The Unofficial Guide to Basketball's Nastiest and Most Unusual Records

You will find large doses of both types of nastiness in the following pages, as well as a lot of simply strange stuff, such as the records for the most games played by a virgin, the largest fine for kicking a photographer in the testicles, the longest piece of biblical scripture tattooed on a player’s body, and the longest game delay caused by a bat. [...] The punch shattered most of the bones in Tomjanovich’s face and actu- ally knocked the top half of his skull out of alignment with the bottom half. [...] First player to order takeout during a game Quintin Dailey, Chicago, March 20, 1985 During the second half of a game against the Spurs in San Antonio, Dailey instructed the ball boy to borrow five dollars from a reporter and run to the concession stand for a slice of pizza. [...] When the ball boy returned, Dailey took the pizza and ate it at the end of the bench, much to the amusement of his teammates and the astonishment of coach Kevin Loughery. [...] First player suspended for refusing to stand for the national anthem Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf, Denver, March 12, 1996 Abdul-Rauf hadn’t stood for the national anthem for most of the 1995–96 season, but with a month left in the schedule the nba took a stand of its own.