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Paul Arizin, who died Tuesday at 78 and was named in 1996 as one of the NBA’s 50 greatest players, was one of the league’s top scoring threats in the 1950s. The NBA’s annual scoring leaders through that decade:
Source: basketball-reference.com
*--* Year Player, Team PPG Year Player, Team PPG 1950 George Mikan, Lakers 27.4 1955 Neil Johnston, Philadelphia 22.7 1951 George Mikan, Lakers 28.4 1956 Bob Pettit, St. Louis 25.7 1952 Paul Arizin, Philadelphia 1957 Paul Arizin, Philadelphia 25.4 25.6 1953 Neil Johnston, 1958 George Yardley, Detroit Philadelphia 22.3 27.8 1954 Neil Johnston, 1959 Bob Pettit, St. Louis 29.2 Philadelphia 24.4
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