Pistons' Jalen Duren beats Wilt Chamberlain to seize all-time NBA history
The Detroit center had a special season.
Pistons' Jalen Duren beats Wilt Chamberlain to seize all-time NBA history originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . The Detroit Pistons earned the top seed in the Eastern Conference for a lot of different reasons.
One of the main ones is that center Jalen Duren blossomed into one of the best centers in the NBA. Duren finished the season averaging 19. 5 points, 10.
5 rebounds and 2. 0 assists per game. He shot 65% from the floor.
He's actually only the second player in NBA history to average 19 points in a season while shooting at least 65%, according to Pistons podcaster Keith Black Trudeau . The only other was Wilt Chamberlain in 1967. MORE: Nikola Jokic proves once again there's no one like him And if you add in Duren's free throw percentage (74%), he beats Wilt -- no player has ever had those three stats together in the league's history.