Ben Gordon Scores 10 Millionth Point

[JaoSming]

I love Page 2 for their random-ness

http://espn.go.com/espn/page2/index?id=4813291

Detroit's Ben Gordon scored the 10 millionth point in NBA history Saturday night. Gordon made a jumper with 3:51 left in the second quarter of the Pistons' game against the Philadelphia 76ers for the milestone.

The first NBA points in history were scored by New York's Ossie Schectman on Nov. 1, 1946, at Toronto's Maple Leaf Gardens. The NBA didn't keep great stats on each millionth point but got serious when it hit 4 million and beyond:

Point Date Game/play
4,000,000 2/18/1983 Scored by Philadelphia's Moses Malone on a tip-in of own miss at 11:59 of the first quarter against Houston.
5,000,000 1/25/1988 Scored by Utah's Rickey Green on 24-foot 3-pointer as buzzer sounded ending third quarter against Cleveland.
6,000,000 3/23/1992 Scored by Atlanta's Stacey Augmon on driving layup at 7:41 of second quarter against Golden State.
7,000,000 12/1/1996 Scored by Seattle's Hersey Hawkins on a running 12-foot jumper at 4:42 of the fourth quarter against Utah.
8,000,000 4/15/2001 Scored by New Jersey's Eddie Gill on a layup with 10:37 remaining in the fourth quarter against Boston.
9,000,000 12/28/2005 Scored by Portland's Juan Dixon on a layup with 7:17 remaining in the second quarter against Philadelphia.
10,000,000 1/9/2010 Scored by Detroit's Ben Gordon on a jumpshot with 3:51 remaining in the second quarter against Philadelphia.

[buzzy]

Nothing special individual wise, but pretty cool being able to claim the 9.999.999th and the 10 Millionth point yours.

[Rip32]

The best part was that basket cut the Pistons deficit to 26 points against the 76ers

[Fresh8]

How extremely random.

[Andrew]

Scored by Philadelphia's Moses Malone on a tip-in of own miss at 11:59 of the first quarter against Houston.

Classic Moses.

[Modifly]

Moses Malone scored on a tip-in of his own miss at 11:59 in the first quarter? That's just one second into the game, how did he do that?

[Dee.]

Moses Malone scored on a tip-in of his own miss at 11:59 in the first quarter? That's just one second into the game, how did he do that?

Second that..
Seriously What the hell?

[Andrew]

I would assume they mean 11:59 into the first quarter (ie one second left in the quarter) rather than counting down from twelve minutes as we often do when talking about the "two minute mark" etc.

[benji]

You could, but then it suddenly changes to denote the time "remaining" halfway through the list.

[Andrew]

ESPN's crack staff strikes again. Probably the same people who threw up the Charlotte Hornets logo (while talking about the Bobcats) in a pre-game or halftime show circa 2006.

[Modifly]

They should just say how minutes were remaining for all those cases to avoid confusion.