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What Happened in Sports: March 14, 2022
See what happened in sports on March 14, 2022 ft. KAT's T-Wolves record 60 PTS, NFL Free Agency Day 1, Matt Olson traded to Atlanta, and more!
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March 14th, 2022 was remembered for KAT setting a T-Wolves record with 60 points while making NBA history in the process. On the first day of NFL Free Agency, the Jags went all out, the Chargers chose CB J.C. Jackson as their top FA acquisition, Pittsburgh picked Mitch Trubisky as Big Ben’s replacement, the Bengals beefed up their O-Line with much-needed reinforcements, and Philly brought EDGE Haason Reddick back home, among many other notable moves to catch up on below.
The reigning World Series champion Atlanta Braves acquired All-Star 1B Matt Olson from the A’s, ultimately ending Freddie Freeman’s tenure with ATL. The Reds sent Jesse Winker to Seattle while former MVP OF Andrew McCutchen signed with Milwaukee. In a battle of the top-2 MVP candidates Nikola Jokic and Joel Embiid, Bones Hyland’s big 4th Qtr helped Denver get the win. Steph Curry had a 33rd birthday to remember with almost 50 points while Trae Young torched Portland for the second time this season.
See what happened in sports on March 14th last year, headlined by Drew Brees officially announcing his retirement and RB Aaron Jones signing a $48 million dollar extension with Green Bay, as well as what happened in sports on March 14th, 2020 ft. all leagues adjusting to the new halt in sports due to Covid-19 that ended up lasting 141 days but at the time was very up in the air.
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7:00 PM: Los Angeles Clippers (36-34) vs. Cleveland Cavaliers (38-29)
7:30 PM: Denver Nuggets (40-28) vs. Philadelphia 76ers (41-25)
10:00 PM: Milwaukee Bucks (42-26) vs. Utah Jazz (42-25)
10:30 PM: Toronto Raptors (37-30) vs. Los Angeles Lakers (29-38)
NBA: PF Marvin Bagley, Detroit Pistons (turns 23)
NFL: CB Tavon Young, Free Agent (28)
MLB: 1B Marwin Gonzalez, Free Agent (33)
NBA: PF Patrick Patterson, Free Agent (33)
NBA: PG Steph Curry, Golden State Warriors (34)
MLB: OF Kirby Puckett, Hall of Fame (62)
NBA: C Wes Unseld Sr., Hall of Fame (76)
2009: Miami Heat SG Dwayne Wade became the Heat’s all-time scoring leader with a 50-PT game in a 3OT win against the Jazz, surpassing Alonzo Mourning (9,459) as the franchise leading scorer. Wade finished his legendary career with 21,556 total PTS which still stands today
2006: After 5 seasons with the San Diego Chargers, QB Drew Brees signed with the New Orleans Saints to partner with HC Sean Payton and allow 1st round QB Phillip Rivers to become the unquestioned starter in San Diego
1986: Chicago Bulls SF Rod Higgins became the 1st player to play for 4 teams (CHI, SAS, NJN, SEA) during a single season in NBA history
1972: NBA’s Cincinnati Royals officially announced their plans to relocate to Kansas City, MO, where they’d become the “Kings” due to the team’s baseball team of the same name
1967: AFL and NFL held the 1st combined amateur player draft, 3 years before the merger in 1970
1962: Playing every single minute for the record 47th consecutive game in the Philadelphia Warriors’ OT win over the Bulls, C Wilt Chamberlain completed his incredible record-setting regular season by averaging 50.4 PPG and 48.5 MPG
1960: Philadelphia Warriors rookie C Wilt Chamberlain scored a playoff-record 53 points at the time during a victory over the Syracuse Nationals. Wilt is still the only rookie to record 50+ points in a Playoff game, doing so 2x in March, 1960
1954: Milwaukee Braves rookie OF Hank Aaron hit a HR in his very 1st start, an exhibition against the Boston Red Sox
1954: Baltimore Bullets became the only team to this day to lose every single road game during a season in NBA history (0-20)
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