Today we are looking at four basketball games and the effects that they had on the games recordbooks. The first game was played on December 14, 1957 at the Keil Auditorium in Saint Louis, Missouri between the Saint Louis Hawks and the New York Knicks. The Hawks scored a 136-124 win over the Knicks. The Knicks had 26 of the 50 free throw attempts made in one quarter.
We move ahead to December 14, 1972 and an American Basketball Association game at the Salt Palace in Salt Lake City, Utah between the Utah Jazz and the Memphis Tams. The Jazz took a 147-90 win over the visitors. Exactly one year later in the same league at the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina, the Jazz scored a 132-130 win in triple overtime against the Carolina Cougars. Maybe its a bad idea to schedule a game with the Jazz on December 14. We will have to check their record on the day since.
The last game we are looking at was played on December 14, 1999 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles between its two teams, The Clippers and the Lakers. The visiting Clippers were doomed by a miserable start in their 95-68 beating by the Lakers. The Clippers scored only 19 points in the first half. The Lakers outscored them 17-3 in the second quarter. The Clippers must have thought that they were playing in the pre World War Two Era. They most certianly would have never made it in todays American Basketball Association or even the International Basketball League, two minor leagues where high scoring games are the norm.
Tomorrow we will look at the World of Hockey for one day just as we have been looking at Basketball for the last three days.
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