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On This Day in Basketball HistoryBulls Home Streak & a Jordan Milestone Reached
Heat vs Bulls, April 4, 1996 from Basketball-Reference.com. NBA.com tells us that Chicago hit an NBA record 44th consecutive home game over two seasons and an NBA record 37 consecutive home games won to start a season. Both streaks were stopped in the next game in Chicago when the Bulls lost to the Charlotte Hornets 98-97 on April 8, 1996. Number 23, Michael Jordan recorded four steals against the Heat to become the fourth NBA player to reach 2,000 career steals.
Karl Malone Sets Scoring Milestone Record
This Date in NBA History - April 4, 1997 - Utah Jazz Power Forward, Number 32, Karl Malone became the first NBA player to find the 2,000-point plateau for 10 consecutive seasons as the Jazz rolled the Memphis Grizzlies 106-79.
May 8 Numbers
Sports history is made every day of the year. We will preserve at least a small sampling from some great athletes every day based on the uniform number they wore. 10 - 17 - 32 - 4 - 22 May 8, 1878 - Paul Hines made the very first recorded triple play in professional baseball as a member of th...
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May 7 Numbers
Sports history is made every day of the year. We will preserve at least a small sampling from some great athletes every day based on the uniform number they wore. 3 - 51 - 34 May 7, 1917 - Babe Ruth was an outstanding hitter right? Well he was a pretty good pitcher too. On this day in history...
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May 6 Numbers
Sports history is made every day of the year. We will preserve at least a small sampling from some great athletes every day based on the uniform number they wore. 3 - 5 - 22 - 7 - 8 May 6, 1915 - The Sultan of Swing, Future Baseball Hall of Fame hitter, Babe Ruth smacked his first M...
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May 5 Numbers
Sports history is made every day of the year. We will preserve at least a small sampling from some great athletes every day based on the uniform number they wore. May 5, 1904 - Did you ever wonder how you get your name on an iconic award? This next story is a great step towards doing just that...
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May 4 Numbers
Sports history is made every day of the year. We will preserve at least a small sampling from some great athletes every day based on the uniform number they wore. 4 - 26 - 22 - 34 - 13 - 27 - 87 - 8 May 4, 1871 - The first official league game of baseball was played in the National Assoc...
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