Happy Birthday Dr. J!
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Quadruple Double - Alvin Robertson
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On this day in 1986, Guard Alvin Robertson became the 2nd player in NBA History to record a Quadruple Double! He is one of only four players, and the only Non-Center to accomplish the feat. And the only player to do so with steals as the fourth category (the other three were with blocks).
Scholastic Sports Shots -Collector's Book #1 -Michael Jordan
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Who's that Dude?
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That dude in the back row with the plain number 12 jersey is Rimas Kurtinaitis. The Lithuanian guard is the only non NBA player to participate in the 3pt contest. He came in last place with 9 pts during the 1989 shootout.
Burn of The Week- The 1991 Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Miami Heat by 68 Points!
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This week’s Burn of the Week’ goes to Mark Price & his Cleveland Cavaliers teammates who torched the Miami Heat by a score of 148-80 back on December 17th, 1991. The 68 point margin of victory is the largest in NBA history. Eight players on Cleveland posted double digit point totals, but no one scored over 20. Price & John Battle led the way with 18 a piece. At one point in the game the Cav’s were up by 73!!
1995 All-Star Weekend Sweep
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We’ve got another fun Blaze NBA All-Star Factoid for you guys on this Fabulous Friday. With their respective wins in the 1995 Dunk Contest & 3-Point Shootout, Miami Heat stars Harold Miner & Glen Rice became the first & last set of teammates to sweep the NBA All-Star Weekend Saturday night contests.
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That’s Right! The 1st Image of ‘Baby Jordan’ has him wearing the # 32. That image is from his previous Dunk Contest Victory back in 1993. Harold switched to the # 4 for the 1994-95 season.
1996 NBA All-Star MVP Michael Jordan
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1996 NBA All-Star Game
February 11, 1996 - San Antonio, Texas
In his first All-Star Game back from retirement Michael Jordan poured in 20 points along with 4 rebounds during an Eastern Conference 129-118 victory. The performance would earn him MVP honors, although many fans thought East teammate Shaquille O’Neal should have been named MVP for his 25 pts & 10 rebounds.
Jordan Rules
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Defunct Teams With Awesome Logos - San Diego Sails
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‘Defunct Teams with Awesome Logos’
First up we have the San Diego Sails of the ABA. With an ownership change in 1975 came a new name, color scheme, & uniforms for the squad formerly known as The Q’s. Q being short for Conquistador.
The Sails wouldn’t stay above water very long I’m afraid. With an impending ABA/NBA merger on everyone’s mind, those in charge would end up pulling the plug on the franchise when they realized they would be left out of the NBA life boat.
Sinking the Sails after just 11 games. The Sails finished at 3-8 over their three week existence. The ABA would fold a few months later in the spring of ’76 when four of the remaining teams were consumed by the NBA.
Back To Back 50 Point Games
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On February 1st, 1984 Knicks legend Bernard King drops 50 pts for the second night in a row as New York beats the Spurs and Mavericks on a swing thru Texas. There are only 12 Players in NBA History who dropped 50 or more on consecutive nights. Bernard had eight 50 point plus games in his career. Who has the most?
Mad Max Goes For 51!!
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Did you know Vernon Maxwell is one of just 9 NBA players to score 30 or more points in a single quarter? ‘Mad Max’ exploded for 30 of his 51 points in the 4th quarter during a Houston Rockets 103-97 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers back in January of 1991. I never knew this but, Vernon is the all-time leading scorer in Florida Gators History, and led the 1987 squad to their 1st ever NCAA Tournament. Happy Belated B-DAY!
Manute Bol Blocks 15 Shots!
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⚡Flashback January 25, 1986⚡
(10) Manute Bol blocks 15 shots in a 111-103 Washington Bullets victory over the Atlanta Hawks. Tied for 2nd most blocks in a game ever. (Elmore Smith had 17 in 1973) Manute's 15 blocks that day is also the Rookie single game record🏀⚡🏀⚡🏀
Most Minutes Played In One NBA Game
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Seattle Supersonic Shooting Guard Dale Ellis set the record for most minutes ever played in a single NBA Game when he clocked in for 69 of the possible 73 minutes played between Seattle & Milwaukee back on November 9th, 1989. As the Berlin Wall was falling across the pond, Dale was knocking down shots left & right, scoring 53 points during the five overtime marathon in Milwaukee. He & the Sonics would come up just short though, 155-154.
Quadruple Double
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Flashback - March 29, 1990- Hakeem Olajuwon records the 3rd quadruple double in NBA history during a Houston Rockets 120-94 win over the Milwaukee Bucks. Hakeem The Dream’s stat line that night went like this: 18 points, 16 rebounds, 11 blocks, and 10 assists.
The favorite card that I have from my childhood collecting days is a 1986-87 Fleer (#82) Hakeem (Akeem) Olajuwon rookie card. I have such a rad memory of getting it too. I was at the local sports card shop back in the early 90’s when I noticed they had constructed this haphazard pyramid of card boxes with random #’s taped on them. Apparently, there were all these various valuable cards distributed throughout the grab boxes. I gambled my allowance on box #10. Halfway through I pulled out Akeem, and remember being so stoked. The old guy behind the counter even pulled out a screw down card case for me to put it in.
It’s current location is unknown. Last seen in my Mom’s garage.
All-Star Brothers
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On This Day - Way back in 1970 this pair of brothers became the 1st siblings to face off against one another in a NBA All-Star Game. Can any of you old timers name them? They would face off against one another the next season as well.
In 2015, another pair of brothers became the 1st to both start an All-Star Game. Who were they?
Shortest Player To Record A Triple Double
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Throwback to January 31st, 1991. (14) Michael Adams becomes the shortest player to ever record a triple-double. The 5'10 point guard puts up a career high 45 points, grabs 11 boards and dishes out 12 assists in a Nuggets win over the New Jersy Nets.
5'9 Isiah Thomas of the Sacramento Kings broke the record in 2014 when he had a triple double performance against the Washington Wizards.
Boston Celtics Retire the # 00 For The Chief
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On January 18th, 1998 The Boston Celtics raised the # 00 to the rafters of the Boston Garden, in honor of Center Robert Parish. Chief owns the distinction of having played the most games in NBA History with 1, 611. Did you know there is only one other team that has retired the # 00 Jersey. Can you name the team & player. Free Blaze up for grabs. Let’s have a killer week dudes!!
Don Nelson - Player & Coach
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On This Day in 1990 Don Nelson coached the Golden State Warriors during a 144-105 blowout loss to the Indiana Pacers. He became the 2nd Man in NBA History to have both played & coached in at least 1,000 games. Can you dudes name the 1st man to accomplished this feat? Happy Friday Folks!
Highest Scoring NBA Game
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On December 13th, 1983 an obscure cast of late night east coast cable TV watchers bore witness to the highest scoring game in NBA History. The Detroit Pistons topped the Denver Nuggets 186-184 in a 3OT mile high marathon. Isiah Thomas led the victorious Pistons with 47 points and 17 assists. Nugget Kiki Vandeweghe led all scorers with 51.
Reboundin Rodman
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Did you know that a 38 year old Dennis Rodman in just 12 games played for the 1999-00 Dallas Mavericks, averaged 11.2 rebounds a game? During his 29 days in Dallas he was also ejected twice & suspended once. The Mavs went 4-9 over that span.