ESPN, подводя итоги года балует нас любопытными фактами: More than 63 years after New York's Ossie Schectman scored the first basket in league history at Maple Leaf Gardens on Nov. 1, 1946, Detroit's Ben Gordon scored the NBA's 10 millionth point Jan. 9 in a home loss to Philadelphia. Seven of the top 10 free agents (as chosen by ESPN.com entering July) wound up staying with or going to teams in the East: LeBron James (Miami), Dwyane Wade (Miami), Chris Bosh (Miami), Joe Johnson (Atlanta), Paul Pierce (Boston), Amare Stoudemire (New York) and Carlos Boozer (Chicago). The only three who either stayed or moved West: Dirk Nowitzki (Dallas), David Lee (Golden State) and Rudy Gay (Memphis). The West, though, not only continues to be the far deeper conference, but also appears to house just as many title contenders as the revamped East thanks to the recent revivals of San Antonio and Dallas. With 31 points and 31 boards Nov. 12 at Madison Square Garden, Kevin Love became the first player since Moses Malone in 1982 to post a 30-30 game. He is trying to become the first player since Malone to average 20 points and 15 rebounds for an entire season. Love enters the weekend at 20.8 points and 15.5 boards per game for the eight-win Wolves while shooting 43 percent from 3-point range. The Heat have banished memories of their 9-8 start and the firestorm it caused by going 10-0 on the road in December. No NBA team has ever had a better month of traveling ... not even the 1971-92 Lakers, who won a record 33 games in a row. L.A. went 9-0 in December 1971. The Clippers' Blake Griffin is averaging 21.5 points and 12.4 rebounds heading into 2011. If he maintains his current levels, he would be just the third rookie since the NBA/ABA merger in 1976-77 -- joining Shaquille O'Neal and David Robinson -- to reach those plateaus for an entire season. If Minnesota's Kevin Love can keep his 3-point shooting at better than 40 percent for the season (he's currently at 43 percent), he'll join Larry Bird and Troy Murphy as the only players since the inception of the 3-point line in the 1979-80 season to shoot at least 40 percent from deep and average at least 10 rebounds per game. Bird did so twice (1979-80 and 1984-85), and Murphy qualified in 2008-09 with Indiana when he shot 45 percent on 3s and averaged 11.8 boards. When the Lakers started Andrew Bynum against the Spurs on Tuesday night, that left San Antonio as the only team in the league that has used the same starting five for every game this season. LeBron James' total of 16,081 career points before his 26th birthday -- which he celebrated Thursday night -- is tops in NBA history. Anthony is second by a long way in that category with 12,711 points. Dwyane Wade entered Wednesday's game in Houston ranked No. 1 among guards and No. 5 overall in the NBA in points in the paint with 11.4 per game. He then proceeded to score 26 of his 45 points against the Rockets inside. Boston's Shaquille O'Neal is the first player in league history to play on Christmas Day for six franchises. Shaq also played in two Christmas Day games with the Magic, five with the Lakers, three with the Heat, one with the Suns and one with the Cavs. Dave Gambee, Johnny Green, Darrall Imhoff and Don Kojis played on Christmas for five teams.