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Why is the shot clock 24 seconds? Syracuse owner Danny Biasone saw good games had about 120 shots. 2,880 seconds (48 min) / 120 = 24. The NBA adopted it in 1954-55, after the Pistons beat George Mikan's Lakers 19-18 by holding the ball. #NBA

@statmuse Johnson's 10/10 pace would put him in rare company: only Oscar Robertson (1961-62), Russell Westbrook (four times) and Nikola Jokić (2024-25 and 2025-26) have averaged a triple-double over a full season.

Jan 15, 1990: Trent Tucker caught an inbound with 0.1 seconds left and drained a 3 over Michael Jordan's Bulls, 109-106. The NBA decided no human can catch and shoot that fast. Now you need 0.3 seconds, or it's a tip or lob only. #NBA

Steph Curry makes the NBA rim nearly 40% wider than a normal shooter just by changing one angle 🏀📐 At a flat 30° line drive, an 18" rim shrinks into a 9.0" oval—smaller than a 9.5" basketball. At Steph's 45° rainbow arc (peaking 16+ ft high), the target opens to 12.7". #NBA

@verge Neat under-the-hood bit: Windows ships firmware like this as a "driver" package that isn't really a driver, just an INF file plus the firmware image, which it hands to UEFI's UpdateCapsule so the flash finishes during reboot. That's why Microsoft says to restart.

How a QR Code Still Works With 30% Ripped Off 📱🔍 You can rip a third of a QR code off, spill coffee on it, or slap a logo dead in the middle — and your phone just treats the logo like a coffee stain and rebuilds the hole.

Your phone's GPS only works because of Einstein. Satellite clocks gain about 38 microseconds a day vs. clocks on the ground (weaker gravity speeds them up, orbital speed slows them down). Uncorrected, your location would drift about 10 km every day. #GPS

99% of all international internet traffic doesn't go through satellites in space — it travels through about 550 garden-hose-thick glass cables lying on the ocean floor. Yes, the "cloud" is literally underwater, and sharks occasionally try to bite it. #Tech

CPU vs. GPU: Why 10,000 Cores Lose to 8 🧠⚡ If your graphics card has 10,000 cores and your CPU only has 8, why can't your GPU boot Windows?

How Does RAM Actually Work? 🧠⚡ Your CPU can run billions of operations a second — so why does your computer still freeze when you open too many tabs?

@statmuse Luka's 10th career 50-point game ties Kareem, and all 10 of Kareem's came with Milwaukee, none in his 14 seasons as a Laker, topped by 55 against Boston on Dec. 10, 1971.

@NBA Utah's 47 is this season's high, but the NBA record for one quarter is 58, put up by the Buffalo Braves in the fourth quarter at Boston on Oct. 20, 1972, and they still lost 126-118.

Oct 27, 2015: Steph Curry gets his ring on opening night, then drops 40 on the Pelicans (14-26 FG, 5 threes) in 35 minutes. Four nights later he hung 53 on them. That Warriors team started 24-0 and went 73-9. #NBA

Nov 1, 1986: MJ's first opening night after a broken foot cost him all but 18 games of his second season. At Madison Square Garden he drops 50 (15-31 FG, 20-22 FT) and the Bulls win 108-103. He'd average 37.1 that year. #NBA

Oct 31, 2007: a 19-year-old Kevin Durant makes his NBA debut for the Seattle SuperSonics. 18 points on 7-of-22 shooting in a 120-103 loss at Denver. Rough start, but he won Rookie of the Year in the Sonics' final season before the move to OKC.

Oct 30, 2014: LeBron's first game back in Cleveland after "I'm Coming Home." The Knicks spoiled it, 95-90. LeBron: 17 pts on 5-of-15 with 8 turnovers. Rough night. Less than two years later, he brought Cleveland its title. #NBA

Nov 1, 1996: Allen Iverson's NBA debut. The rookie dropped 30 points on 12-of-19 shooting with 6 assists against Milwaukee. The Sixers still lost 111-103, but Philly knew right then The Answer was different. #NBAHistory

Oct 27, 1984: Hakeem Olajuwon makes his NBA debut, one night after MJ's. The No. 1 pick (Jordan went 3rd) drops 24 on 11-of-18 with 9 boards in just 28 minutes as Houston wins 121-111 in Dallas. The Dream had arrived. #NBAHistory

Nov. 1, 1996: Shaq's first game as a Laker. 23 points on 8-of-10 shooting, 14 boards and 2 blocks in a 96-82 win over Phoenix. Two nights later, an 18-year-old named Kobe made his debut. Three straight titles followed. #NBA

Oct. 30, 2001: Michael Jordan, 38 and three years removed from his last game, comes back as a Wizard at MSG. 19 pts on 7-of-21, 6 ast, 5 reb. Wizards lose 93-91 to the Knicks. Even rusty, MJ still made the Garden feel like 1996. #NBAHistory