document_title: NBA post-season records

question_text: who holds the record for most career points in the nba

question_tokens: who holds the record for most career points in the nba

text: NBA post-season records

text: Playoff records[edit]

text: Game[edit]

text: Most minutes in a game

text: 67 by Red Rocha and Paul Seymour, Syracuse Nationals at Boston Celtics on March 21, 1953 (4 OT)

text: Most points in a playoff game

text: 63 by Michael Jordan, Chicago Bulls at Boston Celtics on April 20, 1986 (2 OT)

text: Most points in a half

text: 39 by Sleepy Floyd, Golden State Warriors vs. Los Angeles Lakers on May 10, 1987 (2nd) [1]

text: Most points in a quarter

text: 29 by Sleepy Floyd, Golden State Warriors vs. Los Angeles Lakers on May 10, 1987 (4th)

text: Most points in an overtime period

text: 17 by Stephen Curry, Golden State Warriors vs. Portland Trail Blazers on May 9, 2016

text: Most field goals made in a game

text:
24 by Wilt Chamberlain, Philadelphia Warriors vs. Syracuse Nationals on March 14, 1960
24 by John Havlicek, Boston Celtics vs. Atlanta Hawks on April 1, 1973
24 by Michael Jordan, Chicago Bulls vs. Cleveland Cavaliers on May 1, 1988

text: Most field goals made in a game, no misses

text:
12 by Larry McNeill, Kansas City–Omaha Kings vs. Chicago Bulls on April 13, 1975
12 by Nenê, Houston Rockets vs. Oklahoma City Thunder on April 23, 2017

text: Most field goals attempted in a game

text:
48 by Wilt Chamberlain, Philadelphia Warriors vs. Syracuse Nationals on March 22, 1962
48 by Rick Barry, San Francisco Warriors vs. Philadelphia 76ers on April 18, 1967

text: Most field goals missed in a game

text:
26 by Rick Barry, San Francisco Warriors vs. Philadelphia 76ers on April 18, 1967
26 by Michael Jordan, Chicago Bulls vs. Miami Heat, May 26, 1997
26 by Kevin Durant, Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Dallas Mavericks, April 18, 2016
26 by Russell Westbrook, Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Houston Rockets, April 19, 2017

text: Most field goals attempted in a game, none made

text:
14 by Chick Reiser, Baltimore Bullets at Philadelphia Warriors on April 10, 1948
14 by Dennis Johnson, Seattle SuperSonics vs. Washington Bullets on June 7, 1978

text: Most field goals made in a half

text: 16 by Dave Bing, Detroit Pistons vs. Boston Celtics on April 1, 1968

text: Most field goals attempted in a half

text:
25 by Wilt Chamberlain, Philadelphia Warriors vs. Syracuse Nationals on March 22, 1962
25 by Elgin Baylor, Los Angeles Lakers vs. Boston Celtics on April 14, 1962
25 by Michael Jordan, Chicago Bulls vs. Cleveland Cavaliers on May 1, 1988

text: Most field goals made in a quarter

text: 12 by Sleepy Floyd, Golden State Warriors vs. Los Angeles Lakers on May 10, 1987

text: Most field goals attempted in a quarter

text: 18 by Russell Westbrook, Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Houston Rockets on April 19, 2017

text: Most consecutive field goals made in a quarter

text: 12 by Sleepy Floyd, Golden State Warriors vs. Los Angeles Lakers on May 10, 1987[citation needed]

text: Most consecutive field goals made in a game

text: 13 by Michael Jordan, Chicago Bulls vs. Los Angeles Lakers on June 5, 1991[citation needed]

text: Most 3-point field goals made in a game

text: 11 by Klay Thompson, Golden State Warriors at Oklahoma City Thunder on May 28, 2016

text: Most 3-point field goals made in a game, no misses

text: 7 by Robert Horry, Los Angeles Lakers at Utah Jazz on May 6, 1997

text: Most 3-point field goals attempted in a game

text:
18 by Ray Allen, Boston Celtics at Chicago Bulls on April 30, 2009 (3 OT)
18 by Stephen Curry, Golden State Warriors at New Orleans Pelicans on April 23, 2015 (OT)
18 by Damian Lillard, Portland Trail Blazers vs Golden State Warriors on May 9, 2016
18 by Klay Thompson, Golden State Warriors at Oklahoma City Thunder on May 28, 2016

text: Most 3-point field goals made in a half

text: 8 by Vince Carter, Toronto Raptors vs. Philadelphia 76ers on May 11, 2001[2]

text: Most 3-point field goals attempted in a half

text:
11 by Gary Payton, Seattle SuperSonics vs. Houston Rockets on May 4, 1996
11 by Kobe Bryant, Los Angeles Lakers vs. San Antonio Spurs on May 13, 2003

text: Most 3-point field goals made in a quarter

text: 6 by Antoine Walker, Boston Celtics at Philadelphia 76ers on April 28, 2002

text: Most consecutive 3-point field goals made in a half

text: Most consecutive 3-point field goals made in a game

text:
8 by Vince Carter, Toronto Raptors vs. Philadelphia 76ers on May 11, 2001[2]
8 by Chris Paul, Los Angeles Clippers at Oklahoma City Thunder on May 5, 2014.[3]

text: Most free throws made in a game

text: 30 by Bob Cousy, Boston Celtics vs. Syracuse Nationals on March 21, 1953 (4 OT) (30/32)

text: Most free throws made in a game, no misses

text: 24 by Dirk Nowitzki, Dallas Mavericks vs. Oklahoma City Thunder on May 17, 2011[4]

text: Most free throws attempted in a game

text: 39 by Shaquille O'Neal, Los Angeles Lakers vs. Indiana Pacers on June 9, 2000 (18/39)

text: Most free throws made in a half

text:
19 by Magic Johnson, Los Angeles Lakers vs. Golden State Warriors on May 8, 1991
19 by Karl Malone, Utah Jazz vs. Portland Trail Blazers on May 9, 1991
19 by Charles Barkley, Phoenix Suns vs. Seattle SuperSonics on June 5, 1993
19 by Dirk Nowitzki, Dallas Mavericks vs. Oklahoma City Thunder on May 17, 2011

text: Most free throws attempted in a half

text: 28 by DeAndre Jordan, Los Angeles Clippers vs. Houston Rockets on May 10, 2015 (10/28)

text: Most free throws made in a quarter

text:
13 by Michael Jordan, Chicago Bulls vs. Detroit Pistons on May 21, 1991
13 by Dirk Nowitzki, Dallas Mavericks vs. Portland Trail Blazers on April 16, 2011
13 by Dirk Nowitzki, Dallas Mavericks vs. Oklahoma City Thunder on May 17, 2011

text: Most free throws attempted in a quarter

text: 25 by Shaquille O'Neal, Los Angeles Lakers vs. Portland Trail Blazers on May 20, 2000

text: Most rebounds in a game

text: 41 by Wilt Chamberlain, Philadelphia 76ers vs. Boston Celtics on April 5, 1967

text: Most rebounds in a half

text: 26 by Wilt Chamberlain, Philadelphia 76ers vs. San Francisco Warriors on April 16, 1967

text: Most rebounds in a quarter

text: 19 by Bill Russell, Boston Celtics vs. Los Angeles Lakers on April 18, 1962

text: Most offensive rebounds in a game

text: 15 by Moses Malone, Houston Rockets vs. Washington Bullets on April 21, 1977 (OT)

text: Most Defensive rebounds in a game

text:
20 by Dave Cowens, Boston Celtics at Houston Rockets on April 22, 1975
20 by Dave Cowens, Boston Celtics at Philadelphia 76ers on May 1, 1977
20 by Bill Walton, Portland Trail Blazers at Philadelphia 76ers, June 3, 1977
20 by Bill Walton, Portland Trail Blazers vs. Philadelphia 76ers, June 5, 1977
20 by Kevin Garnett, Minnesota Timberwolves vs. Denver Nuggets on April 21, 2004
20 by Kevin Garnett, Minnesota Timberwolves vs. Sacramento Kings on May 19, 2004
20 by Tim Duncan, San Antonio Spurs vs. Los Angeles Lakers on May 14, 2002
20 by Tim Duncan, San Antonio Spurs vs. Phoenix Suns on April 25, 2003

text: Most assists in a game

text:
24 by Magic Johnson, Los Angeles Lakers vs. Phoenix Suns on May 15, 1984
24 by John Stockton, Utah Jazz vs. Los Angeles Lakers on May 17, 1988

text: Most assists in a half

text:
15 by Magic Johnson, Los Angeles Lakers vs. Portland Trail Blazers on May 3, 1985
15 by Doc Rivers, Atlanta Hawks vs. Boston Celtics on May 16, 1988
15 by Steve Nash, Phoenix Suns vs. Los Angeles Lakers on April 29, 2007

text: Most assists in a quarter

text: 11 by John Stockton, Utah Jazz vs. San Antonio Spurs on May 5, 1994

text: Most steals in a game

text: 10 by Allen Iverson, Philadelphia 76ers vs. Orlando Magic on May 13, 1999

text: Most blocks in a game[5]

text:
10 by Mark Eaton, Utah Jazz vs. Houston Rockets on April 26, 1985
10 by Hakeem Olajuwon, Houston Rockets vs. Los Angeles Lakers on April 29, 1990
10 by Andrew Bynum, Los Angeles Lakers vs. Denver Nuggets on April 29, 2012

text: Most turnovers in a game

text: 12 by James Harden, Houston Rockets vs. Golden State Warriors on May 27, 2015[6]

text: 40-point scoring duos

text:
45 by Elgin Baylor and 41 by Jerry West, Los Angeles Lakers vs. Detroit Pistons on March 29, 1962
42 by Sleepy Floyd and 41 by Hakeem Olajuwon, Houston Rockets vs. Dallas Mavericks on April 30, 1988
41 by Clyde Drexler and 40 by Hakeem Olajuwon, Houston Rockets vs. Utah Jazz on May 5, 1995
40 by Reggie Miller and Jalen Rose, Indiana Pacers vs. Philadelphia 76ers on May 6, 2000
41 by LeBron James and Kyrie Irving, Cleveland Cavaliers vs. Golden State Warriors on June 13, 2016

text: Series[edit]

text: Highest points per game average

text: 46.3 by Jerry West, Los Angeles Lakers (vs. Baltimore Bullets), 1965

text: 3-game series

text:
Most points - 135 by Michael Jordan, Chicago Bulls (vs. Miami Heat), 1992 (45.0 ppg)
Most field goals made - 53 by Michael Jordan, Chicago Bulls (vs. Miami Heat), 1992
Most field goals attempted - 104 by Wilt Chamberlain, Philadelphia Warriors (vs. Syracuse Nationals), 1960
Most 3-point field goals made - 14 by John Starks, New York Knicks (vs. Cleveland Cavaliers), 1996
Most 3-point field goals attempted - 35 by Reggie Miller, Indiana Pacers (vs. Milwaukee Bucks), 1999
Highest 3-point field goal percentage (min. 6 attempts) - 85.7% by Muggsy Bogues, 1997 (6/7)
Most free throws made - 43 by Kevin Johnson, Phoenix Suns (vs. Denver Nuggets), 1989
Most free throws attempted - 47 by Dolph Schayes, Syracuse Nationals (vs. Boston Celtics), 1959
Highest free throw percentage (min. 15 attempts) - 100% by Michael Jordan, Chicago Bulls (vs. Washington Bullets), 1997 (15/15)
Most rebounds - 84 by Bill Russell, Boston Celtics (vs. Syracuse Nationals), 1957 (28.0 rpg)
Most offensive rebounds - 28 by Moses Malone, Houston Rockets (vs. Seattle SuperSonics), 1982
Most assists - 48 by Magic Johnson, Los Angeles Lakers (vs. San Antonio Spurs), 1986 (16.0 apg)
Most steals - 13 by Clyde Drexler, Portland Trail Blazers (vs. Dallas Mavericks), 1990; Hersey Hawkins, Philadelphia 76ers (vs. Milwaukee Bucks), 1991 (4.3 spg)
Most blocks - 18 by Manute Bol, Golden State Warriors (vs. Utah Jazz), 1989 (6.0 bpg)

text: 4-game series

text:
Most points - 150 by Hakeem Olajuwon, Houston Rockets (vs. Dallas Mavericks), 1988 (37.5 ppg)
Most field goals made - 65 by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Milwaukee Bucks (vs. Chicago Bulls), 1974
Most field goals attempted - 123 by Tracy McGrady, Orlando Magic (vs. Milwaukee Bucks), 2001
Most 3-point field goals made - 21 by Stephen Curry, Golden State Warriors (vs. San Antonio Spurs), 2017.
Most 3-point field goals attempted - 48 by Stephen Curry, Golden State Warriors (vs. New Orleans Pelicans), 2015
Highest 3-point field goal percentage (min. 8 attempts) - 81.8% by Bob Hansen, Utah Jazz (vs. Portland Trail Blazers), 1988
Most free throws made - 51 by Kobe Bryant, Los Angeles Lakers (vs. Sacramento Kings), 2001
Most free throws attempted - 68 by Shaquille O'Neal, Los Angeles Lakers (vs. New Jersey Nets), 2002
Most rebounds - 118 by Bill Russell, Boston Celtics (vs. Minneapolis Lakers), 1959 (29.5 rpg)
Most offensive rebounds - 27 by Moses Malone, Philadelphia 76ers (vs. Los Angeles Lakers), 1983
Most assists - 57 by Magic Johnson, Los Angeles Lakers (vs. Phoenix Suns), 1989 (14.3 apg)
Most steals - 17 by Lionel Hollins, Portland Trail Blazers (vs. Los Angeles Lakers), 1977 (4.25 spg)
Most blocks - 23 by Hakeem Olajuwon, Houston Rockets (vs. Los Angeles Lakers), 1990 (5.75 bpg)

text: 5-game series

text:
Most points - 226 by Michael Jordan, Chicago Bulls (vs. Cleveland Cavaliers), 1988 (45.2 ppg)
Most field goals made - 86 by Michael Jordan, Chicago Bulls (vs. Philadelphia 76ers), 1990
Most field goals attempted - 162 by Allen Iverson, Philadelphia 76ers (vs. Los Angeles Lakers), 2001
Most 3-point field goals made - 27 by Stephen Curry, Golden State Warriors (vs. Houston Rockets), 2015
Most 3-point field goals attempted - 55 by Stephen Curry, Golden State Warriors (vs. Houston Rockets), 2015
Highest 3-point field goal percentage (min. 10 attempts) - 80.0% by Byron Scott, Los Angeles Lakers (vs. Golden State Warriors), 1991
Most free throws made - 62 by Oscar Robertson, Cincinnati Royals (vs. Philadelphia Warriors), 1964
Most free throws attempted - 79 by Karl Malone, Utah Jazz (vs. Los Angeles Clippers), 1992
Most rebounds - 160 by Wilt Chamberlain, Philadelphia 76ers (vs. Boston Celtics), 1967 (32.0 rpg)
Most offensive rebounds - 36 by Larry Smith, Golden State Warriors (vs. Los Angeles Lakers), 1987
Most assists - 85 by Magic Johnson, Los Angeles Lakers (vs. Portland Trail Blazers), 1985 (17.0 apg)
Most steals - 21 by Micheal Ray Richardson, New Jersey Nets (vs. Philadelphia 76ers), 1984; Baron Davis, Charlotte Hornets (vs. New Jersey Nets), 2002 (4.2 spg)
Most blocks - 31 by Dikembe Mutombo, Denver Nuggets (vs. Seattle SuperSonics), 1994 (6.2 bpg)

text: 6-game series

text:
Most points - 278 by Jerry West, Los Angeles Lakers (vs. Baltimore Bullets), 1965 (46.3 ppg)
Most field goals made - 101 by Michael Jordan, Chicago Bulls (vs. Phoenix Suns), 1993
Most field goals attempted - 235 by Rick Barry, San Francisco Warriors (vs. Philadelphia 76ers), 1967
Most 3-point field goals made - 26 by Stephen Curry, Golden State Warriors (vs. Memphis Grizzlies), 2015
Most 3-point field goals attempted - 52 by Stephen Curry, Golden State Warriors (vs. Memphis Grizzlies), 2015
Highest 3-point field goal percentage (min. 12 attempts) - 66.7% by Danny Ainge, Phoenix Suns (vs. Chicago Bulls), 1993
Most free throws made - 86 by Jerry West, Los Angeles Lakers (vs. Baltimore Bullets), 1965
Most free throws attempted - 97 by Dwyane Wade, Miami Heat (vs. Dallas Mavericks), 2006
Most rebounds - 171 by Wilt Chamberlain, Philadelphia 76ers (vs. San Francisco Warriors), 1967 (28.5 rpg)
Most offensive rebounds - 46 by Moses Malone, Houston Rockets (vs. Boston Celtics), 1981
Most assists - 90 by Johnny Moore, San Antonio Spurs (vs. Los Angeles Lakers), 1983 (15.0 apg)
Most steals - 19 by Rick Barry, Golden State Warriors (vs. Seattle SuperSonics), 1975 (3.17 spg)
Most blocks - 32 by Tim Duncan, San Antonio Spurs (vs. New Jersey Nets), 2003 (5.33 bpg)

text: 7-game series

text:
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)

text: Career[edit]

text: Records through the 2017 playoffs.

text: Most games

text: 259 by Derek Fisher[7]

text: Most minutes

text: 9,174 by Tim Duncan

text: Most minutes per game

text: 47.24 by Wilt Chamberlain[8]

text: Most points

text: 6,163 by LeBron James.

text: Highest points per game average (min. 25 games)

text: 33.5 by Michael Jordan (179 games)

text: Most 50-point games

text: 8 by Michael Jordan

text: Most 40-point games

text: 38 by Michael Jordan

text: Most 30-point games

text: 109 by Michael Jordan

text: Most 20-point games

text: 181 by LeBron James.

text: Most 10-point games

text: 237 by Tim Duncan

text: Only player to score 15+ points in every game (min. 25 games)

text: Michael Jordan (179 games)

text: Only player to record consecutive 50-point games

text: Michael Jordan scored 50 and 55 points in Games 1 and 2 of the 1988 Eastern Conference First Round (Chicago Bulls vs. Cleveland Cavaliers).[9]

text: Most consecutive 45-point games

text: 3 by Michael Jordan (May 9–13, 1990)

text: Most consecutive 40-point games

text: 6 by Jerry West (April 3–13, 1965)

text: Most consecutive 30-point games

text: 11 by Elgin Baylor (March 27-April 18, 1962)

text: Most consecutive 20-point games

text: 60 by Michael Jordan (June 2, 1989–May 11, 1993)

text: Most consecutive 15-point games

text: 179 by Michael Jordan. This streak entails every playoff game of Jordan's career.

text: Most consecutive 10-point games

text: Most field goals made

text: 2,356 by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

text: Most field goals attempted

text: 4,499 by Kobe Bryant

text: Highest field goal percentage (min. 300 attempts)

text: 59.1% by Dwight Howard (582/905)[10]

text: Most field goals missed

text: 2,485 by Kobe Bryant[11]

text: Most 2-point field goals made

text: 2,356 by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar[12]

text: Most 2-point field goals attempted

text: 4,418 by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar[13]

text: Highest 2-point field goal percentage (min. 300 attempts)

text: 59.26% by Dwight Howard (582/902)[14]

text: Most 3-point field goals made

text: 385 by Ray Allen[15]

text: Most 3-point field goals attempted

text: 959 by Ray Allen[16]

text: Highest 3-point field goal percentage (NBA Rate Statistic Requirement is min. 55 attempts)[17]

text: 50% by Bob Hansen (38/76)[18]

text: Most consecutive games with a 3-point field goal made

text: 75 by Stephen Curry, since 4-20-2013 (12 in 2013; 7 in 2014; 21 in 2015; 18 in 2016; 17 in 2017) (active).

text: Highest True Shooting Percentage (takes into consideration points scored from three pointers, field goals and free-throws to get a measure of points scored each shooting attempt, formula is Points / (2 * (FG Attempts + 0.44 * FT Attempts)))

text: 62.33% by Cedric Maxwell[19]

text: Highest Effective Field Goal Percentage (Similar to FG %, but adds an additional parameter. This parameter adjusts for the fact that 3-point field goals are worth 50 percent more than 2-point field goals. Formula is eFG% = (FGM + (0.5 x 3PTM)) / FGA)

text: 59.5% by Danny Green[20]

text: Most free throws made

text: 1,468 by LeBron James.

text: Most free throws attempted

text: 2,317 by Shaquille O'Neal

text: Highest free throw percentage (NBA Rate Statistic Requirement is min. 125 attempts)[17]

text: 94.39% by Mark Price (202/214)[21]

text: Most consecutive free throws made

text: 56 by Bill Sharman, 1958–59 Playoffs

text: Most rebounds

text: 4,104 by Bill Russell

text: Highest rebounds per game average (min. 25 games)

text: 24.9 by Bill Russell

text: Highest total rebound percentage (Rebound %, an estimate of the percentage of missed shots a player rebounded while he was on the floor.)

text: 21.95% Dwight Howard[22]

text: Most offensive rebounds

text: 866 by Shaquille O'Neal

text: Highest offensive rebound percentage

text: 15.05% Moses Malone[23]

text: Most defensive rebounds

text: 2,053 by Tim Duncan[24]

text: Highest defensive rebound percentage

text: 30.84% Dwight Howard[25]

text: Most Double-Doubles

text: 164 by Tim Duncan

text: Most Triple-Doubles

text: 30 by Magic Johnson

text: Most assists

text: 2,346 by Magic Johnson

text: Highest assists per game average (min. 25 games)

text: 12.35 by Magic Johnson

text: Highest assist percentage (Assist %, an estimate of the percentage of teammate field goals a player assisted while he was on the floor.)

text: 47.79% John Stockton[26]

text: Most steals

text: 395 by Scottie Pippen.

text: Highest steals per game average (NBA Rate Statistic Requirement is min. 125 steals[17])

text: 2.36 by Chris Paul (125 steals / 53 games)[27]

text: Highest steal percentage (Steal %, an estimate of the percentage of opponent possessions that end with a steal by the player while he was on the floor.)

text: 3.76% Charlie Ward[28]

text: Most blocks

text: 557 by Tim Duncan[29]

text: Highest blocks per game average (min. 25 games)

text: 3.3 by Hakeem Olajuwon (472/145)

text: Highest Block percentage (Block %, an estimate of the percentage of opponent two-point field goal attempts blocked by the player while he was on the floor.)

text: 7.91% Greg Ostertag[30]

text: Most turnovers

text: 773 by LeBron James.[31]

text: Most Personal Fouls

text: 797 by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar[32]

text: Highest Player Efficiency Rating (measuring a player's per-minute performance, while adjusting for pace)

text: 28.60 by Michael Jordan

text: Highest Offensive Rating (for players it is points produced per 100 possessions)

text: 122 by Earvin "Magic" Johnson.[33]

text: Highest Defensive Rating (for players and teams it is points allowed per 100 possessions.)

text: 92.29 Ben Wallace[34]

text: Franchise[edit]

text: Largest fourth quarter comebacks

text:
29 points - The Los Angeles Lakers overcame a 29-point deficit to beat the Seattle SuperSonics on May 14, 1989.[35]
27 points - The Los Angeles Clippers overcame a 27-point deficit to beat the Memphis Grizzlies on the road on April 29, 2012 with less than 2 minutes left in the 3rd quarter.[36]

text: Rookie and age-related records[edit]

text: In 2006, the NBA introduced age requirement restrictions. Prospective high school players must wait a year before entering the NBA, making some age-related records harder to break.

text: Youngest/Oldest player to play a playoff game

text:
Youngest: Andrew Bynum is the youngest player to play in a playoff game, he logged a total of 1 minute and 52 seconds and missed one shot in the game for the Los Angeles Lakers against the Phoenix Suns at the age of 18 years, 191 days on May 6, 2006.
Oldest: Robert Parish is the oldest player to play in a playoff game, he logged about 8 minutes, grabbed 2 rebounds and missed all three shots in the game for the Chicago Bulls against the Atlanta Hawks at the age of 43 years, 254 days on May 11, 1997.

text: Youngest/Oldest player to start in a playoff game

text:
Youngest: Thaddeus Young is the youngest player to start in a playoff game, he logged a total of 22 minutes and 18 seconds, scored 10 points, grabbed 3 rebounds, and 2 steals in the game for the Philadelphia 76ers against the Detroit Pistons at the age of 19 years, 304 days on April 20, 2008.
Oldest: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is the oldest player to start in a playoff game, he logged about 29 minutes, scored 7 points, grabbed 3 rebounds and had 3 assists in the game for the Los Angeles Lakers against the Detroit Pistons at the age of 42 years, 58 days on June 13, 1989, game 4 of the 1989 NBA Finals.

text: Youngest/Oldest player to score in a playoff game

text:
Youngest: Kobe Bryant is the youngest player to score in a playoff game, he had a total of 22 points in the game for the Los Angeles Lakers against the Portland Trail Blazers at the age of 18 years, 250 days on April 30, 1997.
Oldest: Robert Parish is the oldest player to score in a playoff game, he had a total of 2 points in the game for the Chicago Bulls against the Atlanta Hawks at the age of 43 years, 251 days on May 8, 1997.

text: Youngest/Oldest player to score a 3-pointer in a playoff game

text:
Youngest: Kobe Bryant is the youngest player to hit a 3-pointer in a playoff game, he had a total of 2 3-pointers in the game for the Los Angeles Lakers against the Portland Trail Blazers at the age of 18 years, 250 days on April 30, 1997.
Oldest: Kevin Willis is the oldest player to hit a 3-pointer in a playoff game, he had a total of 1 3-pointer in the game for the San Antonio Spurs against the Los Angeles Lakers at the age of 40 years, 241 days on May 5, 2005.

text: Youngest/Oldest player to log a double-double in a playoff game

text:
Youngest: Carmelo Anthony is the youngest player to log a double-double in a playoff game, he had a total of 24 points and 10 rebounds in the game for the Denver Nuggets against the Minnesota Timberwolves at the age of 19 years, 331 days on April 24, 2004.
Oldest: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is the oldest player to log a double-double in a playoff game, he had a total of 24 points and 13 rebounds in the game for the Los Angeles Lakers against the Detroit Pistons at the age of 42 years, 56 days on June 11, 1989, game 3 of the 1989 NBA Finals.

text: Youngest/Oldest player to log a triple-double in a playoff game

text:
Youngest: LeBron James is the youngest player to log a triple-double in a playoff game, he had a total of 32 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists in the game for the Cleveland Cavaliers against the Washington Wizards at the age of 21 years, 113 days on April 22, 2006.
Oldest: John Stockton is the oldest player to log a triple-double in a playoff game, he had a total of 12 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists in the game for the Utah Jazz against the Dallas Mavericks at the age of 39 years, 33 days on April 28, 2001.

text: NBA Finals records[edit]

text: Game[edit]

text: Most minutes played in a game

text: 62 by Kevin Johnson, Phoenix Suns (at Chicago Bulls) on June 13, 1993 (3 OT)

text: Most minutes played in a game without a turnover

text: 59 by Dan Majerle, Phoenix Suns (at Chicago Bulls) on June 13, 1993 (3 OT)

text: Most points in a game

text: 61 by Elgin Baylor, Los Angeles Lakers (at Boston Celtics) on April 14, 1962

text: Most points in a half

text: 35 by Michael Jordan, Chicago Bulls (vs. Portland Trail Blazers) on June 3, 1992

text: Most points in a quarter

text: 25 by Isiah Thomas, Detroit Pistons (at Los Angeles Lakers) on June 19, 1988

text: Most field goals made in a game

text:
22 by Elgin Baylor, Los Angeles Lakers (at Boston Celtics) on April 14, 1962
22 by Rick Barry, San Francisco Warriors (vs. Philadelphia 76ers) on April 18, 1967

text: Most field goals attempted in a game

text: 48 by Rick Barry, San Francisco Warriors (vs. Philadelphia 76ers) on April 18, 1967

text: 14 by Dennis Johnson, Seattle SuperSonics (vs. Washington Bullets) on June 7, 1978

text: Most field goals made in a half

text:
14 by Isiah Thomas, Detroit Pistons (at Los Angeles Lakers) on June 19, 1988
14 by Michael Jordan, Chicago Bulls (vs. Portland Trail Blazers) on June 3, 1992
14 by Michael Jordan, Chicago Bulls (vs. Phoenix Suns) on June 16, 1993

text: Most field goals attempted in a half

text: 25 by Elgin Baylor, Los Angeles Lakers (at Boston Celtics) on April 14, 1962

text: Most field goals made in a quarter

text: 11 by Isiah Thomas, Detroit Pistons (at Los Angeles Lakers) on June 19, 1988

text: Most consecutive field goals made

text: 13 by Michael Jordan, Chicago Bulls (vs. Los Angeles Lakers) on June 5, 1991

text: Most 3-point field goals made in a game[37]

text: 8 by Ray Allen, Boston Celtics (vs. Los Angeles Lakers) on June 6, 2010

text: Most 3-point field goals attempted in a game[38]

text: 15 by Stephen Curry, Golden State Warriors (vs. Cleveland Cavaliers) on June 7, 2015 & Golden State Warriors (vs. Cleveland Cavaliers) on June 13, 2016

text: Most 3-point field goals made in a half

text: 7 by Ray Allen, Boston Celtics (vs. Los Angeles Lakers) on June 6, 2010

text: 10 by John Starks, New York Knicks (vs. Houston Rockets) on June 22, 1994

text: 5 by Kenny Smith, Houston Rockets (at Orlando Magic) on June 7, 1995 (OT)

text: Most 4-point plays made in a game

text: 2 by Ray Allen, Miami Heat (vs. San Antonio Spurs) on June 16, 2013[39]

text: Most free throws made in a game

text: 21 by Dwyane Wade, Miami (vs. Dallas Mavericks) on June 18, 2006 (OT)

text: 15 by Terry Porter, Portland Trail Blazers (at Detroit Pistons) on June 7, 1990

text: Most free throws attempted in a game

text: 39 by Shaquille O'Neal, Los Angeles Lakers (vs. Indiana Pacers) on June 9, 2000 (18/39)

text: Most free throws made in a half

text: 13 by Shaquille O'Neal, Los Angeles Lakers (vs. Indiana Pacers) on June 9, 2000

text: Most free throws attempted in a half

text: 22 by Shaquille O'Neal, Los Angeles Lakers (vs. Indiana Pacers) on June 9, 2000

text: Most free throws made in a quarter

text: 10 by Stephen Curry, Golden State Warriors (vs. Cleveland Cavaliers) on June 4, 2017

text: Most free throws attempted in a quarter

text: 16 by Shaquille O'Neal, Los Angeles Lakers (vs. Indiana Pacers) on June 9, 2000

text: Most rebounds in a game

text:
40 by Bill Russell, Boston Celtics (vs. St. Louis Hawks) on March 29, 1960
40 by Bill Russell, Boston Celtics (vs. Los Angeles Lakers) on April 18, 1962 (OT)

text: Most rebounds in a half

text: 26 by Wilt Chamberlain, Philadelphia 76ers (vs. San Francisco Warriors) on April 16, 1967

text: Most rebounds in a quarter

text: 19 by Bill Russell, Boston Celtics (vs. Los Angeles Lakers) on April 18, 1962

text: Most offensive rebounds in a game

text:
11 by Elvin Hayes, Washington Bullets (vs. Seattle SuperSonics) on May 27, 1979
11 by Dennis Rodman, Chicago Bulls (vs. Seattle SuperSonics) on June 7, 1996
11 by Dennis Rodman, Chicago Bulls (vs. Seattle SuperSonics) on June 16, 1996

text: Most defensive rebounds in a game

text: Most steals in a game

text: 7 by Robert Horry, Houston Rockets (at Orlando Magic) on June 9, 1995

text: Most blocks in a game

text: 9 by Dwight Howard, Orlando Magic (vs. Los Angeles Lakers) on June 11, 2009[40]

text: Most assists in a game

text: 21 by Magic Johnson, Los Angeles Lakers (vs. Boston Celtics) on June 3, 1984

text: Most assists in a half

text: 14 by Magic Johnson, Los Angeles Lakers (vs. Detroit Pistons) on June 19, 1988

text: Most assists in a quarter

text:
8 by Bob Cousy, Boston Celtics (vs. St. Louis Hawks) on April 9, 1957
8 by Magic Johnson, Los Angeles Lakers (vs. Boston Celtics) on June 3, 1984
8 by Robert Reid, Houston Rockets (vs. Boston Celtics) on June 5, 1986
8 by Michael Cooper and Magic Johnson, Los Angeles Lakers (vs. Boston Celtics) on June 4, 1987
8 by Magic Johnson, Los Angeles Lakers (at Detroit Pistons) on June 16, 1988
8 by Magic Johnson, Los Angeles Lakers (vs. Detroit Pistons) on June 19, 1988
8 by John Stockton, Utah Jazz (at Chicago Bulls) on June 10, 1998

text: Most turnovers in a game

text: 10 by Magic Johnson, Los Angeles Lakers (vs. Philadelphia 76ers) on May 14, 1980

text: 40-point scoring duos

text: 41 by LeBron James and Kyrie Irving, Cleveland Cavaliers (at Golden State Warriors) on June 13, 2016

text: Most points in a game without a turnover

text: 41 by Shaquille O'Neal, Los Angeles Lakers (vs. Indiana Pacers) on June 19, 2000

text: Triple-double by opposing players in the same game

text: Stephen Curry (32 points, 11 assists and 10 rebounds), Golden State Warriors and LeBron James (29 points, 14 assists and 11 rebounds), Cleveland Cavaliers at Golden State Warriors on June 4, 2017

text: Most points by a duo in a loss

text: 77 by LeBron James (39) and Kyrie Irving (38), Cleveland Cavaliers (vs. Golden State Warriors) on June 7, 2017

text: Four players score at least 30 points in a game

text:
Hakeem Olajuwon (34), Sam Cassell (31), Houston Rockets and Shaquille O’Neal (33), Penny Hardaway (32), Orlando Magic on June 9, 1995
LeBron James (39), Kyrie Irving (38), Cleveland Cavaliers and Kevin Durant (31), Klay Thompson (30), Golden State Warriors on June 7, 2017

text: Pair of 30-point scorers on the same team in consecutive games

text:
Jerry West (40), Elgin Baylor (36), Los Angeles Lakers on April 8, 1962 and Elgin Baylor (39), Jerry West (36), Los Angeles Lakers on April 10, 1962
Kevin Durant (33), Stephen Curry (32), Golden State Warriors on June 4, 2017 and Kevin Durant (31), Klay Thompson (30), Golden State Warriors on June 7, 2017
LeBron James (39), Kyrie Irving (38), Cleveland Cavaliers on June 7, 2017 and Kyrie Irving (40), LeBron James (31), Cleveland Cavaliers on June 9, 2017

text: Series[edit]

text: Most points per game in an NBA Championship series

text: 41.0 by Michael Jordan, Chicago Bulls (vs. Phoenix Suns), 1993

text: Triple-double per game average in the NBA Finals

text: LeBron James: 33.6 points, 12.0 rebounds, and 10.0 assists, 2017

text: Only players to score at least 30 points in every game

text:
Elgin Baylor, Los Angeles Lakers (vs. Boston Celtics), 1962 (7 games)
Rick Barry, San Francisco Warriors (vs. Philadelphia 76ers), 1967 (6 games)
Michael Jordan, Chicago Bulls (vs. Phoenix Suns), 1993 (6 games)
Hakeem Olajuwon, Houston Rockets (vs. Orlando Magic), 1995 (4 games)
Shaquille O'Neal, Los Angeles Lakers (vs. Indiana Pacers), 2000 (6 games)
Kevin Durant, Golden State Warriors (vs. Cleveland Cavaliers), 2017 (5 games)

text: 4-game series

text:
Most points - 145 by Shaquille O'Neal, Los Angeles Lakers (vs. New Jersey Nets), 2002 (36.3 ppg)
Most field goals made - 56 by Hakeem Olajuwon, Houston Rockets (vs. Orlando Magic), 1995
Most field goals attempted - 116 by Hakeem Olajuwon, Houston Rockets (vs. Orlando Magic), 1995
Highest 3-point field goal percentage - 66.7% by Derek Fisher, Los Angeles Lakers (vs. New Jersey Nets), 2002
Most rebounds - 118 by Bill Russell, Boston Celtics (vs. Minneapolis Lakers), 1959 (29.5 rpg)
Most offensive rebounds - 27 by Moses Malone, Philadelphia 76ers (vs. Los Angeles Lakers), 1983
Most assists - 51 by Bob Cousy, Boston Celtics (vs. Minneapolis Lakers), 1959 (12.8 apg)
Most steals - 14 by Rick Barry, Golden State Warriors (vs. Washington Bullets), 1975 (3.5 spg)

text: 5-game series

text:
Most points - 178 by Allen Iverson, Philadelphia 76ers (vs. Los Angeles Lakers), 2001 (35.6 ppg)
Most field goals made - 66 by Allen Iverson, Philadelphia 76ers (vs. Los Angeles Lakers), 2001
Most field goals attempted - 162 by Allen Iverson, Philadelphia 76ers (vs. Los Angeles Lakers), 2001
Most 3-point field goals made - 19 by Stephen Curry, Golden State Warriors (vs. Cleveland Cavaliers), 2017
Most 3-point field goals attempted - 49 by Stephen Curry, Golden State Warriors (vs. Cleveland Cavaliers), 2017
Highest 3-point field goal percentage - 68.8% by Isiah Thomas, Detroit Pistons (vs. Portland Trail Blazers), 1990
Highest free throw percentage - 100% by Bill Laimbeer, Detroit Pistons (vs. Portland Trail Blazers), 1990, and Vlade Divac, Los Angeles Lakers (vs. Chicago Bulls), 1991
Most rebounds - 144 by Bill Russell, Boston Celtics (vs. St. Louis Hawks), 1961 (28.8 rpg)
Most offensive rebounds - 31 by Shaquille O'Neal, Los Angeles Lakers (vs. Philadelphia 76ers), 2001
Most assists - 62 by Magic Johnson, Los Angeles Lakers (vs. Chicago Bulls), 1991 (12.4 apg)
Most steals - 14 by Michael Jordan, Chicago Bulls (vs. Los Angeles Lakers), 1991 (2.8 spg)
Most blocks - 20 by Dwight Howard, Orlando Magic (vs. Los Angeles Lakers), 2009 (4 bpg)

text: 6-game series

text:
Most points - 246 by Michael Jordan, Chicago Bulls (vs. Phoenix Suns), 1993 (41.0 ppg)
Most field goals made - 101 by Michael Jordan, Chicago Bulls (vs. Phoenix Suns), 1993
Most field goals attempted - 235 by Rick Barry, San Francisco Warriors (vs. Philadelphia 76ers), 1967
Most 3-point field goals made - 25 by Stephen Curry, Golden State Warriors (vs. Cleveland Cavaliers), 2015
Most 3-point field goals attempted - 65 by Stephen Curry, Golden State Warriors (vs. Cleveland Cavaliers), 2015
Highest 3-point field goal percentage - 66.7% by Danny Ainge, Phoenix Suns (vs. Chicago Bulls), 1993
Highest free throw percentage - 97.8% by Reggie Miller, Indiana Pacers (vs. Los Angeles Lakers), 2000; Dirk Nowitzki, Dallas Mavericks (vs. Miami Heat), 2011[41]
Most rebounds - 171 by Wilt Chamberlain, Philadelphia 76ers (vs. San Francisco Warriors), 1967 (28.5 rpg)
Most offensive rebounds - 46 by Moses Malone, Houston Rockets (vs. Boston Celtics), 1981
Most assists - 84 by Magic Johnson, Los Angeles Lakers (vs. Boston Celtics), 1985 (14.0 apg)
Most steals - 16 by Julius Erving, Philadelphia 76ers (vs. Portland Trail Blazers), 1977; Magic Johnson, Los Angeles Lakers (vs. Philadelphia 76ers), 1980; Larry Bird, Boston Celtics (vs. Houston Rockets), 1986; and Dwyane Wade, Miami Heat (vs. Dallas Mavericks), 2006 (2.67 spg)
Most blocks - 32 by Tim Duncan, San Antonio Spurs (vs. New Jersey Nets), 2003 (5.33 bpg)

text: 7-game series

text:
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)

text: Career[edit]

text: Most points[42]

text: 1,679 by Jerry West

text: Highest points per game average (min. 10 games)

text: 36.3 by Rick Barry (10 games)

text: Most field goals made

text: 612 by Jerry West

text: Most field goals attempted

text: 1,333 by Jerry West (45.91%)

text: Most 3-point field goals made[43]

text: 80 by LeBron James.

text: Most 3-point field goals attempted

text: 213 by LeBron James (37.56%)

text: Highest 3-point field goal percentage (min. 40 attempts)

text: 52.5% by Derek Fisher (31/59)

text: Most free throws made

text: 455 by Jerry West

text: Most free throws attempted

text: 551 by Jerry West (82.58%)

text: Highest free throw percentage (min. 100 attempts)

text: 93.1% by Dirk Nowitzki (94/101)

text: Most 40 point games

text: 10 by Jerry West

text: Most 30 point games

text: 33 by Jerry West

text: Most 20 point games

text: 49 by Jerry West

text: Most consecutive 40 point games

text: 4 by Michael Jordan (June 11–18, 1993)

text: Most consecutive 30 point games

text: 13 by Elgin Baylor (April 9, 1959-April 21, 1963)

text: Most consecutive 20 point games

text: 35 by Michael Jordan (June 2, 1991-June 14, 1998). This streak entails every Finals game of Jordan's career.

text: Only player to score 20+ points in all games (min. 15 games)

text: Michael Jordan (35 games)

text: Most rebounds

text: 1,718 by Bill Russell

text: Highest rebounds per game average (min. 10 games)

text: 24.6 by Wilt Chamberlain (35 games)

text: Most offensive rebounds

text: 124 by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

text: Most defensive rebounds

text: 359 by LeBron James

text: Most assists

text: 584 by Magic Johnson

text: Highest assists per game average (min. 10 games)

text: 11.7 by Magic Johnson (50 games)

text: Most steals

text: 102 by Magic Johnson

text: Most blocks

text: 116 by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

text: Most turnovers

text: 190 by Magic Johnson

text: Most games played

text: 70 by Bill Russell

text: Most personal fouls

text: 225 by Bill Russell

text: Most triple-doubles

text: 9 by LeBron James

text: Franchise[edit]

text: Most titles won

text: 17 by the Boston Celtics

text: Most Finals appearances

text: 31 by the Los Angeles Lakers

text: Most Consecutive NBA titles

text: 8 by the Boston Celtics (1959–66)

text: Most Consecutive NBA Finals appearances

text: 10 by the Boston Celtics (1957–66)

text: Best NBA Finals series record

text: 6–0 by the Chicago Bulls [44]

text: Most NBA Finals appearances without a title

text:
2 by the Phoenix Suns (1976, 1993)
2 by the Utah Jazz (1997, 1998)
2 by the New Jersey Nets (2002, 2003)
2 by the Orlando Magic (1995, 2009)

text: Most Playoff appearances without a Finals appearance

text: 20 by the Denver Nuggets

text: Most Playoff appearances without a title

text: 28 by the Phoenix Suns

text: Most consecutive Playoff appearances overall

text: 22 by the Syracuse Nationals/Philadelphia 76ers, (1950–71)

text: Most consecutive Playoff appearances in one city

text: 21 by the Portland Trail Blazers, (1983–2003)

text: Longest active streak of Playoff appearances

text: 20 by the San Antonio Spurs (1998–current)

text: Fewest Playoff appearances

text: 6 by the New Orleans Pelicans

text: Most seasons without a Playoff appearance

text: 35 by the Golden State Warriors

text: Most consecutive seasons without a Playoff appearance

text: 15 by the Los Angeles Clippers (1977–91)

text: Fewest seasons without a Playoff appearance

text: 4 by the San Antonio Spurs (Joined NBA in 1976)

text: Best home record (Playoffs)

text: 39–7 by the Chicago Bulls at the United Center

text: Highest playoff winning percentage

text: 0.941 by the Golden State Warriors (16-1) in 2017

text: Undefeated in playoffs at home

text: 9-0 by the Golden State Warriors in 2017

text: Playoffs[edit]

text: Most 3-point field goals made in a game

text: 25 by the Cleveland Cavaliers vs. Atlanta Hawks, Game 2, on May 4, 2016

text: Most 3-point field goals made in a half

text: 18 by the Cleveland Cavaliers vs. Atlanta Hawks, Game 2 in the first half, on May 4, 2016

text: 10 by the Cleveland Cavaliers vs. Atlanta Hawks, Game 2 in the second quarter, on May 4, 2016

text: Largest margin of points in a half*

text: 41 by the Cleveland Cavaliers vs Boston Celtics on May 19, 2017

text: Largest margin of victory in a game*

text:
58 by the Minneapolis Lakers vs. St. Louis Hawks on March 19, 1956
58 by the Denver Nuggets vs. New Orleans Hornets on April 27, 2009

text: Most consecutive wins

text: 15 by the Golden State Warriors from April 16, 2017 to June 9, 2017.

text: Largest average point differential

text: +14.5 PPG by the Milwaukee Bucks in 1971

text: Most double-digit wins in a single postseason

text:
12 each, by the Miami Heat in 2013;
by the San Antonio Spurs in 2014;
by the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2016;
by the Golden State Warriors in 2017.

text: Most consecutive road wins to being postseason

text: 8 by the Los Angeles Lakers in 2001

text: Most points in a game

text: 157 by the Boston Celtics (vs. New York Knicks) on April 28, 1990

text: Most points in a half

text: 86 by the Cleveland Cavaliers (vs. Golden State Warriors) on June 9, 2017

text: NBA Finals[edit]

text: Most 3-point field goals made in a game

text: 24 by the Cleveland Cavaliers (vs. Golden State Warriors) Game 4 on June 9, 2017

text: Most 3-point field goals made in a half

text: 13 by the Cleveland Cavaliers (vs. Golden State Warriors) Game 4 on June 9, 2017 (1st Half)

text: 9 by the Golden State Warriors (at Cleveland Cavaliers) Game 3 on June 7, 2017 (1st)

text: Largest margin of victory in a game

text: 42 by the Chicago Bulls (vs. Utah Jazz) on June 7, 1998

text: Fewest points in a game

text: 54 by the Utah Jazz (at Chicago Bulls) on June 7, 1998

text: Highest field goal percentage in a half

text: 75.8% by the San Antonio Spurs (vs. Miami Heat) Game 3 on June 10, 2014 (1st half)

text: Highest field goal percentage in a game

text: 63% by the Orlando Magic (vs. Los Angeles Lakers) Game 3 on June 9, 2009

text: Only team to win series after facing a 3–1 series deficit

text: Cleveland Cavaliers, 2016 NBA Finals

text: Fewest turnovers in a game

text:
4 by the Detroit Pistons (vs. San Antonio Spurs) on June 16, 2005
4 by the San Antonio Spurs (at Miami Heat) on June 6, 2013
4 by the Golden State Warriors (vs. Cleveland Cavaliers) on June 1, 2017

text: Largest turnover differential in a game

text: -16 by the Golden State Warriors (vs. Cleveland Cavaliers) on June 1, 2017

text: Most points in a game

text: 148 by the Boston Celtics (vs. Los Angeles Lakers) on May 27, 1985

text: Most points in a half

text: 86 by the Cleveland Cavaliers (vs. Golden State Warriors) Game 4 on June 9, 2017 (1st Half)

text: Most points in a quarter

text: 49 by the Cleveland Cavaliers (vs. Golden State Warriors) Game 4 on June 9, 2017 (1st)

text: Other records[edit]

text: Most NBA titles won by a player

text: 11 by Bill Russell

text: Most consecutive NBA Finals appearances by a player

text: 10 by Bill Russell (1957–66)

text: Best record for NBA Finals series outcomes[45]

text:
8–0 by K.C. Jones
8–0 by Satch Sanders
8–0 by John Havlicek

text: Only players to win an Olympic gold medal, NCAA title, and NBA title

text:
Clyde Lovellette — Olympics, 1952; NCAA, 1952; NBA, 1954, 1963–64
Bill Russell — Olympics, 1956; NCAA, 1955–56; NBA, 1957, 1959–66, 1968–69
K.C. Jones — Olympics, 1956; NCAA, 1955–56; NBA, 1959–66
Jerry Lucas — Olympics, 1960; NCAA, 1960; NBA, 1973
Quinn Buckner — Olympics, 1976; NCAA, 1976; NBA, 1984
Michael Jordan — Olympics, 1984, 1992; NCAA, 1982; NBA, 1991–93, 1996–98
Magic Johnson — Olympics, 1992; NCAA, 1979; NBA, 1980, 1982, 1985, 1987–88

text: Only players to win an Olympic gold medal, EuroLeague/European Champions Cup, and NBA title

text:
Bill Bradley — Olympics, 1964; European Champions Cup, 1966; NBA, 1970, 1973
Manu Ginóbili — Olympics, 2004; Euroleague, 2001; NBA, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2014

text: Only 8th seeded teams to advance in Playoffs

text: 5-game format

text:
The Denver Nuggets eliminated the Seattle SuperSonics 3–2 in the First Round in the 1994 NBA Playoffs.
The New York Knicks eliminated the Miami Heat 3–2 in the First Round in the 1999 NBA Playoffs (lockout shortened season). In addition, New York became the only 8th seed to reach the NBA Finals, but lost in 5 to the San Antonio Spurs.

text: 7-game format

text:
The Golden State Warriors eliminated the Dallas Mavericks 4–2 in the First Round in the 2007 NBA Playoffs.
The Memphis Grizzlies eliminated the San Antonio Spurs 4–2 in the First Round in the 2011 NBA Playoffs.
The Philadelphia 76ers eliminated the Chicago Bulls 4–2 in the First Round in the 2012 NBA Playoffs (lockout shortened season).

text: Awards[edit]

text: Most Bill Russell NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Awards*

text: 6 by Michael Jordan

text: Most Bill Russell NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Awards wins in a row*

text: 3 by Michael Jordan (twice) and Shaquille O'Neal.

text: * This award has only been given since the 1968-69 season.


document_title: Kings of Dance (season 2)

question_text: who won the title of kings of dance

question_tokens: who won the title of kings of dance

root

text: Kings of Dance (season 2)

text: Overview[edit]

text: The show is a dance competition for contestants of any age as individuals or in a team.

tag: p

text: Audition[edit]

text:
Thoothukudi
Madurai
Coimbatore
Chennai

tag: ul

text: Finalist[edit]

text:
Velammal Kids from Team Jeffery
Ashwin Scott from Team Jeffery
Yobu and Mercyna from Team Jeffery
ADS kids from Team Sherif
Laab crew from Team Sherif
Bipin princy from Team Jeffery
O2 from Team Sandy
Vignesh from Team Sherif[6]

text: Winners[edit]

text:
Title Winner  : LAAB Crew From Team Sherif
1st Runner-up  : ADS kids From Team Sherif
2nd Runner-up  : Bipin and Princy From Team Jeffery
3rd Runner-up  : Ashwin Scott From Team Jeffery
Consolation Prize : o2 From Sandy Team

text: Judges[edit]

text:
Raju Sundaram: is a National Award-winning Indian choreographerd actor who has primarily worked on Tamil and Telugu language films.A few Films-Jeans (1998), Quick Gun Murugan (2009).
Sheriff: a Tamil cinema choreographer, who recently choreographed for the blockbuster actor Vijay’s Theri. He was the title winner in dance reality show like a Ungalil yar adutha Prabhudeva.
Sandy or Santhosh Kumar debut season of Maanada Mayilada Dance show choreographed movie poda podi, gethu etc.
Jeffrey #hotshoe# dance club owner,southindia profesional certified salsa dancer


document_title: Timeline of space exploration

question_text: when did space exploration began in the us

text: Timeline of space exploration

text:
Date
Event leading to space exploration
Country
Researcher(s)

1610
First telescopic observation of the night sky: discovery of Jupiter's moons, lunar craters and the phases of Venus.
 Republic of Venice
Galileo Galilei

1687
Publication of the Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica
 England
Sir Isaac Newton

1813
First exposition of the rocket equation based on Newton's third law of motion: Treatise on the Motion of Rockets
 UK
William Moore

1840
First clear telescopic photograph of another world: the Moon.
 United States
John William Draper

1865
From the Earth to the Moon published.
 France
Jules Verne

1898
The War of the Worlds published. This inspired Robert Goddard to investigate rocketry.
 UK
H. G. Wells

1903
Inspired by the writings of Jules Verne, first serious work published that showed physical space exploration was theoretically possible: Исследование мировых пространств реактивными приборами (The Exploration of Cosmic Space by Means of Reaction Devices)
 Russia
Konstantin Tsiolkovsky

1914
Goddard files for and is subsequently awarded U.S. patents on multistage and liquid-fueled rockets
 United States
Robert H. Goddard

1919
Goddard's widely influential paper "A Method of Reaching Extreme Altitudes" discussed solid- and liquid-fueled rocketry
 United States
Robert H. Goddard

000000001923-12-15-000015 December 1923
Die Rakete zu den Planetenräumen ("By Rocket into Planetary Space") self-published after its rejection as a doctoral thesis.
 Germany
Hermann Oberth

1924
Society for Studies of Interplanetary Travel founded
 USSR
Members include Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, Friedrich Zander, Yuri Kondratyuk

000000001926-03-16-000016 March 1926
Goddard launches the first liquid-fueled rocket
 United States
Robert H. Goddard

1927
Verein für Raumschiffahrt (Society for Space Travel) formed; it includes many top European rocket scientists.
 Germany

1927
Завоевание межпланетных пространств (The Conquest of Interplanetary Space) discusses rocket mechanics and orbital effects including the gravitational slingshot
 USSR
Yuri Kondratyuk

1928
Das Problem der Befahrung des Weltraums – der Raketen-Motor (The Problem of Space Travel – The Rocket Motor) discusses space travel and its potential uses for scientific experiments.
 Germany
Herman Potočnik

1929
Oberth, with students including Wernher von Braun, launches his first liquid-fueled rocket
 Germany
Hermann Oberth

1931
First German military liquid-fueled rocket engines developed
 Germany
Walter Riedel

1933
Work begins on the Aggregate series of rockets which leads to the V-2 rocket.
 Germany
Wernher von Braun

Group for the Study of Reactive Motion (GIRD) launches the first Soviet liquid-fueled rocket
 USSR
Sergey Korolev (group leader), Friedrich Zander (designer)

1935
Graduate student Frank Malina under his professor Theodore von Kármán begins work on a sounding rocket
 United States
Frank Malina

000000001935-11-11-000011 November 1935
The Explorer II balloon takes two people to 22,066 metres (72,395 ft), where they observe and photograph the curvature of the Earth.
 United States
Albert W. Stevens and Orvil A. Anderson

000000001944-06-20-000020 June 1944
V-2 Rocket (MW 18014): First man-made object to cross what would later be defined as the Kármán line and hence first spaceflight in history.
 Germany
Wehrmacht

000000001946-05-10-000010 May 1946
First space research flight (cosmic radiation experiments)
 United States
captured and improved V-2 rocket

000000001946-05-22-000022 May 1946
First U.S.-designed rocket to reach edge of space (80 km (49 mi))
 United States
WAC Corporal

000000001946-10-24-000024 October 1946
First pictures of Earth from 105 km (65 mi) [1][2]
 United States
V-2

20 February 1947
First animals in space (fruit flies) [1][3]
 United States
V-2

22 July 1951
First dogs in space (Dezik and Tsygan) [4]
 USSR
R-1

tag: table

text:
Date
Mission achievements
Country/organization
Mission name

000000001957-08-21-000021 August 1957
First intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)
 USSR
R-7 Semyorka/SS-6 Sapwood

000000001957-10-04-00004 October 1957
First artificial satellite
First signals from space
 USSR
Sputnik 1

000000001957-11-03-00003 November 1957
First animal in orbit, the dog Laika
 USSR
Sputnik 2

000000001958-01-31-000031 January 1958
Confirmed the existence of the Van Allen belts
 USA (ABMA)
Explorer 1

000000001959-01-02-00002 January 1959
First firing of a rocket in Earth orbit
First reaching Earth escape velocity or Trans Lunar Injection
First detection of solar wind
 USSR
Luna 1

000000001959-01-04-00004 January 1959
First artificial satellite to reach the Moon vicinity and first artificial satellite in heliocentric orbit
 USSR
Luna 1

000000001959-08-07-00007 August 1959
First photograph of Earth from orbit
 USA (NASA)
Explorer 6

000000001959-09-13-000013 September 1959
First impact into another world (the Moon)
First delivery of national (USSR) pennants to a celestial body
 USSR
Luna 2

000000001959-10-04-00004 October 1959
First photos of another world from space: The far side of the Moon
 USSR
Luna 3

text:
Date
Mission success
Country/organization
Mission name

000000001960-03-01-0000March 1960
First solar probe.
 USA (NASA)
Pioneer 5

000000001960-08-19-000019 August 1960
First plants and animals to return alive from Earth orbit
 USSR
Sputnik 5

000000001960-10-10-000010 October 1960
First probe launched to Mars (failed to reach target)
 USSR
Mars 1M

000000001961-01-31-000031 January 1961
First Hominidae in space, first tasks performed in space; Ham (chimpanzee).
 USA (NASA)
M-R 2

000000001961-02-12-000012 February 1961
First launch from Earth orbit of upper stage into a heliocentric orbit
First mid-course corrections
First spin-stabilisation
 USSR
Venera 1

000000001961-04-12-000012 April 1961
First human spaceflight (Yuri Gagarin)
First human-crewed orbital flight
 USSR
Vostok 1

000000001961-05-05-00005 May 1961
First human-piloted space flight (Alan Shepard)
First human-crewed suborbital flight
First human space mission that landed with pilot still in spacecraft, thus the first complete human spaceflight by FAI definitions.[5]
 USA
Freedom 7

000000001961-05-19-000019 May 1961
First planetary flyby (within 100,000 km of Venus – no data returned)
 USSR
Venera 1

000000001962-03-07-00007 March 1962
First orbital solar observatory
 USA (NASA)
OSO-1

000000001962-04-26-000026 April 1962
First spacecraft to impact the far side of the Moon[6]
 USA (NASA)
Ranger 4

000000001962-11-01-0000November 1962
First Mars flyby (11,000 km) but contact was lost
 USSR
Mars 1

000000001962-12-14-000014 December 1962
First successful planetary flyby (Venus closest approach 34,773 kilometers)
 USA (NASA)
Mariner 2

000000001963-06-16-000016 June 1963
First woman in space (Valentina Tereshkova)
 USSR
Vostok 6

000000001963-07-19-000019 July 1963
First reusable crewed spacecraft (suborbital)
 USA (NASA)
X-15 Flight 90

000000001965-03-18-000018 March 1965
First extra-vehicular activity (Alexei Leonov)
 USSR
Voskhod 2

000000001965-03-01-0000March 1965
First crewed spacecraft to change orbit
 USA (NASA)
Gemini 3

000000001965-07-14-000014 July 1965
First Mars flyby (closest approach 9,846 kilometers; returned pictures)
 USA (NASA)
Mariner 4

000000001965-07-14-000014 July 1965
First close-up photographs of another planet: Mars
 USA (NASA)
Mariner 4

000000001965-12-15-000015 December 1965
First orbital rendezvous (parallel flight, no docking)
 USA (NASA)
Gemini 6A/Gemini 7

000000001966-02-03-00003 February 1966
First soft landing on another world (the Moon)
First photos from another world
 USSR
Luna 9

000000001966-03-01-00001 March 1966
First impact into another planet (Venus)
 USSR
Venera 3

000000001966-03-16-000016 March 1966
First orbital docking between two spacecraft
 USA (NASA)
Gemini 8/Agena target vehicle

000000001966-04-03-00003 April 1966
First artificial satellite around another world (the Moon)
 USSR
Luna 10

000000001966-08-01-0000August 1966
First probe to map the Moon
 USA
Lunar Orbiter 1

000000001967-10-30-000030 October 1967
First automated (crewless) docking
 USSR
Cosmos 186/Cosmos 188

000000001968-09-01-0000September 1968
First animals and plants to orbit moon, and the first to return safely to Earth
 USSR
Zond 5

000000001968-12-07-00007 December 1968
First orbital ultraviolet observatory
 USA (NASA)
OAO-2

000000001968-12-21-000021 December 1968
First piloted orbital mission of another celestial body (Moon),
First-ever Trans-Earth injection
First human space mission to escape Earth's influence (25 December)
 USA (NASA)
Apollo 8

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First docking between two crewed spacecraft in Earth orbit, also the first crew exchange in space
 USSR
Soyuz 4 and Soyuz 5

000000001969-01-01-0000January 1969
First to parachute in Venus's atmosphere, lost contact before landing.
 USSR
Venera 5

000000001969-07-20-000020 July 1969
First human on the Moon, and first space launch from a celestial body other than the Earth
First sample return from the Moon
 USA (NASA)
Apollo 11

000000001969-08-04-0000August 4, 1969
First photograph of Phobos from Space
 USA (NASA)
Mariner 7

000000001969-11-19-000019 November 1969
First rendezvous on the surface of a celestial body
 USA (NASA)
Apollo 12/Surveyor 3

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Country/organization
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000000001970-09-24-000024 September 1970
First automatic sample return from the Moon
 USSR
Luna 16

000000001970-11-17-000017 November 1970
First lunar rover
 USSR
Lunokhod 1

000000001970-12-12-000012 December 1970
First X-ray orbital observatory
 USA (NASA)
Uhuru (satellite)

000000001970-12-15-000015 December 1970
First soft landing on another planet (Venus)
First signals from another planet
 USSR
Venera 7

000000001971-04-19-000019 April 1971
First space station
 USSR
Salyut 1

000000001971-06-01-0000June 1971
First Manned orbital observatory
 USSR
Orion 1

000000001971-11-14-000014 November 1971
First to maintain orbit around another planet (Mars)
 USA (NASA)
Mariner 9

000000001971-11-27-000027 November 1971
First impact into Mars
 USSR
Mars 2

000000001971-12-02-00002 December 1971
First soft Mars landing
First signals from Mars surface
 USSR
Mars 3

000000001972-03-03-00003 March 1972
First human made object sent on escape trajectory away from the Sun
 USA (NASA)
Pioneer 10

000000001972-07-15-000015 July 1972
First mission to enter the asteroid belt and leave inner Solar System
 USA (NASA)
Pioneer 10

000000001972-11-15-000015 November 1972
First orbital gamma ray observatory
 USA (NASA)
SAS 2

000000001973-12-03-00003 December 1973
First Jupiter flyby (at 130,000 km)
 USA (NASA)
Pioneer 10

000000001974-02-05-00005 February 1974
Venus flyby at 5768 kilometers, first gravitational assist manoeuvre
First photograph of Venus from Space

 USA (NASA)
Mariner 10

000000001974-03-29-000029 March 1974
First Mercury flyby at 703 kilometers
 USA (NASA)
Mariner 10

000000001975-07-15-000015 July 1975
First multinational manned mission
 USSR  USA (NASA)
Apollo-Soyuz Test Project

000000001975-10-20-000020 October 1975
First orbit around Venus
 USSR
Venera 9

000000001975-10-22-000022 October 1975
First photos from the surface of another planet (Venus)
 USSR
Venera 9

000000001976-04-17-000017 April 1976
Closest flyby of the Sun (43.432 million kilometers)
Maximum speed record among spacecraft (252,792 km/h)
 USA (NASA)  West Germany (DFVLR)
Helios 2

000000001976-07-20-000020 July 1976
First photos and soil samples from the surface of Mars
 USA (NASA)
Viking Lander

000000001978-01-26-000026 January 1978
First real time remotely operated ultraviolet orbital observatory
 USA (NASA)  ESA  UK (SERC)
International Ultraviolet Explorer

000000001978-12-04-00004 December 1978
First extended (multi-year) orbital exploration of Venus from 1978 to 1992
 USA (NASA)
Pioneer Venus Orbiter

000000001979-03-05-00005 March 1979
Jupiter flyby (closest approach 349,000 km)
encounters with Five Jovian moons, discovery of volcanism on Io
 USA (NASA)
Voyager 1

000000001979-09-01-00001 September 1979
First Saturn flyby at 21,000 km, first photographs of Titan from Space
 USA (NASA)
Pioneer 11

000000001980-11-12-000012 November 1980
Saturn flyby (closest approach 124,000 kilometers), close encounter of Titan and encounters with a dozen others.
 USA (NASA)
Voyager 1

text:
Date
Mission success
Country/organization
Mission name

000000001981-04-12-000012 April 1981
First Reusable manned spacecraft (orbital)
 USA (NASA)
STS-1

000000001982-03-01-00001 March 1982
First Venus soil samples and sound recording of another world
 USSR
Venera 13

000000001983-01-25-000025 January 1983
First Infrared orbital observatory
 USA (NASA)  UK (SERC)  Netherlands (NIVR)
IRAS

000000001983-06-13-000013 June 1983
First spacecraft beyond the orbit of Neptune (first spacecraft to pass beyond all Solar System planets)
 USA (NASA)
Pioneer 10

000000001984-02-07-00007 February 1984
First untethered spacewalk, Bruce McCandless II
 USA (NASA)
STS-41-B

000000001986-01-24-000024 January 1986
First Uranus flyby (closest approach 81,500 kilometers (44,000 nmi)
 USA (NASA)
Voyager 2

000000001986-01-28-000028 January 1986
First major American space loss, the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster, an explosion soon after liftoff which killed, among others, Christa McAuliffe, a high school teacher
 USA (NASA)
STS-51-L

000000001986-02-19-000019 February 1986
First consistently inhabited long-term research space station
 USSR
Mir

000000001989-08-08-00008 August 1989
First astrometric satellite
 ESA
Hipparcos

000000001989-08-25-000025 August 1989
First Neptune flyby (closest approach at 29,240 km)
 USA (NASA)
Voyager 2

000000001989-11-18-000018 November 1989
First orbital cosmic microwave observatory
 USA (NASA)
COBE

000000001990-02-14-000014 February 1990
First photograph of the whole Solar System[7]
 USA (NASA)
Voyager 1

000000001990-04-24-000024 April 1990
Optical orbital observatory
 USA (NASA)  ESA
Hubble Space Telescope

000000001990-09-15-000015 September 1990
Extended (multi-year) orbital exploration of Venus
 USA (NASA)
Magellan

000000001991-10-21-000021 October 1991
First asteroid flyby (951 Gaspra closest approach 1,600 kilometers)
 USA (NASA)
Galileo

000000001992-02-08-00008 February 1992
First polar orbit around the Sun
 USA (NASA)  ESA
Ulysses

000000001995-03-22-000022 March 1995
Record longest duration spaceflight (437.7 days) set by Valeri Polyakov
 Russia (FKA)
Mir

000000001995-12-07-00007 December 1995
First orbit of Jupiter
 USA (NASA)
Galileo

000000001995-12-07-00007 December 1995
First mission into the atmosphere of a gas giant (Jupiter)
 USA (NASA)
Galileo's atmospheric entry probe

000000001997-02-12-000012 February 1997
First orbital radio observatory
 Japan (ISAS)
HALCA

000000001997-07-04-00004 July 1997
First operational rover on another planet (Mars)
 USA (NASA)
Mars Pathfinder

000000001998-11-20-000020 November 1998
First multinational space station,
Largest man-made object built in space to date
 Russia(FKA)  USA (NASA)  Europe (ESA)  Japan (JAXA)  Canada (CSA)
International Space Station

000000002000-02-14-000014 February 2000
First orbiting of an asteroid (433 Eros)
 USA (NASA)  ESA
NEAR Shoemaker

000000002001-02-12-000012 February 2001
First landing on an asteroid (433 Eros)
 USA (NASA)
NEAR Shoemaker

000000002004-07-01-00001 July 2004
First orbit of Saturn
 USA (NASA)  ESA  Italy (ASI)
Cassini–Huygens

000000002004-09-08-00008 September 2004
First sample return beyond lunar orbit (solar wind)
 USA (NASA)
Genesis

000000002005-01-14-000014 January 2005
First soft landing on Titan
 ESA  USA (NASA)  Italy (ASI)
Cassini–Huygens

000000002005-11-19-000019 November 2005
First asteroid ascent (25143 Itokawa)
First interplanetary escape without undercarriage cutoff
 Japan (JAXA)
Hayabusa

000000002006-01-15-000015 January 2006
First sample return from comet (81P/Wild)
 USA (NASA)
Stardust

000000002009-03-06-00006 March 2009
Kepler Mission is launched, first space telescope designated to search for Earth-like exoplanets[8]
 USA (NASA)
Kepler Mission

000000002010-06-13-000013 June 2010
First sample return from asteroid (25143 Itokawa)
 Japan (JAXA)
Hayabusa

000000002011-03-18-000018 March 2011
First orbit of Mercury
 USA (NASA)
MESSENGER

000000002011-07-16-000016 July 2011
First orbit of giant asteroid Vesta
 USA (NASA)
Dawn

000000002012-08-25-000025 August 2012
First manmade probe in interstellar space.
 USA (NASA)
Voyager 1

000000002014-11-12-000012 November 2014
First man-made probe to make a planned and soft landing on a comet (67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko).[9]
 ESA
Rosetta

000000002015-03-06-00006 March 2015
First orbit of dwarf planet (Ceres).
First spacecraft to orbit two separate celestial bodies.
 USA (NASA)
Dawn

000000002015-07-01-0000July 2015
First flyby of dwarf planet (Pluto).
Last original encounter with one of the nine major planets recognized in 1981.
 USA (NASA)
New Horizons

000000002015-08-10-000010 August 2015
Lettuce was the first food eaten that was grown in space.[10]
 USA (NASA) Japan (JAXA)
International Space Station

000000002015-12-21-000021 December 2015
The first propulsive landing for an orbital rocket.
 USA (SpaceX)
Falcon 9 first-stage landing tests

text: 1Project Vanguard was transferred from the NRL to NASA in late 1958.


document_title: Little House on the Prairie (TV series)

question_text: where was little house on the prairie filmed at

text: Little House on the Prairie (TV series)

text: Premise[edit]

text: Based on the autobiographical "Little House" stories, episodes of Little House on the Prairie usually concern members of the Ingalls family, who live on a small farm near the village of Walnut Grove, Minnesota. Many episodes concern the maturation of the family's second daughter, Laura. However, episodes also focus on other family and community members, providing a depiction of life in a small agrarian community in late nineteenth-century America. The show's central characters are Charles Ingalls (farmer and mill worker), his wife Caroline, and their four daughters, Mary, Laura, Carrie, and Grace, though the family expands with the addition of adopted son Albert in season five and adopted siblings Cassandra and James at the end of season seven.

text: Other essential characters include the Oleson family: Nels, proprietor of the town's general store, Oleson's Mercantile; his malicious, gossiping wife, Harriet, who runs the Mercantile with him; and their two children, Nellie and Willie, and later, their adopted daughter, Nancy; Isaiah Edwards, Grace Snider Edwards and their three adopted children; the Garvey family, Jonathan, Alice, and Andy; Rev. Robert Alden; Lars Hanson, the town's founder and proprietor of the town's mill; and Dr. Hiram Baker, the town's physician. Teacher-turned-lawyer Adam Kendall is introduced at the end of season four and later weds Mary Ingalls, and Almanzo Wilder is introduced in season six and later weds Laura Ingalls.

text: Cast and characters[edit]

text: Melissa Gilbert has the most appearances of the series, a total of 190 of the 204 episodes. Michael Landon appeared in all but four episodes of seasons one through eight, but departed from being a regular part of the cast when the show was retooled as Little House: A New Beginning (season nine).

text: Main cast[edit]

text:
Michael Landon as Charles Ingalls
Karen Grassle as Caroline Quiner Ingalls (seasons 1–8)
Melissa Gilbert as Laura Ingalls Wilder
Melissa Sue Anderson as Mary Ingalls Kendall (seasons 1–7, 8)
Lindsay and Sidney Greenbush as Carrie Ingalls (seasons 1–8)
Matthew Labyorteaux as Albert (Quinn) Ingalls (seasons 5–9)
Richard Bull as Nels Oleson
Katherine "Scottie" MacGregor as Harriet Oleson
Alison Arngrim as Nellie Oleson Dalton (seasons 1-7, 9)
Jonathan Gilbert as Willie Oleson
Victor French as Isaiah Edwards (seasons 1–3, 6, 8–9)
Bonnie Bartlett as Grace Snider Edwards (seasons 1–3, 6)
Kevin Hagen as Dr. Hiram Baker
Dabbs Greer as Rev. Robert Alden
Charlotte Stewart as Eva Beadle Simms (seasons 1–4)
Karl Swenson as Lars Hanson (seasons 1–5)
Radames Pera as John (Sanderson, Jr.) Edwards (seasons 2 & 3)
Brian Part as Carl (Sanderson) Edwards (seasons 2 & 3)
Kyle Richards as Alicia (Sanderson) Edwards (seasons 2–3, 6, 8)
Merlin Olsen as Jonathan Garvey (seasons 4–7)
Hersha Parady as Alice Garvey (seasons 4–6)
Patrick Labyorteaux as Andrew "Andy" Garvey (seasons 4–7)
Linwood Boomer as Adam Kendall (seasons 4–8)
Ketty Lester as Hester-Sue Terhune (seasons 5–9)
Wendi and Brenda Turnbaugh as Grace Ingalls (seasons 5–8)
Dean Butler as Almanzo Wilder (seasons 6–9)
Lucy Lee Flippin as Eliza Jane Wilder (seasons 6–8)
Allison Balson as Nancy Oleson (seasons 8 & 9)
Jason Bateman as James (Cooper) Ingalls (seasons 7 & 8)
Missy Francis as Cassandra (Cooper) Ingalls (seasons 7 & 8)
Shannen Doherty as Jenny Wilder (season 9)

text: Notable guest stars[edit]

text: Many actors, who were either well-known or went on to become famous, guest-starred on the show.

text:
Willie Aames (episode 3.15)
Anne Archer (episode 1.17)
Hermione Baddeley (3 episodes)
Jonathan Banks (episode 6.16)
Billy Barty (2 episodes)
Peter Billingsley (episode 8.12)
Dirk Blocker (episode 1.9)
Ray Bolger (2 episodes, S5)
Ernest Borgnine (episode 1.13/14)
Christopher Bowman (episodes 5.9, 5.18)
Todd Bridges (episode 3.18)
Red Buttons (episode 1.19)
Johnny Cash & June Carter Cash (episode 3.1)
Charles Cioffi (episode 5.22)
Michael Conrad (episode 4.8)
Keith Coogan (episode 7.15)
James Cromwell (episode 7.1)
David Faustino (episode 7.5)
Gil Gerard (episode 4.4)
Louis Gossett, Jr. (episode 2.18)
Jerry Hardin (episode 5.23)
Melora Hardin (episodes 8.1/2, Look Back to Yesterday)
Mariette Hartley (episode 2.19)
John Hillerman (episode 5.8)
Rance Howard (episode 3.13)
Ernie Hudson (episode 8.8)
Rick Hurst (episode 1.3)
John Ireland (episode 3.4)
Burl Ives (episode 3.10)
Ford Rainey (episodes 2.2, 4.21)
Richard Jaeckel (episodes 2.18, 7.17/18)
Jack Kruschen (episode 8.6)
Katy Kurtzman (episodes 3.19, 4.16)
Charles Lane (episode 9.3)
Sheila Larken (episode 9.13)
Robert Loggia (episode 9.4)
Mike Lookinland (episode 4.4)
Chuck McCann (episode 1.11)
Vera Miles (episode 9.19)
Richard Mulligan (episode 2.21)
Patricia Neal (episode 2.7)
James Olson (episode 6.10)
Sean Penn (uncredited student extra)
Eddie Quillan (7 episodes)
Anne Ramsey (episode 5.1)
Nick Ramus (episode 4.13)
Kim Richards (episode 1.7)
James B. Sikking (episode 3.17)
Queenie Smith (5 episodes)
Madeleine Stowe (episode 7.6)
Robert Torti (episode 8.6)
Mitch Vogel (episode 1.23)
M. Emmet Walsh (episode 8.8)[4]
Collin Wilcox (episode 4.7)
Harris Yulin (episode 1.20)
and three of Landon's children:

Michael Landon, Jr. (episode 3.20)
Leslie Landon (4 guest episodes)
Shawna Landon (Little House Years / episode 9.15; both uncredited)

text: Production notes[edit]

text: Of the 204 episodes, Michael Landon directed the largest number at 87; producer William F. Claxton handled the majority of the remaining shows at 68, while co-star Victor French helmed 18. Maury Dexter (who was often an assistant director) and Leo Penn directed the remaining episodes at 21 and 3 episodes respectively.

text: Interior shots were filmed at Paramount studios in Los Angeles, while exteriors were largely filmed at the nearby Big Sky Ranch in Simi Valley, where the town of Walnut Grove had been constructed. Many other filming locations were also used during the course of the series including Old Tucson Studios and various locations in Sonora, California. Many of the exterior shots of Walnut Grove and the other Minnesota towns shown in the series have noticeable mountain terrain in the background of the scenes. In actuality the southern Minnesota landscape, where the show is supposed to take place, there are no tall mountains.

text: The series theme song was titled The Little House and was written and conducted by David Rose. The ending theme music, also written by Rose, originally appeared as a piece of incidental music in a later-season episode of Michael Landon's previous long-running series, Bonanza.

text: Themes[edit]

text: Little House explored many different themes including frequently portrayed ones of adoption, alcoholism, faith, poverty, blindness, and prejudice of all types including racism. Some plots also include subjects such as drug addiction (i.e. morphine), leukemia, child abuse, and even rape. Although predominantly a drama, the program has many lighthearted and comedic moments as well.

text: Some of the episodes written by Michael Landon were recycled storylines from ones that he had written for Bonanza. Season two's "A Matter of Faith" was based on the Bonanza episode "A Matter of Circumstance"; season five's "Someone Please Love Me" was based on the Bonanza episode "A Dream To Dream"; season seven's "The Silent Cry" was based on the Bonanza episode "The Sound of Sadness"; season eight's "He Was Only Twelve" was based on the Bonanza episode "He Was Only Seven"; and season nine's "Little Lou" was based on the Bonanza episode "It's A Small World".

text: Spin-offs and sequels[edit]

text: Little House: A New Beginning[edit]

text: When Michael Landon decided to leave the show (though he stayed on as executive producer and occasional writer and director), season nine was renamed, the focus was put on the characters of Laura and Almanzo, and more characters were added to the cast. A new family, the Carters (Stan Ivar as John, Pamela Roylance as Sarah, Lindsay Kennedy as older son Jeb, and David Friedman as younger son Jason), move into the Ingalls house. Meanwhile, Almanzo and Laura take in their niece, Jenny Wilder, when Almanzo's brother dies and raise her alongside their daughter, Rose. The Wilders appear prominently in some episodes, while in others they appear only in early scenes used to introduce the story or its characters. The explanation given for the original characters' absence was that they moved to Burr Oak, Iowa, to pursue a promising life. The show lost viewers, and this version of the series was canceled after one season. However, the show lived on for another 1.5 years in movie format.

text: Movie specials[edit]

text: Three made-for-television post-series movies followed during the 1983-84 television season: Little House on the Prairie: A Look Back to Yesterday (1983), Little House: The Last Farewell (1984), and Little House: Bless All the Dear Children (1984).

text: In The Last Farewell, Charles and Caroline decide to visit Walnut Grove. They learn that a railroad tycoon actually holds the deed to the township, and he wants to take it over for his own financial gain. Despite their best efforts, the townspeople are unable to drive the businessman away. At a town meeting, John Carter offers a supply of explosives that he has. Each man takes turn blowing up his own building in an emotional farewell to the town.[5]

text: When asked why the set was blown up, the show's producer, Kent McCray, said that when the series started, he made an agreement with the property owners that at the end of the series he would put the acreage back to its original state. When the production crew were estimating the cost of dismantling all the buildings, Michael Landon thought for a while and said, "What if we blow up the town? That would get the buildings all in pieces and you can bring in your equipment to pick up the debris and cart it away." He then said that he would write it where they blow up all the buildings, except for the little house and the church. Both McCray and Landon wept as the town blew up.[6]

text: Bless All the Dear Children was filmed prior to The Last Farewell, but ended up being the last of the three movies to air.[7] Given its Christmas-related content, NBC opted to air it during the following Christmas season.

text: Two other Little House movies were made in conjunction with the Landon series: the 1974 pilot for the program and The Little House Years (1979), a Thanksgiving special/clip show that aired in the middle of season six.

text: Broadcast history[edit]

text: For the first two seasons, the show was aired on Wednesday nights at 8pm ET/7pm CT, to moderate ratings. In 1976, the series became a Monday night staple on NBC; after the move, it remained in the top 30 for the rest of its run.

text: Reception[edit]

text: Nielsen ratings[edit]

text:
Season 1 (1974–75): #13[8]
Season 2 (1975–76): Not in top 30[9]
Season 3 (1976–77): #15
Season 4 (1977–78): #7[10]
Season 5 (1978–79): #14[11]
Season 6 (1979–80): #16[12]
Season 7 (1980–81): #10[13]
Season 8 (1981–82): #24 (Tied with: The Facts of Life)
Season 9 (1982–83): #28

text: Accolades[edit]

text:
1976: TP de Oro, Spain, Mejor Actriz Extranjera (Best Foreign Actress), Karen Grassle[citation needed]
1976: TP de Oro, Spain, Mejor Serie Extranjera (Best Foreign Series)[citation needed]
1978: Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography in Entertainment Programming for a Series, Ted Voigtlander, episode "The Fighter"[14]
1979: Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography for a Series, Ted Voigtlander, episode "The Craftsman"[14]
1979: Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series, David Rose, episode "The Craftsman"
1980: TP de Oro, Spain, Mejor Actriz Extranjera (Best Foreign Actress), Melissa Sue Anderson[citation needed]
1981: Western Writers of America Spur Award for Best TV Script, Michael Landon, episode "May We Make Them Proud"[citation needed]
1982: Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore), David Rose, episode "He Was Only Twelve" (Part 2)
1983: Young Artist Award for Best Young Actress in a Drama Series, Melissa Gilbert
1984: Young Artist Award for Best Young Actress in a Drama Series, Melissa Gilbert

text: Popularity in Spain[edit]

text: In the late 1970s and early 1980s, La Casa de la Pradera (Little House on the Prairie) was one of Spanish Television's most popular series. In 1976 Karen Grassle (Caroline Quiner Ingalls) won Spanish television's prestigious TP de Oro award for best foreign actress, and the series itself won for best foreign series; Melissa Sue Anderson (Mary Ingalls) won the TP de Oro in 1980 thanks in part to the enhanced profile she received as a result of her visit to Spain and her appearance on Spanish Television's 625 Lineas program in early 1979. The continued popularity of the show led to the appearance of Katherine MacGregor (Harriet Oleson) on 625 Lineas and Ding Dong in 1980.

text: Other media[edit]

text: Syndication[edit]

text: The show remains popular in syndicated reruns and has been on the air in the U.S. continuously since its original run. In addition to airing on local stations, it has been airing multiple times each day on INSP[15] and Hallmark Channel.[16] In the past, it has aired on TV Land and TBS. As of September 19, 2016, the show is currently airing on COZI TV four times daily, with the exception of Seasons eight and nine.

text: In the U.S., television syndication rights are currently owned by CBS Television Distribution. Originally, NBC licensed these rights to Worldvision Enterprises, since networks could not own syndication arms at the time. As a result of corporate changes, Paramount Domestic Television and CBS Paramount Domestic Television would inherit the rights via Spelling Entertainment, finally passing to CTD in 2007. In Canada, reruns of the series began airing weeknights on CTS, a Christian-based network, as of September 1, 2008.

text: Because of its historical context and its connection to the book series, it is deemed acceptable for use by the FCC to meet federal E/I programming guidelines. The show is typically stripped (run five days a week) in syndication, which is enough to completely cover a TV station's E/I requirements and more.

text: NBC owns ancillary rights and thus is the worldwide licensor for DVD rights as well. Sister company NBC Universal International Television distributes the series internationally.

text: DVD, Blu-ray and Digital Copy releases[edit]

text: The entire series has been released on standard-definition DVD, high-definition Blu-ray, and on both standard and high-definition Digital Copy. In addition, some individual episodes have been released on DVD and VHS. Starting with Season 7, the Blu-ray's are only available exclusively through Amazon.com.

text: There are multiple DVD sets which are noticeably different from one another. The original DVD sets sold in the U.S. and Canada were released under license from NBCUniversal by Imavision Distribution, a company based in Quebec. A majority of the episodes in the original North American DVD versions had scenes cut from the episodes—these were derived from the syndicated television versions by Worldvision Enterprises, the series' former distributor. Other episodes were time-compressed and are NTSC-converted video prints from UK PAL masters, while others were derived from 16MM syndication prints, also from Worldvision. Only a handful of episodes in the original sets were in their original uncut versions. The episodes in these original sets are also known to have relatively poor video quality, such as tracking lines, as well as audio problems, though the quality issues are not as pronounced in the first few seasons as they are in the later seasons. The first three seasons of the old sets notably are also missing closed-captioning.

text: These original North American DVD sets included interviews with former cast members Alison Arngrim, Dabbs Greer and Dean Butler. For the original movies & complete series sets, Imavision provided numerous additional special features including additional interviews with many of the cast members such as Melissa Gilbert and Melissa Sue Anderson and specials highlighting Michael Landon, the casting of the show, and more. Imavision also released a French-language version of the series. Both versions are in NTSC color and coded for all regions. Later copies of these original sets were distributed by Lionsgate Home Entertainment following their acquisition of Imavision, but these should not be confused with the Lionsgate re-releases described below. The DVD sets sold in the United Kingdom were released by Universal Playback (a Universal Studios Home Entertainment label); this version is in PAL color and coded for region 2. Unlike the original North American DVD sets, the UK version contains mostly uncut episodes.

text: In 2014, Lionsgate Home Entertainment began re-releasing the series in North America on DVD, and also for the first time, in high definition on Blu-ray, as well as Digital Copy through providers such as Vudu and Amazon Video. These new releases, which are stated to come direct from the original broadcast masters, contain mostly uncut episodes and are remastered to have superior picture and sound. The Blu-rays, with their high bitrate, high definition 1080p picture (as opposed to standard definition picture on the DVDs) currently provide the best viewing experience of the show that is commercially available. The first six seasons on Blu-ray notably also contain lossless audio as opposed to the compressed audio on the DVDs. Starting with Season 7, Lionsgate chose to only release the remaining Blu-ray's exclusively through Amazon.com. In the process, they made several other changes to the Blu-ray's including compressing the audio (though with a relatively high bitrate), simplifying the on-screen disc menus, and eliminating the slipcovers and included Digital Copy codes that had been present for the previous seasons.

text: The newer Lionsgate remastered sets all contain English, French, and Spanish audio as well as English subtitles. They do not include the special features present on the earlier non-remastered releases, but rather seasons 1 through 6 each contain a roughly 15 minute segment of a special called "The Little House Phenomenon". Season 1 also contains the original Pilot movie. Season 7 contains no special features. Seasons 8 & 9 contain the three post-series movie specials as extras, with "Look Back to Yesterday" and "The Last Farewell" appearing on Season 8, and "Bless All The Dear Children" appearing on Season 9. Some fans of the show have been perplexed as to why Lionsgate did this, both because all of the movies take place after the Season 9 timeline, and also because they included "The Last Farewell" on Season 8 when that is considered by fans to be the end to the show given its significant and memorable ending. Lionsgate's decision as to which movies to include on which season appears to have been based on broadcast order rather than production order, since "Bless All The Dear Children" was the last episode broadcast even though "The Last Farewell" was the last one produced. None of the available releases of the series contain "Little House Years", which was a three-hour Thanksgiving special aired during Season 6 that largely consisted of flashback clips.

text: While the re-releases are substantially better than what was previously available, there are a handful of episodes that still were released in edited form or contain other problems. The most significant of these, affecting all formats of the remastered releases, include over 3 minutes missing from the Season 7 episode, "Divorce, Walnut Grove Style," almost 4 minutes missing from Season 9's "Home Again," and extremely low volume of the townspeoples' singing on the English audio of the last scene of the final movie, "The Last Farewell."[17]

text: List of releases[edit]

text:
Name
No. of
episodes
Originally aired
DVD release dates
Remastered DVD & Blu-ray release date
Digital Copy release date

Region 1
Region 2
Region 1
Region 1

Season 1
24
1974–1975
July 8, 2003
July 25, 2005
March 25, 2014
March 25, 2014

Season 2
22
1975–1976
July 8, 2003
March 27, 2006
May 6, 2014
May 6, 2014

Season 3
22
1976–1977
November 4, 2003
March 10, 2008
September 9, 2014
September 9, 2014

Season 4
22
1977–1978
February 17, 2004
May 26, 2008
January 20, 2015
September 9, 2014

Season 5
24
1978–1979
June 29, 2004
August 4, 2008
April 14, 2015
September 9, 2014

Season 6
24
1979–1980
October 26, 2004
May 3, 2010
July 14, 2015
September 9, 2014

Season 7
22
1980–1981
February 15, 2005
July 17, 2010
October 6, 2015 (DVD)
December 22, 2015 (Blu-ray)
September 9, 2014

Season 8
22
1981–1982
June 14, 2005
March 20, 2011
January 19, 2016 (DVD)
March 22, 2016 (Blu-ray)
September 9, 2014

Season 9
22
1982–1983
November 1, 2005
January 20, 2012
April 19, 2016
September 9, 2014

3-Movie
Box Set
3 movies
1983–1984
November 28, 2006
None (but is in Complete set)
September 13, 2016 (DVD only)
September 13, 2016

The Complete
Television Series
204
1974–1984
November 11, 2008
October 7, 2015 (Dutch import)
October 6, 2015 (DVD only)
September 9, 2014

text: Announced film adaptation[edit]

text: In October 2012, Sony Pictures announced that an film based on the series's pilot is under development, with Scott Rudin as the producer.[18] However, the film was later on turnaround to Paramount Pictures in 2016, where the film resumed development.[19] [20] It has Sean Durkin as the director and Abi Morgan as the screenwriter, although Rudin is still the film’s producer. [21] No actors have been selected or joined the cast yet.


document_title: American Expeditionary Forces

question_text: when did american troops arrive in europe ww1

text: American Expeditionary Forces

text: History[edit]

text: President Woodrow Wilson initially planned to give command of the AEF to Gen. Frederick Funston, but after Funston's sudden death, Wilson appointed Major General John J. Pershing in May 1917, and Pershing remained in command for the entire war. Pershing insisted that American soldiers be well-trained before going to Europe. As a result, few troops arrived before January 1918. In addition, Pershing insisted that the American force would not be used merely to fill gaps in the French and British armies, and he resisted European efforts to have U.S. troops deployed as individual replacements in decimated Allied units. This approach was not always well received by the western Allied leaders who distrusted the potential of an army lacking experience in large-scale warfare.[1] In addition, the British Empire tried to bargain with its spare shipping to make the United States put its soldiers into British ranks.

text: By June 1917, only 14,000 American soldiers had arrived in France, and the AEF had only a minor participation at the front through late October 1917, but by May 1918 over one million American troops were stationed in France, though only half of them made it to the front lines.[2] Since the transport ships needed to bring American troops to Europe were scarce at the beginning, the U.S. Army pressed into service passenger liners, seized German ships, and borrowed Allied ships to transport American soldiers from ports in New York City, New Jersey, and Virginia. The mobilization effort taxed the American military to the limit and required new organizational strategies and command structures to transport great numbers of troops and supplies quickly and efficiently. The French harbors of Bordeaux, La Pallice, Saint Nazaire, and Brest became the entry points into the French railway system that brought the American troops and their supplies to the Western Front. American engineers in France also built 82 new ship berths, nearly 1,000 miles (1,600 km) of additional standard-gauge tracks, and over 100,000 miles (160,000 km) of telephone and telegraph lines.[1]

text: The first American troops, who were often called "Doughboys", landed in Europe in June 1917. However the AEF did not participate at the front until October 21, 1917, when the 1st Division fired the first American shell of the war toward German lines, although they participated only on a small scale. A group of regular soldiers and the first American division to arrive in France, entered the trenches near Nancy, France, in Lorraine.[1]

text: The AEF used French and British equipment. Particularly appreciated were the French canon de 75 modèle 1897, the canon de 155 C modèle 1917 Schneider, and the canon de 155mm GPF. American aviation units received the SPAD XIII and Nieuport 28 fighters, and the U.S. Army tank corps used French Renault FT light tanks. Pershing established facilities in France to train new arrivals with their new weapons.[3] By the end of 1917, four divisions were deployed in a large training area near Verdun: the 1st Division, a regular army formation; the 26th Division, a National Guard division; the 2nd Division, a combination of regular troops and U.S. Marines; and the 42nd "Rainbow" Division, a National Guard division made up of soldiers from nearly every state in the United States. The fifth division, the 41st Division, was converted into a depot division near Tours.

text: At the beginning, during the Spring of 1918, the four battle-ready U.S. divisions were deployed under French and British command to gain combat experience by defending relatively quiet sectors of their lines. After the first offensive action and American-led AEF victory on 28 May 1918 at the Battle of Cantigny,[5] by the U.S. 1st Division, and a similar local action by the 2nd Division at Belleau Wood beginning 6 June, both while assigned under French Corps command, Pershing worked towards the deployment of an independent US field Army. The rest followed at an accelerating pace during the spring and summer of 1918. By June Americans were arriving in-theater at the rate of 10,000 a day; most of which entered training by British, Canadian and Australian battle-experienced officers and senior non-commissioned ranks. The training took a minimum of six weeks due to the inexperience of the servicemen.

text: The first offensive action by AEF units serving under non-American command was 1,000 men (four companies from the 33d Division AEF), with the Australian Corps during the Battle of Hamel on 4 July 1918. (Corporal Thomas A. Pope was awarded the Medal of Honor for this battle.) This battle took place under the overall command of the Australian Corps commander, Lt. Gen. Sir John Monash. The Allied force in this battle combined artillery, armor, infantry, and air support (Combined arms), which served as a blueprint for all subsequent Allied attacks, using "tanks".[6]

text: U.S. Army and Marine Corps troops played a key role in helping stop the German thrust towards Paris, during the Second Battle of the Marne in June 1918 (at the Battle of Château-Thierry (1918) and the Battle of Belleau Wood). The first major and distinctly American offensive was the reduction of the Saint Mihiel salient during September 1918. During the Battle of Saint-Mihiel, Pershing commanded the U.S. First Army, composed of seven divisions and more than 500,000 men, in the largest offensive operation ever undertaken by United States armed forces. This successful offensive was followed by the Meuse-Argonne offensive, lasting from September 26 to November 11, 1918, during which Pershing commanded more than one million American and French combatants. In these two military operations, Allied forces recovered more than 200 sq mi (488 km2) of French territory from the German army. By the time the World War I Armistice had suspended all combat on November 11, 1918, the American Expeditionary Forces had evolved into a modern, combat-tested army.[1]

text: Late in the war, American units ultimately fought in two other theaters at the request of the European powers. Pershing sent troops of the 332d Infantry Regiment to Italy, and President Wilson agreed to send some troops, the 27th and 339th Infantry Regiments, to Russia.[7] These latter two were known as the American Expeditionary Force Siberia,[8] and the American Expeditionary Force North Russia.[9]

text: Casualties[edit]

text: The AEF sustained about 320,000 casualties: 53,402 battle deaths, 63,114 noncombat deaths and 204,000 wounded.[10]

text: The influenza pandemic during the fall of 1918 took the lives of more than 25,000 men from the AEF, while another 360,000 became gravely ill. Some other diseases were relatively well controlled through compulsory vaccination. Typhoid fever was also practically eliminated. Relatively few men suffered actual injury from poison gas, although much larger numbers mistakenly thought that they had been exposed.[7]

text: Using questionnaires filled out by doughboys as they left the Army, Gutièrrez reports that they were not cynical or disillusioned. They fought "for honor, manhood, comrades, and adventure, but especially for duty."[11]

text: African Americans[edit]

text: African Americans were drafted on the same basis as whites and made up 13 percent of the draftees. By the end of the war, over 350,000 African-Americans had served in AEF units on the Western Front.[12] However, they were assigned to segregated units commanded by white officers. One fifth of the black soldiers sent to France saw combat, compared to two-thirds of the whites. They were three percent of AEF combat forces, and under two percent of battlefield fatalities.[13] "The mass of the colored drafted men cannot be used for combatant troops", said a General Staff report in 1918, and it recommended that "these colored drafted men be organized in reserve labor battalions." They handled unskilled labor tasks as stevedores in the Atlantic ports and common laborers at the camps and in the Services of the Rear in France.[14] The French, whose front-line troops were resisting combat duties to the point of mutiny, requested and received control of several regiments of black combat troops.[15] Kennedy reports "Units of the black 92nd Division particularly suffered from poor preparation and the breakdown in command control. As the only black combat division, the 92nd Division entered the line with unique liabilities. It had been deliberately dispersed throughout several camps during its stateside training; some of its artillery units were summoned to France before they had completed their courses of instruction, and were never fully-equipped until after the Armistice; nearly all its senior white officers scorned the men under their command and repeatedly asked to be transferred. The black enlisted men were frequently diverted from their already attenuated training opportunities in France in the summer of 1918 and put to work as stevedores and common laborers."[16]

text: The 369th, 370th, 371st, and 372d Infantry Regiments (nominally the 93d Division, but never consolidated as such) served with distinction under French command with French colonial units in front-line combat. The French did not harbor the same levels of disdain based on skin color and for many Americans of an African-American descent it was a liberating and refreshing experience.[citation needed] These African-American soldiers wore American uniforms, some dating from the time of the Union Army, with French helmets and were armed with French Model 1907/15 8mm Lebel Berthier rifle, and Fusil Mle 1907/15 manufactured by Remington Arms rather than the M1903 Springfield or M1917 Enfield rifles issued to most American soldiers.[17] One of the most distinguished units was the 369th Infantry Regiment, known as the Harlem Hellfighters. The 369th was on the front lines for six months, longer than any other African-American regiment in the war. One hundred seventy-one members of the 369th were awarded the Legion of Merit.[18] One member of the 369th, Sergeant Henry Johnson, was awarded the French Croix de guerre,[19] and posthumously the Medal of Honor.[20]