Tuesday, January 8, 2008

Today's Date in NBA History

(Boulder-CO) Today’s date is January 8th, on this day:

‘85- The San Antonio Spurs, behind a near quadruple-double by guard Johnny Moore, beat Golden State 139-94. Moore had 26 points, 13 assists, 11 rebounds and nine steals.

‘93- Michael Jordan’s game-high 35 points led Chicago to a 120-95 win over Milwaukee, giving him exactly 20,000 points in the 620th game of his NBA career. Jordan was the second-fastest to reach 20,000 points behind only Wilt Chamberlain, who did it in 499 games.

‘93- Robert Parish pulled down 11 rebounds in Boston’s 102-88 win over New Jersey, becoming the ninth player in NBA history to collect 13,000 career rebounds.

‘97- The Top Ten Teams in NBA History was announced: 1964-65 Boston Celtics, 1966-67 Philadelphia 76ers, 1969-70 New York Knicks, 1971-72 Los Angeles Lakers, 1982-83 Philadelphia 76ers, 1985-86 Boston Celtics, 1986-87 Los Angeles Lakers, 1988-89 Detroit Pistons, 1991-92 Chicago Bulls and the 1995-96 Chicago Bulls.

‘98- Utah's Karl Malone moved past former Boston Celtics great John Havlicek (26,395) and into eighth place on the NBA's all-time scoring list. In the same game Malone also started his 500th consecutive game and passed Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (6,712) to move into sixth place on the NBA's all-time list for free throws made.

Enjoy your day!

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