Wayne Simmonds (right) following a fight in his final game as Flyer Saturday (Matt Rourke)
Wayne Simmonds (right) following a fight in his final game as Flyer Saturday (Matt Rourke)Associated Press

Tuesday Quickie Quiz & Single Digits

Simmons, Simmonds & Shizz

TUESDAY’S QUICKIE QUIZ

>>> Who made the first three-pointer in NBA history? Hint: He was a former Big 5 player.

(Answer Below)

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TUESDAY’S SINGLE DIGITS

>>> Since the beginning of the 2011-12 season, the Flyers have played 602 regular season games. Claude Giroux and the off-to-the-Predators Wayne Simmonds played together in 575 of those. There were 26 games in which one or the other played.

The only game in which neither appeared was April 10, 2016 -- a meaningless Game No. 82 when the Flyers were locked in to the final Eastern Conference playoff spot. They won at the Islanders, 5-2.

>>> Ben Simmons played 8:18 in Monday’s fourth quarter and totaled:
0 . . . Points
0 . . . Rebounds
0 . . . Assists

If you follow our PHILLY PROPS, you know we had Simmons Over 37.5 PRA (Points, Rebounds & Assists) in the game and when he entered the final stanza with 14, 12 and 2 (28), we were already counting the money.

>>> Without naming names, here are the Sixers’ starters plus/minus numbers from Monday:
-6 . . . -1 . . . -4 . . . 0 . . . -5

>>> Before a 5-for-9 performance from the foul line on Feb. 16, Shizz Alston was flirting with one of the two best free throw percentage seasons in Big 5 history. Now, he faces an uphill battle to reach the top of Temple’s list. He is at 89.4% (110-for-123) and would need to make his next 13 attempts to pull dead even with Nate Blackwell (123-for-136, 90.4%, in 1986-87).

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QUICKIE QUIZ ANSWER

>>> Villanova’s Chris Ford made the first three-point field goal in NBA history, connecting with 3:45 to go in the first quarter of the Celtics’ Oct. 12, 1979 opener against the Rockets.

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