete under the Russian flag .