2010: Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Boston Celtics 83-79 in Game 7 to win their 16th NBA Championship in franchise history, 1 shy of Boston’s record of 17 Championships thanks to Metta World Peace‘s clutch dagger with an iconic post-game press conference from Kobe Bryant joking about having 1 more ring than Shaq
2008: Boston Celtics beat the Los Angeles Lakers 131-92 in Game 6, the most lopsided closeout victory in NBA Finals history, as Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett, and Ray Allen led the way with KG iconically declaring “ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE” after winning his only title
1992: Philadelphia 76ers traded future HOF PF Charles Barkley to the Phoenix Suns in exchange for PG Jeff Hornacek, C Tim Perry, and C Andrew Lang; Barkley would go on to win MVP the next season and led the Suns to just their 2nd-ever NBA Finals appearance
1976: 4 former ABA teams — the Nets, Spurs, Pacers, and Nuggets — joined the NBA, marking the official NBA-ABA merger, bringing the NBA’s total to 22 teams
1960: Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame OF Ted Williams became just the 4th player to hit 500 career HRs in MLB history during a victory over the Cleveland Indians