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Lorenzen Wright

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Lorenzen Vern-Gagne Wright (November 4, 1975 – July 19, 2010) was an American professional basketball player who played thirteen seasons in the National Basketball Association. [1]

62 relations: Assist (basketball), Atlanta Hawks, Bail, Basketball, Booker T. Washington High School (Memphis, Tennessee), Bounty (reward), Center (basketball), Cleveland Cavaliers, Collierville, Tennessee, Conference USA, Crime Stoppers, Elliot Perry, Finland, Germantown, Tennessee, Homicide, Kappa Alpha Psi, Los Angeles Clippers, Memphis Grizzlies, Memphis Police Department, Memphis Tigers men's basketball, Memphis, Tennessee, Mike Bibby, National Basketball Association, NBA playoffs, NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans, Oxford, Mississippi, Penny Hardaway, Point (basketball), Power forward (basketball), Rebound (basketball), Sacramento Kings, Shelby County, Tennessee, Sports Illustrated, The Commercial Appeal, Todd Day, United States men's national basketball team, Universiade, University of Memphis, Utah Jazz, Walnut, Mississippi, 1995 Summer Universiade, 1996 NBA draft, 1996 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans, 1996–97 Los Angeles Clippers season, 1997 NBA Playoffs, 1997–98 Los Angeles Clippers season, 1998–99 Los Angeles Clippers season, 1999–2000 Atlanta Hawks season, 2000–01 Atlanta Hawks season, 2001–02 Memphis Grizzlies season, ..., 2002–03 Memphis Grizzlies season, 2003–04 Memphis Grizzlies season, 2004 NBA Playoffs, 2004–05 Memphis Grizzlies season, 2005 NBA Playoffs, 2005–06 Memphis Grizzlies season, 2006 NBA Playoffs, 2006–07 Atlanta Hawks season, 2007–08 Atlanta Hawks season, 2007–08 Sacramento Kings season, 2008–09 Cleveland Cavaliers season, 9-1-1. Expand index (12 more) »

Assist (basketball)

In basketball, an assist is attributed to a player who passes the ball to a teammate in a way that leads to a score by field goal, meaning that he or she was "assisting" in the basket. There is some judgment involved in deciding whether a passer should be credited with an assist. An assist can be scored for the passer even if the player who receives the pass makes a basket after dribbling the ball. However, the original definition of an assist did not include such situations, so the comparison of assist statistics across eras is a complex matter. Only the pass directly before the score may be counted as an assist, so no more than one assist can be recorded per field goal (unlike in other sports, such as ice hockey). A pass that leads to a shooting foul and scoring by free throws does not count as an assist in the NBA, but does in FIBA play (only one assist is awarded per set of free throws in which at least one free throw is made). Point guards tend to get the most assists per game (apg), as their role is primarily that of a passer and ballhandler. Centers tend to get fewer assists, but centers with good floor presence and court vision can dominate a team by assisting. Being inside the key, the center often has the best angles and the best position for "dishes" and other short passes in the scoring area. Center Wilt Chamberlain led the NBA in assists in 1968. A strong center with inside-scoring prowess, such as former NBA center Hakeem Olajuwon, can also be an effective assistor because the defense's double-teaming tends to open up offense in the form of shooters. The NBA single-game assist team record is 53, held by the Milwaukee Bucks, on December 26, 1978. The NBA single-game assist individual record is 30, held by Scott Skiles of the Orlando Magic on December 30, 1990. The NBA record for most career assists is held by John Stockton, with 15,806, Stockton also holds the NBA single season assist per game record with 14.5 during the 1989-1990 regular season. The highest career assist per game average in NBA history is held by Magic Johnson, with 11.2 assist per game.

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Atlanta Hawks

The Atlanta Hawks are an American professional basketball team based in Atlanta, Georgia. The Hawks compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference Southeast Division. The team plays its home games at Philips Arena. The team's origins can be traced to the establishment of the Buffalo Bisons in 1946 in Buffalo, New York, a member of the National Basketball League (NBL) owned by Ben Kerner and Leo Ferris. After 38 days in Buffalo, the team moved to Moline, Illinois, where they were renamed the Tri-Cities Blackhawks. In 1949, they joined the NBA as part of the merger between the NBL and the Basketball Association of America (BAA), and briefly had Red Auerbach as coach. In 1951, Kerner moved the team to Milwaukee, where they changed their name to the Hawks. Kerner and the team moved again in 1955 to St. Louis, where they won their only NBA championship in 1958 and qualified to play in the NBA Finals in 1957, 1960 and 1961. The Hawks played the Boston Celtics in all four of their trips to the NBA Finals. The St. Louis Hawks moved to Atlanta in 1968, when Kerner sold the franchise to Thomas Cousins and former Georgia Governor Carl Sanders. The Hawks currently own the second-longest drought (behind the Sacramento Kings) of not winning an NBA championship at 60 seasons. The franchise's lone NBA championship, as well as all four NBA Finals appearances, occurred when the team was based in St. Louis. Meanwhile, they went 48 years without advancing past the second round of the playoffs in any format, until finally breaking through in 2015. Much of the failure they have experienced in the postseason can be traced back to their poor history in the NBA draft. Since 1980, the Hawks have drafted only four players who have been chosen to play in an NBA All-Star Game (Doc Rivers, Kevin Willis, Al Horford, and Jeff Teague). Dominique Wilkins was actually selected by the Utah Jazz and traded to the Hawks a few months after the draft. Horford and Teague are the only All-Star Hawks to have been drafted since Willis was selected in 1984, and Horford is also the only first-rounder the Hawks selected in their nine-year playoff drought to play in an NBA All-Star Game.

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Bail

Bail is a set of restrictions that are imposed on a suspect while awaiting trial, to ensure they comply with the judicial process.

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Basketball

Basketball is a team sport played on a rectangular court.

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Booker T. Washington High School (Memphis, Tennessee)

Booker T. Washington High School (also known as BTW) is a public secondary school located in South Memphis.

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Bounty (reward)

A bounty (from Latin bonitās, goodness) is a payment or reward often offered by a group as an incentive for the accomplishment of a task by someone usually not associated with the group.

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Center (basketball)

The center (C), also known as the five, or the big man, is one of the five positions in a regular basketball game.

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Cleveland Cavaliers

The Cleveland Cavaliers, often referred to as the Cavs, are an American professional basketball team based in Cleveland, Ohio.

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Collierville, Tennessee

Collierville is a town in Shelby County, Tennessee, United States, and a suburb located in the Memphis metropolitan area.

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Conference USA

Conference USA (C-USA or CUSA) is a collegiate athletic conference whose current member institutions are located within the Southern United States.

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Crime Stoppers

Crime Stoppers or Crimestoppers is a program in many communities in North America that allows persons to provide anonymous information about criminal activity.

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Elliot Perry

Elliot Lamonte Perry (born March 28, 1969) is a retired American professional basketball player.

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Finland

Finland (Suomi; Finland), officially the Republic of Finland is a country in Northern Europe bordering the Baltic Sea, Gulf of Bothnia, and Gulf of Finland, between Norway to the north, Sweden to the northwest, and Russia to the east.

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Germantown, Tennessee

Germantown is a city in Shelby County, Tennessee, United States.

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Homicide

Homicide is the act of one human killing another.

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Kappa Alpha Psi

Kappa Alpha Psi (ΚΑΨ) is a collegiate Greek-letter fraternity with a predominantly African-American membership.

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Los Angeles Clippers

The Los Angeles Clippers, abbreviated by the team as the LA Clippers, are an American professional basketball team based in Los Angeles.

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Memphis Grizzlies

The Memphis Grizzlies are an American professional basketball team based in Memphis, Tennessee.

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Memphis Police Department

The Memphis Police Department is the law enforcement agency of the City of Memphis, Tennessee.

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Memphis Tigers men's basketball

The Memphis Tigers men's basketball team represents the University of Memphis in NCAA Division I men's college basketball.

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Memphis, Tennessee

Memphis is a city located along the Mississippi River in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Tennessee.

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Mike Bibby

Michael Bibby (born May 13, 1978) is an American retired professional basketball player who played 14 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

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National Basketball Association

The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a men's professional basketball league in North America; composed of 30 teams (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada).

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NBA playoffs

The NBA playoffs are a best-of-seven elimination tournament annually held after the National Basketball Association's regular season to determine the league's champion.

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NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans

The NCAA Men's Basketball All-American teams are teams made up of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) basketball players voted the best in the country by a variety of organizations.

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Oxford, Mississippi

Oxford is a city in, and the county seat of, Lafayette County, Mississippi, United States.

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Penny Hardaway

Anfernee Deon "Penny" Hardaway (born July 18, 1971) is an American college basketball coach and a former professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

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Point (basketball)

Points in basketball are used to keep track of the score in a game.

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Power forward (basketball)

The power forward (PF), also known as the four, is one of the five positions in a regulation basketball game.

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Rebound (basketball)

In basketball, a rebound, colloquially referred to as a board, is a statistic awarded to a player who retrieves the ball after a missed field goal or free throw.

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Sacramento Kings

The Sacramento Kings are an American professional basketball team based in Sacramento, California.

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Shelby County, Tennessee

Shelby County is a county in the U.S. state of Tennessee.

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Sports Illustrated

Sports Illustrated is an American sports magazine owned by Meredith Corporation.

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The Commercial Appeal

The Commercial Appeal (also known as the Memphis Commercial Appeal) is a daily newspaper of Memphis, Tennessee, and its surrounding metropolitan area.

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Todd Day

Todd Fitzgerald Day (born January 7, 1970) is a retired American professional basketball player and current head coach at Philander Smith College in Little Rock, Arkansas.

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United States men's national basketball team

The USA Basketball Men's National Team, commonly known as the United States Men's National Basketball Team, is the leading and most successful team in international competition, winning medals in seventeen Olympic tournaments, coming away with fifteen golds.

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Universiade

The Universiade is an international multi-sport event, organized for university athletes by the International University Sports Federation (FISU).

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University of Memphis

The University of Memphis, also called The U of M, is an American public research university located in the Normal Station neighborhood of Memphis, Tennessee.

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Utah Jazz

The Utah Jazz are an American professional basketball team based in Salt Lake City, Utah.

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Walnut, Mississippi

Walnut is a town in Tippah County, Mississippi.

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1995 Summer Universiade

The 1995 Summer Universiade, also known as the XVIII Summer Universiade, took place in Fukuoka, Japan.

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1996 NBA draft

The 1996 NBA draft was the 50th draft in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

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1996 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans

The Consensus 1996 College Basketball All-American team, as determined by aggregating the results of four major All-American teams.

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1996–97 Los Angeles Clippers season

The 1996–97 NBA season was the Clippers' 27th season in the National Basketball Association, 13th in Los Angeles and 3rd in which they played occasional home games in Anaheim.

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1997 NBA Playoffs

The 1997 NBA Playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 1996–97 season.

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1997–98 Los Angeles Clippers season

The 1997–98 NBA season was the Clippers' 28th season in the National Basketball Association, and their 4th season in Anaheim.

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1998–99 Los Angeles Clippers season

The 1998–99 NBA season was the Clippers' 29th season in the National Basketball Association, and their 15th season in Los Angeles.

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1999–2000 Atlanta Hawks season

The 1999–2000 NBA season was the Hawks' 51st season in the National Basketball Association, and 32nd season in Atlanta.

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2000–01 Atlanta Hawks season

The 2000–01 NBA season was the Hawks' 52nd season in the National Basketball Association, and 33rd season in Atlanta.

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2001–02 Memphis Grizzlies season

The 2001–02 NBA season was the Grizzlies 7th season in the National Basketball Association, and their first season in Memphis.

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2002–03 Memphis Grizzlies season

The 2002–03 NBA season was the Grizzlies' 8th season in the National Basketball Association, and their second season in Memphis.

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2003–04 Memphis Grizzlies season

The 2003–04 NBA season was the Grizzlies' ninth season in the National Basketball Association, and their third season in Memphis.

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2004 NBA Playoffs

The 2004 NBA Playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 2003–04 season.

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2004–05 Memphis Grizzlies season

The 2004–05 NBA season was the Grizzlies' tenth season in the National Basketball Association, and their fourth season in Memphis.

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2005 NBA Playoffs

The 2005 NBA Playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 2004–05 season.

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2005–06 Memphis Grizzlies season

The 2005-06 Memphis Grizzlies season was the team's 11th in the NBA.

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2006 NBA Playoffs

The 2006 NBA playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 2005–06 season.

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2006–07 Atlanta Hawks season

The 2006–07 NBA season was the Atlanta Hawks' 58th season in the National Basketball Association, and 39th season in Atlanta.

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2007–08 Atlanta Hawks season

The 2007–08 NBA season was the Atlanta Hawks' 59th season in the National Basketball Association, and 40th season in Atlanta.

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2007–08 Sacramento Kings season

The 2007–08 Sacramento Kings season was the 63rd season of the franchise, 59th in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and 23rd in Sacramento.

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2008–09 Cleveland Cavaliers season

The 2008–09 Cleveland Cavaliers season was the 39th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

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9-1-1

9-1-1, also written 911, is an emergency telephone number for the North American Numbering Plan (NANP), one of eight N11 codes.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorenzen_Wright

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