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Below is a day-by-day look at landmark moments, games, performances and more from this week in NBA lore.
Oct. 6
Oct. 6, 1993
Michael Jordan of the Chicago Bulls announced his retirement from the NBA at a news conference in Deerfield, Ill. Jordan’s retirement after nine seasons came less than four months after he helped lead the Bulls to their third consecutive NBA championship with a six-game victory over Phoenix in the 1993 NBA Finals. His nine-year totals included 21,541 career points, seven straight league scoring titles (1987-93), an NBA record-high career scoring average (32.3 ppg), and three regular season and three NBA Finals MVP awards. Jordan announced his return to the NBA on March 18, 1995 and 24 hours later played in a game against Indiana at Market Square Arena, scoring 19 points in the Bulls’ 103-96 overtime loss.
Oct. 6, 1998
The NBA announced that all 114 preseason games for this year have been canceled because of the stalled collective bargaining negotiations with the National Basketball Players Association.
Oct. 7
Oct. 7, 2015
Harry “The Horse” Gallatin, a member of the Naismith Memorial Hall of Fame and a 7-time All-Star, dies at age 88.
Oct. 8
Oct. 8, 1975
The San Antonio Spurs, then members of the ABA, defeated the NBA’s Atlanta Hawks 109-107 in the first basketball game ever played in the Louisiana Superdome.
Oct. 8, 1999
Los Angeles Lakers Co-Owner/Vice President Earvin “Magic” Johnson, the legendary point guard who directed the great Showtime Lakers of the 1980s, is the subject of ESPN’s SportsCentury series. Johnson was selected by a distinguished panel of 48 journalists, historians, observers and administrators as No. 17 on the list of the greatest North American athletes of the 20th Century.
Oct. 8, 2002
The NBA officially opens an office in Beijing, China.
Oct. 9
Oct. 9, 1993
The first 10 players on the USA Basketball Dream Team that would compete at the 1994 World Championship of Basketball in Canada were named: Dominique Wilkins, Joe Dumars, Mark Price, Derrick Coleman, Tim Hardaway, Larry Johnson, Alonzo Mourning, Shawn Kemp, Dan Majerle and Steve Smith.
Oct. 9, 2001
Milwaukee coach George Karl was named coach of USA Basketball’s 2002 World Championship team that would compete in the FIBA World Championship for Men, beginning Aug. 29 in Indianapolis.
Oct. 10
Oct. 10, 1972
Bob McAdoo made his debut for the Buffalo Braves at home against Atlanta. The Hawks won 120-109.
Oct. 10, 1980
Kevin McHale made his debut for the Boston Celtics against Cleveland. Boston won 130-103.
Oct. 10, 2000
Dick Klein, who founded the Chicago Bulls in 1965, died in his sleep in Greenville, S.C. at age 80.
Oct. 11
Oct. 11, 1980
The Dallas Mavericks opened their first season in the NBA with a 103-92 victory at home against interstate rival San Antonio.
Oct. 11, 2002
The Miami Heat and the Minnesota Timberwolves played the first preseason game in the Dominican Republic at the Palacio de los Deportes in Santo Domingo. It marked the 19th time the NBA held a game in Latin America.
Oct. 11, 2008
In a preseason match-up, Denver beats the Phoenix, 77-72, at the Indian Wells (California) Tennis Garden. The game is noteworthy because it is the first NBA game played outdoors in three decades.
Oct. 12
Oct. 12, 1979
Chris Ford of the Boston Celtics scored the first 3-point basket in NBA history with 3:48 left in the first quarter of a 114-106 victory over Houston at Boston Garden. This game also marked the debut of Boston rookie Larry Bird.
Oct. 12, 1979
Magic Johnson made his debut for the Los Angeles Lakers at the San Diego Clippers. The Lakers won 103-102.
Oct. 12, 1979
Larry Bird made his debut for the Boston Celtics in a 114-106 win against the Houston Rockets.
Oct. 12, 1989
The NBA joined USA Basketball, the national governing body for the sport in the United States.
Oct. 12, 1999
NBA legend Wilt Chamberlain passed away at his home in Bel-Air, California at the age of 63. A 13-time NBA All-Star, first-ballot Hall of Famer and holder of numerous records, many of which will never be broken, Chamberlain arrived in the NBA in 1959 out of the University of Kansas (1955-58), after a one-year stint with the Harlem Globetrotters (1958-59). In his first season with the Philadelphia Warriors, Chamberlain astonished the professional basketball world by averaging an NBA rookie record 37.6 points and 27.0 rebounds on his way to capturing the NBA MVP and NBA Rookie of the Year Awards following the 1959-60 season.