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Vinnie Johnson

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Vincent Johnson (born September 1, 1956), is a retired American professional basketball player and a key player as sixth man for the Detroit Pistons during the team's NBA championships of 1989 and 1990. [1]

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All-America

An All-America team is a hypothetical American sports team composed of outstanding amateur players.

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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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Associated Press

The Associated Press (AP) is a U.S.-based not-for-profit news agency headquartered in New York City.

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Basketball

Basketball is a team sport played on a rectangular court.

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Baylor Bears basketball

The Baylor Bears basketball team represents Baylor University in Waco, Texas, in NCAA Division I men's basketball competition.

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Baylor University

Baylor University (BU) is a private Christian university in Waco, Texas.

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Block (basketball)

In basketball, a block or blocked shot occurs when a defensive player legally deflects a field goal attempt from an offensive player to prevent a score.

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Boston Celtics

The Boston Celtics are an American professional basketball team based in Boston, Massachusetts.

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Brooklyn

Brooklyn is the most populous borough of New York City, with a census-estimated 2,648,771 residents in 2017.

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Color commentator

A color commentator or expert commentator is a sports commentator who assists the main commentator, often by filling in any time when play is not in progress.

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Danny Ainge

Daniel Ray Ainge (born March 17, 1959) is an American basketball executive and former professional basketball and baseball player.

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Detroit Pistons

The Detroit Pistons are an American professional basketball team based in Detroit, Michigan.

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Earl Monroe

Vernon Earl Monroe (born November 21, 1944) is an American retired professional basketball player.

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Field goal (basketball)

In basketball, a field goal is a basket scored on any shot or tap other than a free throw, worth two or three points depending on the distance of the attempt from the basket.

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Franklin Delano Roosevelt High School (New York City)

Franklin Delano Roosevelt High School is a coeducational public high school located at 5800 20th Avenue in Brooklyn, New York.

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Free throw

In basketball, free throws or foul shots are unopposed attempts to score points by shooting from behind the free throw line (informally known as the foul line or the charity stripe), a line situated at the end of the restricted area.

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Isiah Thomas

Isiah Lord Thomas III (born April 30, 1961) is an American retired basketball player who played professionally for the Detroit Pistons in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

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James Bond

The James Bond series focuses on a fictional British Secret Service agent created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short-story collections.

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Joe Dumars

Joe Dumars III (born May 24, 1963) is an American retired basketball player in the National Basketball Association.

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List of NBA champions

The National Basketball Association (NBA) (formerly Basketball Association of America (BAA) from 1946 to 1949) Finals is the championship series for the NBA and the conclusion of the NBA's postseason.

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McLennan Community College

McLennan Community College (MCC) is a community college in McLennan County, Texas.

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Microwave oven

A microwave oven (also commonly referred to as a microwave) is an electric oven that heats and cooks food by exposing it to electromagnetic radiation in the microwave frequency range.

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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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National Junior College Athletic Association

The National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA), founded in 1938, is an association of community college and junior college athletic departments throughout the United States.

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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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Nickname

A nickname is a substitute for the proper name of a familiar person, place, or thing, for affection or ridicule.

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Point (basketball)

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

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Point guard

The point guard (PG), also called the one or point, is one of the five positions in a regulation basketball game.

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Portland Trail Blazers

The Portland Trail Blazers, commonly known as the Blazers, are an American professional basketball team based in Portland, Oregon.

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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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Redford, Michigan

Redford, officially the Charter Township of Redford, is a charter township in Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan and a suburb of Detroit.

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San Antonio Spurs

The San Antonio Spurs are an American professional basketball team based in San Antonio, Texas.

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Seattle SuperSonics

The Seattle SuperSonics, commonly known as the Sonics, were an American professional basketball team based in Seattle, Washington.

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Shooting guard

The shooting guard (SG), also known as the two or off guard,Shooting guards are 6'3"–6'7".

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Sixth man

The sixth man in basketball is a player who is not a starter but comes off the bench much more often than other reserves, often being the first player to be substituted in.

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Southwest Conference

The Southwest Conference (SWC) was an NCAA Division I college athletic conference in the United States that existed from 1914 to 1996.

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Steal (basketball)

In basketball, a steal occurs when a defensive player legally causes a turnover by his positive, aggressive action(s).

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Texas Christian University

Texas Christian University (TCU) is a private Christian-based, coeducational university in Fort Worth, Texas, established in 1873 by brothers Addison and Randolph Clark as the AddRan Male & Female College.

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The Detroit News

The Detroit News is one of the two major newspapers in the U.S. city of Detroit, Michigan.

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The Palace of Auburn Hills

The Palace of Auburn Hills, commonly referred to as The Palace, is a defunct multi-purpose arena located in Auburn Hills, Michigan, which is a suburb of Detroit.

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Three-point field goal

A three-point field goal (also 3-pointer or informally, trey) is a field goal in a basketball game made from beyond the three-point line, a designated arc surrounding the basket.

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Waco, Texas

Waco is a city in central Texas and is the county seat of McLennan County, Texas, United States.

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1979 NBA draft

The 1979 NBA draft was the 33rd annual draft of the National Basketball Association (NBA).

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1979 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans

The consensus 1979 College Basketball All-American team, as determined by aggregating the results of four major All-American teams.

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1979–80 NBA season

The 1979–80 NBA season was the 34th season of the National Basketball Association.

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1979–80 Seattle SuperSonics season

The 1979–80 NBA season was the SuperSonics' 13th season in the NBA.

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1980 NBA Playoffs

The 1980 NBA Playoffs were the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 1979–80 season.

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1980–81 NBA season

The 1980–81 NBA season was the 35th season of the National Basketball Association.

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1980–81 Seattle SuperSonics season

The 1980–81 NBA season was the SuperSonics 14th season in the NBA.

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1981–82 Detroit Pistons season

The 1981-82 NBA season was the Pistons' 34th season in the NBA and 25th season in the city of Detroit.

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1981–82 NBA season

The 1981–82 NBA season was the 36th season of the National Basketball Association.

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1981–82 Seattle SuperSonics season

The 1981–82 NBA season was the SuperSonics' 15th season in the NBA.

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1982–83 Detroit Pistons season

The 1982-83 NBA season was the Pistons' 35th season in the NBA and 26th season in the city of Detroit.

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1982–83 NBA season

The 1982–83 NBA season was the 37th season of the National Basketball Association.

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1983–84 Detroit Pistons season

The 1983-84 NBA season was the Pistons' 36th season in the NBA and 27th season in the city of Detroit.

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1983–84 NBA season

The 1983–84 NBA season was the 38th season of the National Basketball Association.

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1984 NBA Playoffs

The 1984 NBA Playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 1983–84 season.

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1984–85 Detroit Pistons season

The 1984–85 NBA season was the Pistons' 37th season in the NBA and 28th season in the city of Detroit.

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1984–85 NBA season

The 1984–85 NBA season was the 39th season of the National Basketball Association.

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1985 NBA Playoffs

The 1985 NBA Playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 1984–85 season.

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1985–86 Detroit Pistons season

The 1985-86 NBA season was the Pistons' 38th season in the NBA and 29th season in the city of Detroit.

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1985–86 NBA season

The 1985–86 NBA season was the 40th season of the National Basketball Association.

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1986 NBA Playoffs

The 1986 NBA Playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 1985–86 season.

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1986–87 Detroit Pistons season

The 1986-87 NBA season was the Pistons' 39th season in the NBA and 30th season in the city of Detroit.

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1986–87 NBA season

The 1986–87 NBA season was the 41st season of the National Basketball Association.

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1987 NBA Playoffs

The 1987 NBA Playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 1986–87 season.

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1987–88 Detroit Pistons season

The 1987–88 season saw the Pistons finishing with a franchise-best record of 54–28.

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1987–88 NBA season

The 1987–88 NBA season was the 42nd season of the National Basketball Association.

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1988 NBA Playoffs

The 1988 NBA Playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 1987–88 season.

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1988–89 Detroit Pistons season

The 1988-89 NBA season was the Pistons' 41st season in the NBA and 32nd season in the Detroit metropolitan area.

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1988–89 NBA season

The 1988–89 NBA season was the 43rd season of the National Basketball Association.

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1989 NBA Finals

The 1989 NBA Finals was the championship round of the 1988–89 NBA season.

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1989 NBA Playoffs

The 1989 NBA Playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 1988–89 season.

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1989–90 Detroit Pistons season

The 1989–90 NBA season was the Pistons' 42nd season in the National Basketball Association, and 33rd season in the city of Detroit.

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1989–90 NBA season

The 1989–90 NBA season was the 44th season of the National Basketball Association.

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1990 NBA Finals

The 1990 NBA Finals was the championship round of the 1989–90 NBA season.

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1990 NBA Playoffs

The 1990 NBA Playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 1989–90 season.

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1990–91 Detroit Pistons season

The 1990–91 NBA season was the Pistons' 43rd season in the National Basketball Association, and 34th season in the city of Detroit.

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1990–91 NBA season

The 1990–91 NBA season was the 45th season of the National Basketball Association.

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1991 NBA Playoffs

The 1991 NBA Playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 1990–91 season.

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1991–92 NBA season

The 1991–92 NBA season was the 46th season of the National Basketball Association.

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1991–92 San Antonio Spurs season

The 1991–92 NBA season was the Spurs' 16th season in the National Basketball Association, and 25th season as a franchise.

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1992 NBA Playoffs

The 1992 NBA Playoffs was the postseason tournament following the National Basketball Association's 1991-92 season.

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