Neftalí Rivera

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|stat1label = Points |stat1value = 7,482 (19.2 ppg) |stat2label = Rebounds |stat2value = 1,052 (2.7 rpg) |stat3label = Assists |stat3value = 1,291 (3.3 apg) | medaltemplates = |- ! Men's basketball |- ! Representing  Puerto Rico |- ! Pan American Games |- | | 1975 Mexico City| Team |- | | 1971 Santiago de Cali| Team }}

Neftalí Rivera (born 22 September 1948) is a Puerto Rican former basketball player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics and in the 1976 Summer Olympics.[1] He holds the record for most points in a game in the Baloncesto Superior Nacional when he scored 79 points on May 22, 1974. In that game he achieve the record by making 34 field goals(all of them 2-pointers as the 3-pointers where not adopted back then) and 11 free throws.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Olympics". sports-reference. Retrieved 7 June 2012.
  2. ↑ "40 años de la increíble gesta de Neftalí Rivera". El Nuevo Día. Retrieved 4 December 2016.


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