Sports Fact of the Day 2/14/2007

Valentine's Day

2/14/1975:
Epitomizing the freelance, defense-be-darned style of the short-lived but fondly remembered American Basketball Association, the San Diego Conquistadors outlast the New York Nets, 176-166, in four overtimes despite a career-high 63 points by Julius Erving. Fewer than 3,000 at San Diego are on hand to watch the Good Doctor shoot 25-of-46 from the floor, grab 23 rebounds and play all but two minutes of the exhausting affair. The teams combine to shoot 57% from the floor for the entire schoolyard-style game. One-time NCAA scoring champion Dwight "Bo" Lamar leads the Q's with 45 points and Travic "Machine Gun" Grant adds 30.


Birthdays:
Woody Hayes b. 1913
Mickey Wright b. 1935
Jim Kelly b. 1960
Drew Bledsoe b. 1972
Steve McNair b. 1973