41.  He failed to break 75 in either tournament, missed both cuts and posted a scoring average of 77 at Augusta National Golf Club.

42.  He leads in scoring average (69.08), and including Thursday's round has played all 14 rounds this year in par or better.

43.  He beat out J.B. Reafsnyder for the starting job at center and improved his scoring average to 12.8 points a game from 6.5 last year.

44.  He raised his scoring average again (to 14.9), becoming the seventh player in NBA history to do so in each of his first seven years.

45.  He has led his team in scoring average 11 seasons and had them within a game of the 1994 NBA title.

46.  He has lost weight and some points off his scoring average, but he scored 15 against the Pirates.

47.  He ranks second on the tour in scoring average (69.59) and sixth in driving distance (282.4 yards).

48.  He ranks third on his team with a 10.9 scoring average, but has put up an average of 14.1 points in the past dozen games.

49.  He included three 3-pointers in his 5-for-6 start, beating his scoring average (13.3) by almost four points after one quarter.

50.  He is a point behind Latrell Sprewell in scoring average and is shooting better from the field than Sprewell at 42.2 percent.