# Houston does score for over 5 minutes. An NBA record?

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**Created:** [May 18, 2009, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/houston-does-score-for-over-5-minutes-an-nba-record/496816 "2009-05-18T03:46:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mangosteen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Mangosteen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangosteen)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2009, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/houston-does-score-for-over-5-minutes-an-nba-record/496816/1 "2009-05-18T03:46:25Z")

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The Rockets didn’t score a point in today’s playoff game against the Lakers until about 5 minutes 15 seconds had passed in the first quarter. They didn’t score a field goal until more than 7 minutes 15 seconds had passed.

Are these records for the playoffs?

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**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2009, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/houston-does-score-for-over-5-minutes-an-nba-record/496816/2 "2009-05-18T15:19:20Z")

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IIRC there’s been instances of teams scoring 4 points in a quarter. The “record” may be lower than that (for either regular season or post-).

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**Author:** ![Mince](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@Mince](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mince)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2009, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/houston-does-score-for-over-5-minutes-an-nba-record/496816/3 "2009-05-18T15:23:50Z")

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I would reckon they are _not_ records. It may seem ridiculous, but it really isn’t _that_ ridiculous—comparatively.

[QUOTE=John DiFool]  
IIRC there’s been instances of teams scoring 4 points in a quarter. The “record” may be lower than that (for either regular season or post-).  
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[Lakers 40, Kings 4 (after 1st quarter).](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbBJQbt3hiA)

No field goals, ties record for fewest points in a quarter. Wasn’t playoffs and not sure if the record has been broken since.

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**Author:** ![SCSimmons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e495f1/32.png) [@SCSimmons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCSimmons)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2009, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/houston-does-score-for-over-5-minutes-an-nba-record/496816/4 "2009-05-18T15:52:16Z")

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> [@Mince](#):
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> No field goals, ties record for fewest points in a quarter. Wasn’t playoffs and not sure if the record has been broken since.

I’m going to go out on a limb and suggest that the Kings didn’t make the playoffs at all that season. 😃

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**Author:** ![Mince](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@Mince](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mince)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2009, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/houston-does-score-for-over-5-minutes-an-nba-record/496816/5 "2009-05-18T16:00:03Z")

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> [@SCSimmons](#):
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> I’m going to go out on a limb and suggest that the Kings didn’t make the playoffs at all that season. 😃

Based on that quarter’s performance, I wonder if they won a game. Granted they were in The Forum with Magic, Kareem, Worthy, Scott, Cooper, Green, etc.