2001 was apparently an excellent year for undersized athletes. Not only did Ichiro claim the AL MVP award, but Allen Iverson also won NBA MVP. “At 6-foot, Iverson is the shortest player in NBA history to win the award. At 165 pounds, he is also the lightest player in NBA history to...
only 12 players in league history have ever topped 300 pounds. Among that group are Jerome “Big Snacks” James, Robert “Tractor” Traylor, and Charles “The Round Mound of Rebound” Barkley. The heaviest player in NBA history: Oliver ...
and the Hawks at one point reeled off 10 straight points. The Hawks ended up winning the game 77-71. The 7 points in the 4th quarter was the third fewest in a 4th quarter in NBA history at the time and stood for almost 60 years. the only teams to score fewer ...
comfortably the lowest rated and least-watched NBA Finals game on record (dates back to 1988). The previous lows were a 5.2 and 8.06 million for Nets-Spurs Game 2 in 2003. [Related:NBA Finals ratings history.]