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NBA players with 85+ points & 35+ rebounds in their first 4 career games in the draft lottery era (since 1985-86): Patrick Ewing David Robinson Shaquille O'Neal Yaxel Lendeborg 🐦 https://x.com/OptaSTATS/status/2114941864503919068

Robert Gasser of the @Brewers is the second pitcher in World Series history to finish a start of 6.0 or more innings having faced the minimum number of batters. The other was Don Larsen in his 1956 perfect game. 🐦 https://x.com/OptaSTATS/status/2114907328927711261

The @Brewers are the first team in MLB history to have 7 consecutive batters get a hit in a postseason game. 🐦 https://x.com/OptaSTATS/status/2114899335108309165

The Rays have had two stolen bases in each of their last five games. The only other teams in MLB history with multiple steals in at least five consecutive postseason games in one year are the 1992 Braves (six) and 1909 Pirates (five). 🐦 https://x.com/OptaSTATS/status/2114818869978427587

The Chiefs are the only NFL team in the Super Bowl era to have a game with: no 10+ yard rushes no 20+ yard passes no red-zone drives no touchdowns multiple missed field goals 🐦 https://x.com/OptaSTATS/status/2114622837126300153

2021: Cardinals are last remaining undefeated team behind Kyler Murray 2026: Vikings are last remaining undefeated team behind Kyler Murray Nobody else in the Super Bowl era has been the primary starting QB for the NFL's last remaining unbeate… 🐦 https://x.com/OptaSTATS/status/2114587372910195028

The Buccaneers are the second team in NFL history with a pass TD, rush TD, field goal, defensive TD and special teams TD/returned XP in a single quarter. They join the Jets in Week 1, 2018 (3Q vs. DET). 🐦 https://x.com/OptaSTATS/status/2114435703451062778

The @Brewers and @RaysBaseball combined for 7 hits in the 1st inning tonight - tied for the most combined hits in the 1st inning of any World Series game all-time. 🐦 https://x.com/OptaSTATS/status/2114158084528509022

Today, Gael Ochoa of @RiceFootball became the only FBS player this century to have four different TD runs of 50+ yards in a game. In the same game, Easton Messer of @FAUFootball became the only FBS player this century to have a game with 2+ ru… 🐦 https://x.com/OptaSTATS/status/2114077479648543206

Dyson Daniels had 5+ steals in each of his first two games to start the season, one of 4 players to do so this century (Kawhi Leonard - 2x, Chris Paul, Baron Davis). The only player over the last 40 seasons to do so in three or more games to beg… 🐦 https://x.com/OptaSTATS/status/2114005526036029781

Amen Thompson is the only NBA player in the last 25 seasons to have a game-winning block (block on game-tying or go-ahead shot) in the final five seconds of a game against a player at least nine inches taller than them. 🐦 https://x.com/OptaSTATS/status/2113861617083638144

This World Series will be the 2nd championship-round matchup in the NBA, NFL, MLB or NHL between two franchises who had each been in the league for 25+ years without ever winning the title. The other was the 1999 Stanley Cup Final (Stars vs. Sa… 🐦 https://x.com/OptaSTATS/status/2113625570357465351

Jacob Misiorowski (24y, 203d) will be the youngest pitcher in MLB history to start Game 1 of the World Series and the All-Star Game of the same season. 🐦 https://x.com/OptaSTATS/status/2113619517784089085

The @sixers are the first team in NBA history to overcome a 20+ point halftime deficit to win their home opener. 🐦 https://x.com/OptaSTATS/status/2113449014297497608

The @nuggets' Nikola Jokic has recorded a triple double in his first game of the season four times throughout his career. That is tied with Oscar Robertson for most triple doubles by a player in his first game of the season in NBA history. 🐦 https://x.com/OptaSTATS/status/2113297000238285139

In their season openers: Bulls lost by 43 Suns lost by 41 Heat lost by 25 Kings lost by 25 Warriors lost by 22 Jazz lost by 20 This is the first time in NBA history 6 different teams lost their openers by 20+ points in the same season. 🐦 https://x.com/OptaSTATS/status/2113136100088652067

Walker Kessler went 12-for-12 from the field in his @Lakers debut. That's the most field goals without a miss by any player in his debut with a team in NBA history. 🐦 https://x.com/OptaSTATS/status/2113127508212371687

The @trailblazers are the only NBA team in the last 25 years with a 20-0 or better run to open a season. 🐦 https://x.com/OptaSTATS/status/2113100299498086742

There have been 207 players in NBA history who have averaged at least 15.0 PPG in their first NBA season. Anthony Edwards is the only one of them who has increased his scoring average in each of his next 5 seasons in the NBA. 🐦 https://x.com/OptaSTATS/status/2112948420918776224

LeBron James, Joel Embiid, Jaylen Brown & Tyrese Maxey in their first game together for the @sixers: 74 points 32 rebounds 24 assists 8 blocks 7 steals 6 threes made 18 free throws made No other quartet in NBA history has combined to reach all… 🐦 https://x.com/OptaSTATS/status/2112797513950327002

The @TBLightning are the first NHL team to have 4 different players score an unassisted goal at even strength in the same game since the Bruins did so on February 6, 1938. 🐦 https://x.com/OptaSTATS/status/2112780334781587871

This is the second time that both NBA Finals participants from the previous season lost at home in their season openers on the same day. The other came on October 18, 1974, when the Celtics fell to the Braves and the Bucks fell to the Rockets. 🐦 https://x.com/OptaSTATS/status/2112761963084210397

The Pistons are the first NBA team this century to trail by as many as 20 points in a season opener and end up winning by at least eight points. 🐦 https://x.com/OptaSTATS/status/2112662029483868561

The @EdmontonOilers' Connor McDavid has 6 goals and 17 assists in 2026-27. He is the only player in NHL history to reach those marks through his team's first eight games of a season. 🐦 https://x.com/OptaSTATS/status/2112572200779952158

Freddy Peralta over his last 10 appearances dating back to the regular season: 50.0+ total IP 1 run or fewer allowed in all 10 team won all 10 The last 2 MLB pitchers to do that over a stretch of 10 appearances (reg/post) were Bob Gibson (1968… 🐦 https://x.com/OptaSTATS/status/2112398603549556962

Gabby Williams of the @valkyries is averaging 23.1 points per game this playoffs after averaging 14.4 in the regular season. That would be the highest postseason PPG by a WNBA player (min. 3 playoff games) who averaged sub-15.0 PPG in that reg… 🐦 https://x.com/OptaSTATS/status/2112228265775833481

At 200 pounds, Kyler Gordon is the lightest NFL player (by listed weight) to have a game with 3+ sacks and 2+ forced fumbles since the Oilers' Rod Kush (188 lbs) on September 15, 1985 against Washington. 🐦 https://x.com/OptaSTATS/status/2111921057506664923

Jesse Legree of @BeaverFootball has 1040 receiving yards and 14 receiving TDs. The other FBS players this century to reach 1000 YDs/14 TDs through 7 team games: Justin Blackmon (OSU, 2010), Michael Crabtree (TTU, 2007) and Larry Fitzgerald (Pitt… 🐦 https://x.com/OptaSTATS/status/2111671571186380901

Bear Bachmeier is one of five Big 12 QBs all-time to win at least 17 of his first 19 starts. With a win on Saturday, he would become the first Big 12 QB to begin their career 18-2 since Oklahoma State's Brandon Weeden (2010-11). 🐦 https://x.com/OptaSTATS/status/2111320807326793952

The @CleGuardians have won their last 2 home games after dropping their first 2 of this postseason. The only team in MLB history to win 3+ straight home playoff games after losing their first 2 was the 1981 New York Yankees. 🐦 https://x.com/OptaSTATS/status/2111144806990680554

The @Brewers are the first MLB/NBA/NHL team to sweep an opponent that swept them in the previous postseason since the Lakers did so in the 1968 Western Division Finals against the Warriors. 🐦 https://x.com/OptaSTATS/status/2110931008363040854

The @Brewers are the first MLB/NBA/NHL team to sweep a best-of-7 series against a team that swept them in a best-of-7 the previous postseason. 🐦 https://x.com/OptaSTATS/status/2110930874611175772

Gavin Williams has 44 strikeouts in the first 5 starts of his postseason career (dating back to 2024). The only pitchers in MLB history with more Ks through 5 career postseason starts are Sandy Koufax (48) and Bob Gibson (47). 🐦 https://x.com/OptaSTATS/status/2110827316687618380

The @Broncos have recorded multiple sacks in each of their last 21 home games (incl. postseason). That is the longest streak by any team in the Super Bowl era (since 1966). 🐦 https://x.com/OptaSTATS/status/2110784069688787354

The @Brewers are the first team in MLB history to hit back-to-back homers that: - came in the 7th inning or later - came on the road - came off a multi-time former Cy Young winner - turned a deficit into a lead ...in any game, regular season o… 🐦 https://x.com/OptaSTATS/status/2110602486319141239

Blake Snell is the second pitcher in MLB history to give up a homer on the first pitch he threw and the last pitch he threw in a postseason start. The other was John Smoltz on October 12, 1991 - also in Game 3 of the NLCS (a game Smoltz still w… 🐦 https://x.com/OptaSTATS/status/2110568696544465023

Robert Gasser of the @Brewers is the first rookie in MLB history with a scoreless start in the postseason against the defending champs. 🐦 https://x.com/OptaSTATS/status/2110554288309117110

Milwaukee’s bullpen has allowed a 0.31 ERA over 28.2 IP through its first six games played this postseason. It’s the lowest bullpen ERA (since ER first tracked in 1913) among the 732 six-game spans with at least 25.0 IP in MLB postseason histor… 🐦 https://x.com/OptaSTATS/status/2110397069726982597

The @FlaPanthers are the first team in NHL history to have: a 5+ assist game (M. Tkachuk) a 4+ assist game (Jones) a hat trick (B. Tkachuk) a multi-goal game (Reinhart) a multi-goal game (Verhaeghe) ...by 5 different players in the same game. 🐦 https://x.com/OptaSTATS/status/2110185938873667778

Chase DeLauter of the @CleGuardians has not struck out in any of his 27 postseason plate appearances. It’s the third longest such streak by a rookie to begin a postseason in MLB history, behind 32-PA streaks by Gregg Jefferies in 1988 and Joe … 🐦 https://x.com/OptaSTATS/status/2110041580942061927

The Rams are the only team in NFL history to: amass 400+ total yards gain 30+ first downs score 5+ TDs convert 50% of their 3rd downs have 0 turnovers ...and yet lose the game. 🐦 https://x.com/OptaSTATS/status/2109879517707690162

The @CleGuardians are the first team in MLB postseason history to get shut out through 5 innings but then score in the 6th, 7th, 8th & 9th. 🐦 https://x.com/OptaSTATS/status/2109848581666652613