On This Date in NBA History-November 2

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On This Date in NBA History-November 2

Posted by admin | Under NBA Monday Nov 2, 2009

November 2, 1946 Red Auerbach made his professional coaching debut for the Washington Capitols in a 50-33 road win over the Detroit Falcons.
November 2, 1949 Slater Martin and Vern Mikkelsen made their debuts for the Minneapolis Lakers at the Philadelphia Warriors. The Lakers won 81-69.
November 2, 1990 The Golden State Warriors registered a 162-158 win over the Denver Nuggets at McNichols Arena, with the 320 points setting an NBA record for the most points scored by two teams in a non-overtime game.
November 2, 1990 The Phoenix Suns defeated the Utah Jazz 119-96 at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium in Japan in the first regular season game played outside North America by any major professional sports league. The teams also met the next night in Tokyo, with the Jazz winning 102-101.
November 2, 199 The Heat’s Pat Riley became the eighth coach to win 800 games in Miami’s 97-95 win at Indiana. Riley accomplished this feat two weeks shy of his 15th coaching anniversary — quicker than any coach in NBA history.
November 2, 1999 NBA.com tipped off the 1999-2000 season at 7 p.m. (ET) with a seven-hour, live simulcast of the debut of NBA.com TV, the league’s new 24-hour television network. NBA.com also offered for the first time free Japanese-language audio broadcasts of the 1999 NBA Japan Games, featuring the Minnesota Timberwolves and the Sacramento Kings in two regular season games at the Tokyo Dome, November 6 and 7. Produced at NBA Entertainment’s facility in Secaucus, N.J., NBA.com TV combines real-time statistics, scores, and news from NBA.com with live studio-based programming, real-time “look-ins” of NBA games, game highlights, vintage NBA games, NBA videos and special programming from the award-winning archives of NBA
November 2, 1999 Los Angeles Clippers’ rookie forward Lamar Odom scored 30 points in his NBA debut, a 104-92 loss to Seattle.

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