1993

In front of their home crowd in Salt Lake City, Karl Malone and John Stockton share All-Star MVP honors after leading the Western Conference to a 135-132 win over the East. Malone finishes the game with 28 points and 10 rebounds, while Stockton adds nine points and 15 assists. Rookie Shaquille O’Neal makes his debut (and is the first Magic player ever to appear), while Isiah Thomas participates for the 12th and final time.

1925

Jack Ramsay is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He played basketball, baseball, and soccer at Upper Darby High School.

1970

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar becomes the first player in Bucks franchise history to score 50 points in a game, dropping 51 in a 140-127 victory over the SuperSonics.

1971

Dave Bing sets a Pistons franchise record with a career high 54 points in a 125-112 loss to the Bulls. The record had previously been held by George Yardley since 1957 and would stand until 1983, when it was broken by Kelly Tripucka.

1977

Steve Francis is born in Takoma Park, Maryland. He had a difficult and transient youth, attending seven different high schools before dropping out entirely after his mom passed away.

1979

Tree Rollins sets the Hawks single game franchise record with 12 blocks in a 106-83 victory over the Trail Blazers.

1990

Rod Strickland is traded from the Knicks to the Spurs in exchange for an aging Maurice Cheeks.

2016

Anthony Davis breaks his own Pelicans single game franchise record with 59 points (along with 20 rebounds) in a 111-106 victory over the Pistons.

2018

Mavericks owner Mark Cuban is fined $600,000 by the league office for “public statements detrimental to the NBA,” i.e., openly stating on a podcast that the Mavs were tanking for a better draft position during the ’17-’18 season. Regardless of the financial hit, the strategy does pay off for Cuban and the Mavericks, who land Luka Doncic in the 2018 NBA Draft.