Thursday, January 10, 2008

Today's Date in NBA History

(Boulder-CO) Today's date is January 10th, and on this day:

'85- Lenny Wilkens became the first person to coach in 1,000 NBA games when the Seattle SuperSonics defeated the Golden State Warriors 89-86.

'86- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar of the Los Angeles Lakers scored his 34,000th career point, the only NBA player to reach that milestone.

'94- Isiah Thomas of Detroit was added to the roster of Dream Team II, replacing the injured Tim Hardaway. The team would go on to win the gold medal at the 1994 World Championship of Basketball in Ontario, Canada.

'96- In the Celtics’ 113-104 win against the Kings, Boston guard Dana Barros sank a three-point field goal in his 89th straight game, an NBA record streak that would be stopped in his next game.

'98- Utah head coach Jerry Sloan won his 600th game with a 111-84 win at Houston.
Enjoy your day!

No comments: