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Old pics, news clips, highlights and fistfights from the corners of NBA history.
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April 14, 1993: Chicago Bulls fan Don Calhoun attends his first Bulls game in three years and throws in a 75-foot shot that wins him $1,000,000.

Per Sports Illustrated, Calhoun was selected to shoot because a Bulls employee felt his “suede hiking boots wouldn’t scuff the court."
November 30, 1984: Washington wins at Detroit, 114-106.

Jeff Ruland had 19 PTS/14 REB/9 AST/3 BLK, Cliff Robinson had 19 PTS/14 REB, and Gus Williams & Frank Johnson each scored 21 PTS for the Bullets. Isiah Thomas had 32 PTS/9 AST and Terry Tyler added 17 PTS for the Pistons.
December 1, 2025 at 2:25 AM
November 30, 1990: Boston's Larry Bird scores his 20,000th NBA point in a 123-95 Celtics win over the Washington Bullets.

Bird—who finished with 21 PTS/14 REB—later said, "If they paid us by the point, I would've had 50 thousand now instead of 20."

📺 WTVJ/SportsChannel
November 30, 2025 at 11:21 PM
November 30, 2004: Amar'e Stoudemire with a reverse dunk for Phoenix in transition, assisted by Shawn Marion.

Stoudemire finished with 29 PTS (11-16 FG)/9 REB/4 BLK, Marion had 21 PTS/9 REB/4 BLK, and Steve Nash had 20 PTS/14 AST in the Suns' 115-102 win at Utah.

📺 NBA Action
November 30, 2025 at 10:29 PM
November 30, 1983: Milwaukee's Marques Johnson had 21 PTS/11 AST/10 REB and Sidney Moncrief scored 25 PTS in a 139-122 win over Denver.

Also for the Bucks, Junior Bridgeman scored 20 PTS and Paul Pressey added 18 PTS off the bench. Kiki Vandeweghe led the Nuggets with 26 PTS.
November 30, 2025 at 9:29 PM
November 30, 1987: Philadelphia’s Charles Barkley scores a then career-high 43 PTS (15-20 FG) and grabs 14 REB in a 106-101 win at Utah.

Barkley would have 47 PTS/15 REB and 46 PTS/16 REB in consecutive games later that season (the highest scoring season of his career—28.3 PPG).
November 30, 2025 at 8:23 PM
November 30, 1991: Rony Seikaly of the Miami Heat and Greg Kite of the Orlando Magic are ejected for fighting.

Kite was suspended for two games and fined $7,500. Seikaly received a one-game suspension and was fined $5,000.

📺 TBS
November 30, 2025 at 7:03 PM
November 30, 1984: Rookie Michael Jordan scores and is fouled with 1:02 left, giving the Bulls a 2-point lead on the Clippers.

Jordan finished with 20 PTS and Orlando Woolridge scored 23 PTS in Chicago's 104-100 win. Derek Smith had a game-high 33 PTS (12-17 FG) for Los Angeles.
November 30, 2025 at 6:22 PM
November 30, 1993: Seattle's Shawn Kemp with a lefty baseline slam off the touch pass from Detlef Schrempf.

Kemp had 19 PTS/15 REB/3 STL, Schrempf scored 16 PTS, and Sam Perkins had 21 PTS in the Sonics' 92-80 win over the 76ers. Jeff Hornacek had 20 PTS/8 AST for Philadelphia.
November 30, 2025 at 3:09 PM
November 29, 2003: Antoine Walker of the Mavericks with the lefty dunk over Minnesota's Michael Olowokandi.

Walker had 8 PTS/10 REB and Michael Finley scored 25 PTS in a 92-88 Dallas victory. Kevin Garnett finished with 28 PTS/20 REB/2 BLK for the Timberwolves.

📺 NBA Action
November 29, 2025 at 10:59 PM
November 29, 1999: Houston rookie Steve Francis goes off the glass to himself and throws it down in Vancouver.

Francis had 24 PTS/10 AST/9 REB and teammate Charles Barkley added 22 PTS in the Rockets' 118-110 win. Mike Bibby scored 25 PTS for the Grizzlies.

📺 NBA Action
November 29, 2025 at 10:22 PM
November 29, 1984: Larry Nance comes off the bench for 24 PTS/15 REB/4 BLK in a 100-95 win over the Bulls in Phoenix.

For Chicago, rookie Michael Jordan scored 22 PTS and Steve Johnson had 13 PTS/13 REB. The Suns' James Edwards scored 16 PTS and Maurice Lucas had 13 PTS/10 REB.
November 29, 2025 at 7:39 PM
November 29, 1988: Milwaukee's Terry Cummings scores 29 PTS and Sidney Moncrief scores 23 PTS in the Bucks' 119-114 win over the Trail Blazers at the Bradley Center.

For Portland, Jerome Kersey scored 30 PTS (11-18 FG) and Kevin Duckworth added 29 PTS/11 REB.

📺 KGW-TV
November 29, 2025 at 6:56 PM
November 29, 1991: Cleveland’s Terrell Brandon makes the first 3-pointer of his NBA career (from roughly 75 feet away).

The Cavaliers defeated the Orlando Magic, 115-104.

📺 TBS/NBA
November 29, 2025 at 6:11 PM
November 29, 1983: The Lakers improve to 12-4 with a 111-105 win at Golden State.

Magic Johnson had 15 PTS (5-7 FG)/16 AST/7 REB, Mike McGee scored 22 PTS (11-13 FG) and Bob McAdoo added 18 PTS/7 REB off the bench for Los Angeles. Purvis Short scored 33 PTS to lead the Warriors.
November 29, 2025 at 5:52 PM
November 29, 1997: Buzzer beaters by Calbert Cheaney, Michael Jordan and Rusty LaRue end the first, second and third quarters, respectively.

Chicago defeated Washington, 88-83, in the farewell game at USAir Arena/Capital Centre. The next Wizards home game would be at MCI Center.
November 29, 2025 at 5:22 PM
November 29, 1988: Charlotte rookie Rex Chapman scores 22 PTS off the bench and Robert Reid scores 17 PTS as the Hornets beat Miami, 99-84, in the first-ever meeting of the NBA's newest franchises.

Pearl Washington scored 18 PTS and Grant Long added 14 PTS/10 REB for the Heat.
November 29, 2025 at 5:02 PM
November 29, 1983: Milwaukee's Marques Johnson had 28 PTS/9 REB and Sidney Moncrief added 19 PTS/8 REB/7 AST in the Bucks' 94-88 win over the Bullets.

Jeff Ruland finished with 18 PTS/15 REB and Ricky Sobers scored 17 PTS for Washington.
November 29, 2025 at 4:16 PM
November 28, 1992: Golden State’s Chris Mullin scores on a no-look, over-the-head reverse layup.

Mullin finished with a game-high 36 PTS and Tim Hardaway added 28 PTS/14 AST in the Warriors’ 134-131 win over the Suns. Charles Barkley had 28 PTS/18 REB for Phoenix.

📺 NBA Action
November 29, 2025 at 4:54 AM
November 28, 1992: Indiana’s Reggie Miller scores a career high 57 PTS (16-29 FG/21-23 FT) with 8 AST in a 134-122 win at Charlotte.

Detlef Schrempf added 25 PTS and Pooh Richardson had 14 PTS/11 AST/10 REB for the Pacers. Alonzo Mourning had 30 PTS/5 BLK for the Hornets.
November 28, 2025 at 6:22 PM
November 28, 1992: A Dominique Wilkins putback slam during Atlanta's 112-100 win over Miami.

Wilkins—who ruptured his Achilles tendon 10 months earlier—finished with 32 PTS. Kevin Willis added 25 PTS/15 REB for the Hawks. Glen Rice scored 30 PTS for the Heat.

📺 NBA Action/ESPN
November 28, 2025 at 5:23 PM
November 28, 1969: The Knicks win their 18th-straight game (in dramatic fashion)

—Royals up 105-100, 0:16 left; Willis Reed hits 2 FT

—Dave DeBusschere steals Bob Cousy's inbound; dunks (105-104)

—Reed strips Tom Van Arsdale, Walt Frazier fouled at 0:02, hits 2 FT; 106-105 win
November 28, 2025 at 5:05 PM
November 28, 1988: A fun bit of gamesmanship as the Lakers’ Magic Johnson keeps trying to avoid lining up next to Charles Barkley before a free throw attempt in Philadelphia.

Johnson finished with 32 PTS/20 AST/11 REB in Los Angeles’ 109-104 win. Barkley had 31 PTS/23 REB/6 AST.
November 28, 2025 at 3:05 PM
November 27, 2004: Devin Brown goes up high to slam the lob from Brent Barry during San Antonio's 109-76 win over the Utah Jazz.

For the Spurs, Malik Rose scored 16 PTS, Manu Ginóbili had 15 PTS, Brown and Tony Parker each scored 14 PTS, and Tim Duncan added 12 PTS/13 REB/4 BLK.
November 28, 2025 at 12:19 AM
November 27, 1990: Phoenix wins at Portland for the first time in over SEVEN YEARS and hand the Blazers their first loss of the season.

The Suns' Tom Chambers had 28 PTS and Eddie Johnson added 25 PTS in a 123-109 win. Portland’s Kevin Duckworth and Jerome Kersey each scored 21 PTS.
November 27, 2025 at 11:39 PM
November 27, 1984: Dominique Wilkins with a double-pump baseline dunk on James Bailey of the Knicks.

Wilkins had 24 PTS/11 REB/3 STL for the Hawks but New York defeated Atlanta, 97-96, on a Rory Sparrow jumper with 0:05 remaining. The Knicks' Louis Orr scored a team-high 22 PTS.
November 27, 2025 at 10:57 PM