1950
Following the Chicago Stags folding, the team’s roster is made available in a dispersal draft, with notable selections including Bob Cousy going to the Celtics, Andy Phillip to the Warriors, Max Zaslofsky to the Knicks, and Larry Foust to the Pistons.
1951
Leonard “Truck” Robinson is born in Jacksonville, Florida.
1963
A.C. Green is born in Portland, Oregon.
1967
Vicky Bullett is born in Martinsburg, West Virginia.
1972
Kurt Thomas is born in Dallas, Texas.
1973
Host nation Spain stuns the Soviet Union 80-76 in the semifinals of EuroBasket. It broke a streak of seven consecutive EuroBasket tournaments in which the U.S.S.R. won the gold medal. Spain would be defeated in the gold medal game by Yugoslavia, while Russia salvaged a bronze with a win over Czechoslovakia.
1980
James Jones is born in Miami, Florida.
1988
Derrick Rose is born in Chicago, Illinois.
1990
Bucks legend Sidney Moncrief comes back from retirement by signing as a free agent with the Hawks.
2017
A WNBA Finals re-match again goes to a winner-take-all game five but this time the Minnesota Lynx are victorious over the Los Angeles Sparks, 85-76. Sylvia Fowles finishes with 17 points and 20 rebounds and is named Finals MVP for the second time. For the Lynx, this is the end of a seven year stretch that included six Finals appearances and four titles.
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