January 8, 2002: Houston's Moochie Norris wins it at the buzzer. Norris finished with 13 PTS off the bench and Kenny Thomas scored a team-high 24 PTS in the Rockets’ 88-86 victory over the Knicks. Allan Houston scored 28 PTS for New York. 📺 NBA/ESPN

January 8, 1994: Charlotte's Dell Curry comes off the bench to score 30 PTS (12-23 FG/6-8 3P) in the Hornets' 102-99 win over the New York Knicks.

January 8, 1978: A 60-foot underhand pass from New Orleans’ Pete Maravich to Gail Goodrich in Portland. Trail Blazers 122, Jazz 100.

January 7, 1985: The Clippers beat the Jazz, 116-106. Marques Johnson had 20 PTS, Derek Smith scored 19, Bill Walton had 13 PTS/15 REB/4 BLK and Norm Nixon had 11 PTS/10 AST for Los Angeles. Utah's Adrian Dantley scored 22 PTS (sorry about the bad video during his dunk at 0:13).

What a weird game. VC had only 1 FGM for 3 quarters. Then just went on an epic run in the 4th. youtu.be/ZGCnr9GigMY?...

January 7, 1993: Atlanta’s Stacey Augmon with a putback dunk off of Kevin Willis' missed free throw. Augmon scored a team-high 20 PTS and Willis had 18 PTS/14 REB in the Hawks’ 100-94 win at Milwaukee. Frank Brickowski had 24 PTS/8 REB/7 AST for the Bucks. 📺 ESPN

January 7, 2005: Three dunks from Atlanta's Josh Smith. Smith scored 16 PTS and teammate Antoine Walker had 21 PTS/11 REB but the Hawks (5-26) fell to the Kings, 100-97. Mike Bibby had 31 PTS/6 STL/6 AST and Chris Webber scored 28 PTS (13-22 FG) for Sacramento (21-10).

January 7, 1989: Philadelphia's Hersey Hawkins hits a game-winning three at the buzzer in Houston. Hawkins had 31 PTS (12-18 FG) and Charles Barkley added 22 PTS/12 REB in a 96-95 Sixers win. The Rockets' Akeem Olajuwon had 26 PTS/12 REB and Otis Thorpe had 25 PTS/11 REB/4 STL.

January 7, 2004: A Vince Carter windmill dunk. Carter finished with 14 PTS and Donyell Marshall had 14 PTS/13 REB/2 BLK for Toronto (18-15) in the Raptors' 75-69 win over Cleveland. Rookie LeBron James had a game-high 21 PTS for the Cavaliers (11-24).

January 7, 1993: Charles Barkley of Phoenix with a putback dunk off of Cedric Ceballos' missed free throw. Barkley finished with 32 PTS/14 REB/6 AST in the Suns’ 111-107 win at Dallas. Derek Harper had 31 PTS & 7 AST for the Mavericks. 📺 ESPN

January 7, 2006: Cleveland's LeBron James blocks Mo Williams of the Bucks. James scored 35 PTS (14-22 FG) and had 6 AST in the Cavaliers' 96-88 win. Michael Redd scored 32 PTS to lead Milwaukee. 📺 NBA Action

January 7, 1998: A Kobe Bryant circus shot against Milwaukee. Bryant scored 17 PTS off the bench and Shaquille O'Neal had a game-high 38 PTS in the Lakers' 114-102 win. Seven Bucks players scored in double figures, led by Terrell Brandon, who had 15 PTS. 📺 NBA Action

January 7, 1993: After he fouled to stop the clock with a 16-point lead and 0:05 left, Tim Hardaway hits a 70-footer to put the Warriors over 120 points and win fans free pizza. The shot was waved off, but fans were still given Round Table Pizza coupons. Warriors 119, Heat 105.

Akeem Olajuwon of the Houston Rockets for L.A. Gear (1989):

January 6, 2001: Philadelphia's Allen Iverson scores 54 PTS (20-30 FG/4-7 3P) in a 107-103 win at Cleveland. Also for the 76ers (24-8), Aaron McKie had 20 PTS/9 AST and Theo Ratliff had 12 PTS/9 REB/8 BLK. Andre Miller had 22 PTS/14 AST for the Cavaliers (16-15).

January 6, 1995: Nick Anderson to Anfernee Hardaway to Shaquille O’Neal on the Magic fast break. O’Neal scored 34 PTS, Hardaway had 18 PTS and Anderson added 16 PTS in Orlando’s 121-99 win over Minnesota. Isaiah Rider scored 32 PTS to lead the Timberwolves. 📺 NBA Action

January 6, 1984: Jeff Ruland had 26 PTS/20 REB/3 BLK as the Bullets defeat Chicago in overtime, 96-88. Ricky Sobers added 16 PTS/7 AST and Greg Ballard had 14 PTS/9 REB for Washington. Orlando Woolridge led the Bulls with 21 PTS and David Greenwood added 13 PTS/12 REB/7 BLK.

January 6, 1991: Seattle’s Shawn Kemp sends a Clyde Drexler shot attempt into the stands. Kemp finished with 25 PTS/9 REB/6 BLK and Dale Ellis scored 22 PTS but the SuperSonics lost at Portland, 114-111. Drexler and Danny ainge each scored a team-high 20 PTS for the Trail Blazers.

January 6, 2001: Cleveland’s Andre Miller dunks on Theo Ratliff. Miller had 22 PTS/14 REB but the Cavaliers fell to the 76ers, 107-103. Allen Iverson scored 54 PTS (20-30 FG) for Philadelphia.

January 6, 1989: Mark Alarie’s tip-in at the buzzer (after the Bullets' Jeff Malone intentionally missed a free throw) sends Washington and Milwaukee to a 2nd overtime. Malone scored 38 PTS. Terry Cummings and Ricky Pierce each had 29 PTS for the Bucks, who won in 2OT, 128-121.

January 6, 1995: Clyde Drexler’s game-winning layup-and-1 with 0.6 seconds to go is the difference in Portland’s 95-92 win at Boston Garden. Drexler finished with 35 PTS (14-23 FG) for the Blazers. Dominique Wilkins and Eric Montross each scored 23 for the Celtics. 📺 NBA Action

January 6, 2000: Mavericks coach Don Nelson is ejected, then confronts Utah's Karl Malone (who’d earlier hit Shawn Bradley of Dallas in the head with an elbow). Nelson and Malone were each fined $10,000. Nelson was suspended for one game. 📺 CNN/ESPN

January 5, 1994: Orlando’s Donald Royal dunks on Scottie Pippen of Chicago. Royal scored 15 PTS off the bench. Shaquille O’Neal had 28 PTS/12 REB and Anfernee Hardaway had 20 PTS/10 AST in a 105-90 Magic win. Pippen had 20 PTS/11 REB for the Bulls.

January 5, 1983: Magic Johnson of the Lakers drives and dunks on Philadelphia's Marc Iavaroni. Magic finished with 23 PTS (11-16 FG)/20 AST/12 REB and Jamaal Wilkes scored 36 PTS but the 76ers defeated Los Angeles in OT, 122-120. Andrew Toney led the Sixers with 28 PTS/8 AST.

January 5, 1993: Golden State rookie Latrell Sprewell with a steal and circus shot in Seattle. Sprewell scored 16 PTS and Tim Hardaway had 30 PTS/9 AST/7 REB but the Warriors fell to the SuperSonics, 116-106. Nate McMillan scored 21 PTS off the Seattle bench. 📺 ESPN/NBA Action

January 5, 1996: Charles Barkley of the Suns with the chasedown block on Pooh Richardson at the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena. Barkley finished with 26 PTS/12 REB but the Clippers defeated Phoenix, 94-88. Richardson had team-highs of 20 PTS/9 AST/5 STL. 📺 ESPN

January 5, 1992: New York’s John Starks dunks on Mark West of Phoenix. Starks scored 16 PTS off the bench and Patrick Ewing had a game-high 37 PTS/13 REB in the Knicks’ 108-104 win. Kevin Johnson had 23 PTS/11 AST for the Suns.

January 5, 1983: Also during the Julius Erving "Rock the baby to sleep and slam dunk" game— Dr. J scores 27 PTS and Andrew Toney has 28 PTS (including this OT game-winner) and 8 AST in the 76ers' 122-120 victory. The Lakers' Jamaal Wilkes scored 36 PTS and Magic Johnson added 23 PTS/20 AST/12 REB.

January 5, 1991: A circus shot by Chicago's Michael Jordan. Jordan finished with 30 PTS in the Bulls' 108-92 win over the Cavaliers. Brad Daugherty had 18 PTS/11 REB and Henry James scored 25 PTS off the bench for Cleveland.

January 5, 1996: Milwaukee's Glenn Robinson dunks on Chris Dudley of Portland. Robinson finished with 23 PTS and Vin Baker scored a game-high 41 PTS in the Bucks' 113-96 win. Clifford Robinson scored 29 PTS to lead the Trail Blazers. 📺 NBA Action

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January 4, 1994: Detroit rookie Lindsey Hunter scores a season-high 29 PTS during a 97-91 loss at Chicago. Hunter had a run of 14 straight Pistons points that helped bring them back from a 17-point deficit in the 4th quarter.

January 4, 2003. 📸 Jeff Reinking/NBAE & Dan Levine/AFP

January 4, 2000: Cleveland’s Lamond Murray “captivating The Gund” with three dunks on three consecutive trips down the floor by the Cavs. Kings 111, Cavaliers 107.

January 4, 1996: Doug Christie of the Knicks throws down a pair of lobs from Charles Oakley during New York’s 105-93 win over the New Jersey Nets.

January 4, 2002: Washington's Michael Jordan with the two-handed snatch block on Ron Mercer during an 89-83 win over the Chicago Bulls. Jordan finished with 29 PTS/7 REB/2 BLK/2 STL and Chris Whitney had 18 PTS/8 AST for the Wizards. Mercer scored a team-high 25 PTS (11-21 FG).

January 4, 1994: A wild ending for the Lakers and Nuggets in Denver. James Worthy scored 27 PTS and Sedale Threatt added 24 PTS off the bench for Los Angeles. Reggie Williams finished with 27 PTS and LaPhonso Ellis had 21 PTS/16 REB for Denver. 📺 ESPN/KCAL-TV

January 4, 2003: Desmond Mason slams home the Gary Payton lob pass on a Seattle fast break. Mason scored 21 PTS and Payton had game-highs of 25 PTS & 14 AST but the Sonics fell to the Nuggets, 94-82. Juwan Howard had 20 PTS and Nenê had 17 PTS & 13 REB for Denver. 📺 NBA Action

January 4, 1985: With many former players on hand, the Celtics retire uniform #2 to honor Red Auerbach. Then Boston defeats the Knicks, 105-94. Larry Bird had 32 PTS (13-21 FG)/10 REB and Robert Parish had 21 PTS/12 REB for Boston. Bernard King scored 28 PTS for New York.

January 4, 1984: An assist from Magic Johnson to Michael Cooper and another from Cooper to Magic in the Lakers' 106-99 win at Cleveland. Magic—who'd been out 33 days with a dislocated right finger—came off the bench and scored 11 of his 23 PTS in the 4th quarter. He had 10 AST.

January 4, 1994: John Starks scores 39 PTS and Patrick Ewing finishes with 26 PTS/19 REB/3 BLK in the Knicks' 100-95 win over the Magic. Also for New York, Greg Anthony had 13 PTS/10 AST/5 STL. Shaquille O’Neal scored 26 PTS and Nick Anderson added 18 PTS/8 REB for Orlando.

January 3, 1985: The Cavaliers defeat the Bullets, 100-93. World B. Free scored 21 PTS, John Bagley had 18 PTS/7 AST, Roy Hinson had 17 PTS/10 REB, and Phil Hubbard scored 15 PTS for Cleveland. Washington's Gus Williams had 24 PTS/3 STL and Jeff Ruland added 19 PTS/9 AST/7 REB.

January 3, 2004: Golden State's Brian Cardinal buries a 70-foot shot at the end of the first quarter. Cardinal scored 15 PTS off the bench and Jason Richardson had 24 PTS but the Warriors lost at Detroit, 99-93. Tayshaun Prince had 20 PTS/9 REB/3 STL for the Pistons.

January 3, 1984: Jim Paxson scores 39 PTS (18-26 FG) and Kenny Carr scores 31 PTS (14-21 FG) in Portland's 123-104 win over Kansas City. Also for the Blazers, Wayne Cooper had 18 PTS/10 REB/4 BLK and Fat Lever had 10 PTS/9 AST. Eddie Johnson led the Kings with 23 PTS (11-15 FG).

January 3, 1995: Seattle’s Detlef Schrempf banks in a shot from 55 feet away to end the third quarter in Landover. Schrempf scored 18 PTS and Gary Payton had 24 PTS/7 AST in the SuperSonics' 121-107 win over the Bullets. Calbert Cheaney scored a team-high 23 PTS for Washington.

January 3, 2003: Cleveland's Ricky Davis dunks on Antonio Davis in Toronto. Ricky scored a game-high 29 PTS to go along with 5 AST and 5 STL in the Cavaliers' 81-80 win. Alvin Williams scored 25 PTS and Jerome Williams grabbed 18 REB for the Raptors. 📺 CNN World Sport

January 3, 1995: Eddie Jones of the Lakers "out-jumped everybody" to tip in two of his 22 PTS during a 105-96 win over the Pistons. Vlade Divac had 23 PTS/10 REB and Nick Van Exel added 21 PTS/9 AST for Los Angeles. Terry Mills scored a game-high 24 PTS for Detroit.

January 3, 2003: Indiana's Ron Artest throws a television monitor and smashes a video camera following the Pacers' 98-96 loss to the Knicks at Madison Square Garden. Artest—who later apologized and paid for the damaged equipment—was suspended for three games and fined $35,000.

January 3, 1984: Bullets rookie Jeff Malone drills the game-winner while falling out of bounds with one second left against the Pistons. Detroit's Bill Laimbeer sank a 25-foot shot just after the final buzzer that was waved off, and Washington held on for the 103-102 victory.

January 2, 2006: New Orleans/Oklahoma City's Desmond Mason dunks on Matt Carroll of the Bobcats. Mason finished with 15 PTS/9 REB and Chris Paul had 24 PTS/11 AST in the Hornets' 103-86 win. Brevin Knight led Charlotte with 19 PTS and teammate Bernard Robinson had 11 PTS/12 REB.