Durant Becomes NBA’s Youngest Scoring Champ

Published by in Blog, News on April 15th, 2010 | 5

21-year-old Kevin Durant scored 31 points in the final game of the season to finish the season as the youngest scoring champion in NBA history.

KD finished with an average of 30.1 points, 0.4 ahead of LeBron James, and supplanted 22-year-old Max Zaslofsky of the 1947-48 Chicago Stags as the youngest scoring champ in NBA history.

KD’s record setting scoring year was highlighted by a streak of 29 straight games of 25+ points; an accomplishment topped only by Michael Jordan over 20 years ago.

Kevin and the Thunder finished with 50 wins on the season and open their series against the Los Angeles Lakers on Sunday afternoon.



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  • http://twitter.com/donuteyes donuteyes (NSFW)

    congrats KD! remember: phil jackson trying to mess with your mind is a huge compliment. the series hasn't even started, and he's talking about the officiating. he's obviously a little worried…

  • coreykatz

    congrats on the playoffs dude. much love keep it up!

  • Chris

    756 free throws made at 90%. Next best in NBA history shooting 90%+ is Dolph Schayes at 629. Now that's impressive.

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