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The 1st quadruple-double. Boston 3 party. Early impressions of CP3/Poole. 5 players on All-Star cusp. WNBA Finals Game 4.
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This Day In History
A trio of NBA 75 Anniversary Team members made their NBA debuts on Oct. 18, while another made his ABA debut.
A BOSTON ‘3’ PARTY 🔥
It was raining 3s inside TD Garden in Boston on Tuesday as the Celtics handled the Knicks 123-100 to improve to 3-1 on the preseason.
5 More Games From Tuesday
TONIGHT: BOTH SIDES OF A SUMMER BLOCKBUSTER 🔀
In a summer filled with marquee players on the move, one of the most intriguing was Chris Paul being traded to Golden State for Jordan Poole.
Longtime playoff adversaries became teammates with a common goal in mind: the Larry O’Brien Trophy – a 5th for the Warriors core and the 1st for Paul.
But the acquisition brought questions:
Wednesday gives us another chance to see how things look when Paul and the Warriors take on the Kings (10 pm ET, NBA TV).
Meanwhile, Poole gets a fresh start in DC, joining a team that moved its 2 biggest stars – Bradley Beal and Kristaps Porzingis – to build a young core around Kyle Kuzma, Poole and No. 7 overall pick Bilal Coulialy.
More games to keep an eye on Wednesday night:
Reminder: Lineups change quickly in the preseason. Stay up to date at the NBA App.
WHO COULD BE 1ST-TIME ALL-STARS? ⭐️
If recent seasons are any indication, expect to see some new faces at NBA All-Star when the festivities come to Indy in February.
A total of 13 players made their 1st All-Star appearance in either 2022 or 2023:
NBA.com’s Michael C. Wright breaks down 5 notable players who haven’t been selected for an All-Star Game yet, but may have their best chance this year.
W FINALS: CAN LIBERTY SEND IT TO 5? 🏆
After keeping their season alive with a Game 3 win on Sunday, the New York Liberty need to defend their home court one more time if they hope to send the WNBA Finals back to Las Vegas for a winner-take-all Game 5 on Friday.
Here are 4 things you need to know going into tonight’s Game 4 (8 pm ET, ESPN)
5. 49 YEARS AGO. AND JUST 3 TIMES SINCE 🔟✖4️⃣ 
On Oct. 18, 1974, Nate Thurmond recorded the NBA’s first quadruple-double with 22 points, 14 rebounds, 13 assists and 12 blocks in Chicago’s 120-115 overtime win over Atlanta.
It remains one of just four quadruple-doubles recorded in league history, as he was joined by Alvin Robertson (1986), Hakeem Olajuwon (1990) and David Robinson (1994).
Exactly how rare is a quadruple-double? From the 1973-74 season until today, there have been a total of 54,037 NBA regular season games played. If we do the math [4 / 54037] we see that a quadruple-double has been recorded in 0.0074% of NBA games. Let’s see how that compares to other long odds:
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