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	nbc4.com - NBA Finals - Garnett Named MVP
		He led the league in double-doubles this season with 71, the most in the NBA since Hakeem Olajuwon registered 72 during the 1992-93 season.
		Garnett became only the fifth player in NBA history - and first in 29 years - to lead the league in total points (1,987) and total rebounds (1,139) in the same season.
		Garnett became the first player to win four Player of the Month awards during the 2003-04 season.
	www.nbc4.com /nba/3262527/detail.html

	NBA.com: Karl Malone Bio
		Holds the NBA record for most seasons leading the league in free-throws made (seven, 1988-89 to 1992-93, 1996-97, 1997-98) and most consecutive seasons leading the league in free-throws made (1988-89 to 1992-93)
		Selected after junior season by the Utah Jazz in the first round (13th pick overall) of the 1985 NBA Draft....Signed by the Jazz on 8/8/85....Re-signed by the Jazz on 11/7/88....Re-signed by the Jazz on 9/25/90....Re-signed by the Jazz on 1/13/96....Re-signed by the Jazz on 8/1/99.
		Fourteen-time NBA All-Star selection who played in 12 games (missed 1990 game due to injury and the 2002 game due to family illness), including 10 consecutive contests from 1991 to 2001
	www1.nba.com /playerfile/karl_malone/career_statistics.html?nav=TextNavBar

	NBA.com: COACHES
		Prior to the 1992-93 season, Pressey was named as assistant coach for the Golden State Warriors, but after a rash of injuries he was forced back to the court and appeared in 18 games.
		His best season came in the 1984-85 season when he averaged 16.1 points, 6.8 assists and 5.4 rebounds per game, while being named to the NBA All-Defensive First Team as a member of the Bucks.
		Selected 21st overall by the Milwaukee Bucks in the 1982 NBA Draft, Pressey averaged 10.6 points, 5.6 assists and 3.9 rebounds per game.
	www.sanantoniospurs.com /coachfile/paul_pressey/?nav=page

	Yinka Dare
		A native of Nigeria, he spent two years at George Washington University before declaring himself eligible for the NBA Draft, many people with knowlegde of basketball thought that Yinka was gonna come out his freshman season.
		Named Freshman of the Year by Sports Illustrated for 1992-93, he followed that up as a sophomore by pacing the nation in scoring, rebounding, blocked shots, and field-goal percentage.
		Banking on the future, the New Jersey Nets selected Dare with the 14th overall pick in the 1994 NBA Draft.
	www.angelfire.com /stars/yinka/yinka.html (200 words)

	NBC 17 - NBA Finals - Nash Officially Named MVP
		He is the second MVP in Suns history (Charles Barkley in 1992-93) and just the fourth point guard in the award's history.
		The Suns posted just 29 victories in 2003-04, but the offseason acquisition of Nash from the Dallas Mavericks sparked a 33-win turnaround, and the team finished with the NBA's best record at 62-20 this season.
		The official announcement came during halftime of ABC's NBA playoff telecast, two days after the league's worst-kept secret was widely reported.
	www.nbc17.com /nba/4464447/detail.html (200 words)

	orcb4014.txt
		The NBA further states that 736 games were broadcast in the 1992-93 season by local over-the-air stations, representing an all-time high and an increase of nearly 60 percent over the 1982-83 season, the earliest year for which the NBA presented figures.
		In the 1993-94 season, 53 home games and 263 away games are scheduled for broadcast.
		NHL submissions show that, if all expansion teams are excluded, the total number of local broadcasts dropped from 324 in 1981-82 to 242 in 1993-94, but much of the decline is concentrated in a few markets.
	www.fcc.gov /Bureaus/Cable/Orders/1994/orcb4014.txt (20352 words)

	Michael Jordan: Career Retrospective
		After winning his third straight NBA title with the Chicago Bulls in 1992-93, Jordan had a tough offseason that reached its turning point when his father, James Jordan, was murdered in North Carolina.
		The Bulls posted the best record in the NBA by a margin of 10 games but had a tougher time in the postseason than the previous year.
		His postseason honors included membership on the All-NBA First Team and the NBA All-Defensive First Team and selection as Player of the Year by The Sporting News.
	www.saskschools.ca /~wakaw/russ/rb1.html (3646 words)

	NBA Playoff Series Results
		Playoff Fact: Of the three teams winning 55 games for six consecutive seasons (with the Boston Celtics from 1979-80 to 1987-88 and the Los Angeles Lakers from 1984-85 to 1990-91 being the others), the SuperSonics (1992-93 to 1997-98) are the only one not to win a championship.
		Playoff Fact: The 1958 Hawks were the only team to defeat a Bill Russell-led Celtics team in the NBA Championship Series, as Boston won in 11 of their 12 appearances during his career (between 1957 and 1969).
		defeated Kansas City-Omaha, 4-2, NBA Western Conference Semifinals
	members.aol.com /bradleyrd/playoffs.html (3646 words)

	NBA Playoff Series Results
		Playoff Fact: Of the three teams winning 55 games for six consecutive seasons (with the Boston Celtics from 1979-80 to 1987-88 and the Los Angeles Lakers from 1984-85 to 1990-91 being the others), the SuperSonics (1992-93 to 1997-98) are the only one not to win a championship.
		Playoff Fact: The 1958 Hawks were the only team to defeat a Bill Russell-led Celtics team in the NBA Championship Series, as Boston won in 11 of their 12 appearances during his career (between 1957 and 1969).
		Playoff Fact: Not only are the Bullets one of only three teams to win the championship in their first season in the league (Philadelphia Warriors 1947, Baltimore Bullets 1948, Minneapolis Lakers 1949), their 1953 team holds the distinction of being the worst team (16-54,.229) ever to qualify for the playoffs.
	members.aol.com /bradleyrd/playoffs.html (3646 words)

	NBA Playoff Series Results
		Playoff Fact: Of the three teams winning 55 games for six consecutive seasons (with the Boston Celtics from 1979-80 to 1987-88 and the Los Angeles Lakers from 1984-85 to 1990-91 being the others), the SuperSonics (1992-93 to 1997-98) are the only one not to win a championship.
		Playoff Fact: The Lakers have qualified for the playoffs 46 of their 50 seasons in the NBA (92%), the best ratio of any current NBA franchise, including 21 of the last 22 years.
		Playoff Fact: The 1958 Hawks were the only team to defeat a Bill Russell-led Celtics team in the NBA Championship Series, as Boston won in 11 of their 12 appearances during his career (between 1957 and 1969).
	members.aol.com /apbrhoops/playoffs.html (3646 words)

	KentuckyCrackBabies.txt
		He won the NBA's most improved player award for the 1992-93 season.
		As of the beginning of the 1995-96 NHL hockey season, 5 of the top 13 point scorers of all time were still playing.
		This freshman has been the leading scorer for the California Golden Bears basketball team this season.
	www.stanford.edu /group/CollegeBowl/archive/ABDavis96/KentuckyCrackBabies.txt (3595 words)

	Dennis Rodman: Dennis Rodman
		Honors: NBA champion (1989, '90, '96, '97, '98); Defensive Player of the Year (1990, '91); All-NBA Third Team (1992, '95); All-Defensive First Team (1989, '90, '91, '92, '93, '95, '96); Two-time NBA All-Star (1990, '92).
		Signed by the Denver Nuggets for th 2003-2004 NBA season.
		Selected by the Detroit Pistons in the second round (27th pick overall) of the 1986 NBA Draft.
	www.freewebs.com /dennisrodman (3595 words)

	NBA.com: Iverson Dominates MVP Balloting
		Allen Iverson on Tuesday was named the winner of the Maurice Podoloff Trophy as the NBA's Most Valuable Player for the 2000-01 season.
		In his fifth NBA season out of Georgetown, Iverson led the Sixers to an Eastern Conference-best 56 victories, the most for the franchise since 1985, and their first Atlantic Division title since 1990.
		He is the first player since Michael Jordan in 1992-93 to lead the league in points and steals per game.
	www.nba.com /news/mvp_iverson_010515.html (3595 words)

	Traverse City Record-Eagle - News Story -- www.record-eagle.com
		In seven seasons with the Suns, Majerle averaged 14.6 points, played in three NBA All-Star games (1992, '93, '95) and was a key member of the 1992-93 team that lost to Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls in the NBA Finals.
		Majerle credits Tom Kozelko, a 1969 Traverse City graduate who played three NBA seasons for Washington in the early 1970s, for helping to raise his game to another level.
		Majerle's final college season was a personal success - he average 23.7 points and finished his career with 2,055 points - but the Chippewas placed second in the MAC and did not advance to post-season play.
	www.record-eagle.com /2002/feb/15majerl.htm (2235 words)

	Kevin McHale Biography
		McHale, who was Boston's first choice (third overall) in the 1980 NBA Draft, retired from the Celtics following the 1992-93 season.
		Noted for his high-percentage shooting (.554-ninth best in NBA history), McHale was the first player in NBA history to shoot 60 percent from the field and 80 percent from the foul line in the same season.
		From 1980-81 through the 1991-92 season, Kevin McHale teamed with Larry Bird and Robert Parish to form one of the greatest frontlines in professional basketball history with the Boston Celtics.
	www.hoophall.com /halloffamers/McHale.htm (629 words)

	NBA.com: John Lucas Coach Info
		In addition to his NBA coaching experience, Lucas was the owner and head coach of the Miami Tropics of the United States Basketball League (USBL) from 1992-93 and led the Tropics to a 38-9 record and two USBL championships.
		Lucas began his 14-year NBA playing career during the 1976-77 season.
		John Lucas is beginning his second season as the Head Coach for the Cleveland Cavaliers.
	www.nba.com /coachfile/john_lucas (414 words)

	InsideHoops.com - Steve Nash wins NBA MVP Award for 2004-05
		Nash, who joins Charles Barkley (1992-93) as the only Suns player to receive the NBA’s top individual honor, was named Western Conference Player of the Week on two occasions this season and was named Western Conference Player of the Month for November.
		Nash is in the company of Bob Cousy (1956-57), Oscar Robertson (1963-64), Johnson (1986-87, 1988-89 and 1989-90), Michael Jordan (1990-91, 1992-93, 1995-96, 1997-98) and Allen Iverson (2000-01) as the only guards in NBA history to be named NBA MVP.
		Steve Nash of the Phoenix Suns was named the winner of the Maurice Podoloff Trophy as the NBA’s Most Valuable Player for the 2004-05 season, the NBA announced today.
	www.insidehoops.com /nash-mvp-050805.shtml (781 words)

	MAGIC: Magic History
		Injuries to Scott (28 missed games) and reserve big man Brian Williams (61 missed games) defused some of the team's momentum, but Orlando's 1992-93 record improved 20 games, to 41-41, marking the best turnaround in the NBA that season.
		Forward Dennis Scott, who had Orlando's best scoring night of the season on March 8 with 40 points against the Denver Nuggets, set a team mark with 125 three-point field goals for the season, the best long-distance production by a rookie in NBA history.
		Terry Catledge (19.4 ppg) and Reggie Theus (18.9) were the team's leading scorers for the season.
	www.nba.com /magic/history/magic_history.html (5997 words)

	NBA 03-04 TNT
		Barkley began his career with the Philadelphia 76ers in 1984, and after eight seasons was traded to the Phoenix Suns prior to the 1992-93 season.
		Barkley is in his fifth full season as an NBA studio analyst and for the Emmy award-winning studio show Inside the NBA on TNT with host Ernie Johnson and analyst Kenny Smith.
		Barkley retired after the 1999-2000 NBA season, which was his 16th season as an NBA player.
	www.tnt.tv /Title/View4/0,5878,44747150723829~~~,00.html (361 words)

	Larry Bird Biography
		His first season, Bird was named NBA Rookie of the Year and the Celtics advanced to the conference finals, the start of 13 straight postseason appearances.
		By the time Bird retired in 1992, he held or shared 27 Celtics' records and had brought three more NBA championship banners to Boston in 1981, 1984 and 1986.
		In 1979, when Bird joined the Celtics, he launched an era both in Boston and throughout the NBA that may never again be duplicated.
	www.hoophall.com /halloffamers/bird.htm (636 words)

	SpeakerDetails
		While playing for the Spurs, he earned a spot on the NBA All-Rookie Second Team, and proceeded to the Western Conference All-Star Team in 1992-93.
		After starting all 50 games in the Spurs' 1998-99 championship season, helping the Spurs to win their first NBA title, Elliott underwent a kidney transplant.
		NBA All-Star Forward Sean Elliott, 32, began his basketball career at the University of Arizona, where he was the all-time leading scorer in Pac-10 Conference history, breaking the record held by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
	www.brooksinternational.com /sports/Sean_Elliott_554.htm (337 words)

	Yinka Dare
		A native of Nigeria, he spent two years at George Washington University before declaring himself eligible for the NBA Draft, many people with knowlegde of basketball thought that Yinka was gonna come out his freshman season.
		Named Freshman of the Year by Sports Illustrated for 1992-93, he followed that up as a sophomore by pacing the nation in scoring, rebounding, blocked shots, and field-goal percentage.
		Yinka Dare, a 7-1 center, is an awesome physical specimen who came into the NBA with only three years of organized basketball under his belt.
	www.angelfire.com /stars/yinka/yinka.html (200 words)

	October 11, 1994
		In 1992-93, his first season with Phoenix, Barkley missed six games and the Suns set a franchise record by winning 62 games and made the NBA Finals; last season, he sat out 17 games, and the Suns finished 56-26, bowing out to Houston in Game 7 of the second round.
		Schayes, now with his fifth team starting his 14th NBA season, said Phoenix had the depth of championship teams.
		That would still leave Tisdale, Ainge, Garland and centers Joe Kleine and Schayes on one of the deepest benches in the game.
	wildcat.arizona.edu /papers/old-wildcats/fall94/October/October11,1994/10_2_m.html (200 words)

	Los Angeles Clippers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Clippers returned to the play-offs again in the 1992-93 season (with a 41-41 regular season record), and again lost in five games in the first round, this time to the Houston Rockets.
		The 1979-80 season wasn't much better, as the Clippers began to struggle, but not before they brought in San Diego native, center Bill Walton, who was two years removed from a NBA world championship with the Trail Blazers.
		The Clippers, under head coach Jim Lynam (and later Don Chaney) and new acquistions Marques Johnson, Junior Bridgeman, and Harvey Catchings (all acquired via trade from the Milwaukee Bucks), finished with a disappointing 31-51 record in the first season in the City of Angels.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Los_Angeles_Clippers (200 words)

	Pat Riley, sports celebrities, pat riley, sports personalities
		Riley was named NBA Coach of the Year under the Knicks during the 1992-93 season.
		Riley was named NBA Coach of the year under the Lakers during the 1989-90 season.
		Pat Riley brought the 1993-94 New York Knicks to the franchise's first NBA Finals in more than two decades.
	www.barberusa.com /sports2/riley_pat.html (728 words)

	orcb4014.txt
		The NBA further states that 736 games were broadcast in the 1992-93 season by local over-the-air stations, representing an all-time high and an increase of nearly 60 percent over the 1982-83 season, the earliest year for which the NBA presented figures.
		MLB states that, in 1994, 28 baseball flagship stations are scheduled to present a total of 1,707 regular season telecasts (1,582 if the two expansion teams are not considered).
		CBS states that short notice provisions are extremely important to networks' realizing their full investment in college sports rights and that these provisions should not be a problem for broadcasters, who are in the business of covering news and events of importance on notice of less than to six to twelve days.
	www.fcc.gov /Bureaus/Cable/Orders/1994/orcb4014.txt (20352 words)

	AZSPORTSFAN.COM: Members: Sports Page
		An integral member of the Phoenix Suns 1992-93 Western Conference Champion Team, Ceballos led the NBA in field goal percentage that season, shooting a a 57.6% (381-662) clip.
		An NBA journeyman, Ceballos was originally drafted in the second round (48th overall) by the Suns in 1990.
		An 11-year NBA veteran, Ceballos played with five teams including the Suns, Los Angeles Lakers, Dallas Mavericks, Miami Heat and Detroit Pistons.
	azsportsfan.com /members/sports/04262004.1.html (328 words)

	MAGIC: Orlando Magic Broadcasting Talent
		No stranger to The City Beautiful, Guokas was the head coach of the Magic from their inaugural season in 1989-90 through the 1992-93 campaign.
		For the previous eight seasons, Guokas was an analyst for NBC’s coverage of the NBA.
		Guokas played in Philadelphia for four seasons and helped the Sixers win the 1967 NBA title.
	www.nba.com /magic/tvradio/programming.html (328 words)

	Boston.com / Sports / Basketball / Warriors send Clifford Robinson to Nets
		He was the NBA Sixth Man in 1992-93, and was named to the NBA all-defensive second team in 1999-00 and 2001-02.
		Robinson has averaged 15.3 points, 4.8 rebounds and 2.4 assists in 16 NBA seasons.
		Robinson was suspended for five games earlier this month for violating the NBA's drug policy.
	www.boston.com /sports/basketball/articles/2005/02/14/warriors_send_clifford_robinson_to_nets?mode=PF (473 words)

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