1959
Bob Cousy sets the NBA single game record with 28 assists (along with 31 points) in a 173-139 Celtics victory over the Minneapolis Lakers. The mark would be equalled four years later by Guy Rodgers but not broken until 1978, when Kevin Porter surpassed it. Cousy’s mark still stands as the Celtics single game franchise record. He also became the first player in NBA history to finish a game with 25+ points and 25+ assists, a feat that only Porter has since matched.
1947
ABA All-Star Wil Jones is born in McGehee, Arkansas.
1952
Dwight Jones is born in Houston, Texas. A lifelong Houstonian, he played at Wheatley High School, University of Houston, and even spent three seasons with the Rockets.
1961
James Worthy is born in Gastonia, North Carolina. His #52 jersey is retired at Ashbrook High School.
Terence Stansbury is born in Wilmington, Delaware. He was named Delaware Basketball Player of the Year in 1980 while starring for Newark High School.
1968
NCAA champion Loy Vaught is born in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
1981
Utah Jazz owner Sam Battistone, Jr. announces that the team will be making a public offering to Utah residents to raise funds. The program was intended to be similar to the one used by the Green Bay Packers but was eventually cancelled when Battistone’s father, Sam, Sr., agreed to invest $2 million of private equity into the franchise.
1983
Devin Harris is born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He was named Mr. Basketball Wisconsin in his senior season at Wauwotosa East High School.
1986
WNBA All-Star Nicky Anosike is born in Brooklyn, New York.
Daniel Gibson is born in Houston, Texas. He led Jones High School to the Texas state title in 2004.
1992
Meyers Leonard is born in Woodbridge, Virginia. The family relocated to Illinois in his childhood after his father passed away in a cycling accident.
2012
Amid heavy rumors that the franchise was going to be re-located, Kings ownership, David Stern, and Sacramento mayor Kevin Johnson announce an agreement on keeping the franchise in Sacramento with a new arena deal. The owners, the Maloof brothers, later backed out of the deal and eventually sold the team to a local tech billionaire.
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