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Bill Turner (basketball)
William R. Turner (February 18, 1944 – October 14, 2023) was an American professional National Basketball Association (NBA) player. Turner played college basketball for the Akron Zips The Akron Zips are the intercollegiate athletic teams that represent the University of Akron in Akron, Ohio, United States. The Zips compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the NCAA Division I, Division I level as a memb .... Turner died on October 14, 2023, at the age of 79. Career statistics NBA Source Regular season Playoffs References External linksNBA stats@ basketballreference.com 1944 births 2023 deaths 20th-century American sportsmen Akron Zips men's basketball players American men's basketball players Basketball players from Akron, Ohio Basketball players from Cleveland Cincinnati Royals players Denver Rockets draft picks Golden State Warriors players Los Angeles Lakers players New York Knicks draft picks Portland Trail Blazers play ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Cuyahoga County. Located along the southern shore of Lake Erie, it is situated across the Canada–United States border, Canada–U.S. maritime border and approximately west of the Ohio-Pennsylvania state border. Cleveland is the most populous city on Lake Erie, the list of cities in Ohio, second-most populous city in Ohio, and the List of United States cities by population, 53rd-most populous city in the U.S. with a population of 372,624 in 2020. The city anchors the Greater Cleveland, Cleveland metropolitan area, the Metropolitan statistical area, 33rd-largest in the U.S. at 2.18 million residents, as well as the larger Cleveland–Akron, Ohio, Akron–Canton, Ohio, Canton combined statistical area with 3.63 million residents. Cleveland was founded in 1796 near the mouth of the Cuyahoga River as part of the Connecticut Western Reserve in modern-day Northeast Ohio by General Moses Clea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1967–68 San Francisco Warriors Season
The 1967–68 NBA season was the Warriors' 22nd season in the NBA and 6th in the San Francisco Bay Area. The Warriors entered the season hoping to improve upon their previous season output of 44–37. They failed to do so, finishing the season with a 43–39 record, but they still made the playoffs. Roster Regular season Season standings :x – clinched playoff spot Record vs. opponents Game log Playoffs , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 1 , March 22 , @ St. Louis W 111–106, Jeff Mullins (29) , Rudy LaRusso (17) , Al Attles (7) , Kiel Auditorium5,018 , 1–0 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" , 2 , March 23 , @ St. Louis L 103–111, Jeff Mullins (33) , Clyde Lee (10) , Al Attles (7) , Kiel Auditorium5,810 , 1–1 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 3 , March 26 , St. Louis W 124–109, Jeff Mullins (33) , Clyde Lee (22) , Al Attles (7) , Cow Palace5,136 , 2–1 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 4 , March ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1944 Births
Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 2 – WWII: ** Free France, Free French General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny is appointed to command First Army (France), French Army B, part of the Sixth United States Army Group in North Africa. ** Landing at Saidor: 13,000 US and Australian troops land on Papua New Guinea in an attempt to cut off a Japanese retreat. * January 8 – WWII: Philippine Commonwealth troops enter the province of Ilocos Sur in northern Luzon and attack Japanese forces. * January 11 ** United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt proposes a Second Bill of Rights for social and economic security, in his State of the Union address. ** The Nazi German administration expands Kraków-Płaszów concentration camp into the larger standalone ''Konzentrationslager Plaszow bei Krakau'' in occupied Poland. * January 12 – WWII: Winston Churchill and Charles de Gaulle begin a 2-day conference in Marrakech. * Janua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1973 NBA Playoffs
The 1973 NBA playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 1972–73 season. The tournament concluded with the Eastern Conference champion New York Knicks defeating the Western Conference champion Los Angeles Lakers 4 games to 1 in the NBA Finals. The Knicks won their second (and most recent) NBA title. Willis Reed became the first player to be named NBA Finals MVP twice. The playoff format was modified, as only the divisional champions qualified automatically; two wild-cards were also added from each conference. Once qualification was determined, the four qualifiers were seeded 1–4 based on record; divisional position no longer mattered. The #1 seed then played #4, and #2 played #3. Because of this new format, New York, the Atlantic Division runner-up, had home-court advantage versus the Baltimore Bullets, the Central Division champion, since the Knicks had the better regular-season record. The Bullets had home-court advantage in the 1972 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1972 NBA Playoffs
The 1972 NBA playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 1971–72 season. The tournament concluded with the Western Conference champion Los Angeles Lakers defeating the Eastern Conference champion New York Knicks 4 games to 1 in the NBA Finals. Wilt Chamberlain was named NBA Finals MVP. The Lakers finished the regular season with the best record in NBA history at 69–13, a mark that was unequalled until the 1996 Bulls finished 72–10. Led by Chamberlain and Jerry West, the Lakers won their first title in Los Angeles; their last title was in 1954 as the Minneapolis Lakers. The Lakers won their first NBA Finals in their last nine appearances without superstar Elgin Baylor, who had played in each of the preceding eight losses. He retired nine games into the season because of ongoing knee problems. The Conference Semifinals series between the Bullets and Knicks would be the last NBA playoff series in which the team with the inferior regular ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1971 NBA Playoffs
The 1971 NBA playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 1970–71 season. The tournament concluded with the Western Conference champion Milwaukee Bucks defeating the Eastern Conference champion Baltimore Bullets four games to none in the NBA Finals. Led by Finals MVP and the previous season's Rookie of the Year Lew Alcindor and Oscar Robertson, the Bucks became the fastest expansion team in NBA history to win the championship (a record that they still hold through 2025), and did so in dominating fashion, finishing 12–2 in the playoffs with a postseason average point differential of 14.5.1970–71 Milwaukee Bucks Games – Basketball-Reference.com The playoff format kept the amount of teams qualifying the same, albeit with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1969 NBA Playoffs
The 1969 NBA playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 1968–69 season. The tournament concluded with the Eastern Division champion Boston Celtics defeating the Western Division champion Los Angeles Lakers 4 games to 3 in the NBA Finals. Despite finishing in 4th place, the Celtics won their second straight NBA title, marking their 11th overall as their era of 1960s dominance drew to a close. They upset Philadelphia and New York on the way to the Finals. Out west, the San Francisco Warriors stunned the Lakers by winning the first two in Southern California and Bay Area fans were thinking of avenging the prior year's sweep by the Lakers with a sweep of their own. But the Lakers won 4 straight to win the series in 6. This year marked the debut of the NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award; it was awarded to Jerry West of the Lakers, which marks the only time so far that the trophy has been given to a player on the losing team. The Celtics wer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1968 NBA Playoffs
The 1968 NBA playoffs was the postseason tournament of the 1967–68 season of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The tournament concluded with the Eastern Division champion Boston Celtics defeating the Western Division champion Los Angeles Lakers, 4 games to 2 in the NBA Finals. The Celtics won their 10th NBA title, their first under player-coach Bill Russell after Red Auerbach's retirement. In the Eastern Division Finals, the Celtics became the first team in NBA history to rally from a 3–1 series deficit to win, as they knocked off the defending champion Philadelphia 76ers in seven games. In the West, the Lakers swept the San Francisco Warriors in four games. It was the first time since 1954 that the top team in a division failed to make the Division Finals; from 1955 to 1966, the league gave the regular-season division champion a first-round bye. This year also marked a change in that the Division Semifinals were changed from a best-of-five to a best-of-seven. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1972–73 Los Angeles Lakers Season
The 1972–73 NBA season was the Lakers' 25th season in the National Basketball Association, NBA and 13th season in Los Angeles. During the previous season (1971–1972), the Lakers had posted the List of National Basketball Association longest winning streaks, longest winning streak in NBA history with 33 straight victories. In the 1972 NBA Finals, the Lakers had defeated 1971-72 New York Knicks season, New York Knicks in five games to win their sixth NBA Championship. However, even though the Lakers managed to make to the 1973 NBA Finals, NBA Finals for a second consecutive time, they proved unable to repeat as champions. The Knicks defeated them in five games. Following the season, Wilt Chamberlain retired. Offseason Draft picks Roster Regular season The defending champion Lakers returned intact, albeit another year older. They staged another season long battle for best record in the Western Conference with the Milwaukee Bucks. Both teams ended up with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1972–73 Portland Trail Blazers Season
The 1972–73 Portland Trail Blazers season was the third season of the Portland Trail Blazers in the National Basketball Association (NBA). After finishing the previous season at 18–64, the Blazers earned the first overall selection in the 1972 NBA draft. Bob McAdoo was the consensus number one pick but the two sides could not agree on a contract prior to the draft. Rather than risking losing McAdoo to the American Basketball Association (ABA) and getting nothing for the number one pick, the Blazers opted to select LaRue Martin. LaRue would average seven points per game over a four-season NBA career. The Blazers finished at 21–61, a marginal three-game improvement from the previous season. Draft picks Note: This is not a complete list; only the first two rounds are covered, as well as any other picks by the franchise who played at least one NBA game. Roster Regular season Season standings :z – clinched division title :y – clinched divi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1971–72 Golden State Warriors Season
The 1971–72 NBA season was the Warriors' 26th season in the National Basketball Association, NBA, the first as the Golden State Warriors in Oakland, California, Oakland, and 10th in the San Francisco Bay Area. This was also their only season to play a few home games in San Diego, as part of a brief attempt to represent the whole state of California. Offseason Draft picks Roster Regular season Season standings :z – clinched division title :y – clinched division title :x – clinched playoff spot Record vs. opponents Game log Playoffs , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 1 , March 28 , @ 1971–72 Milwaukee Bucks season, Milwaukee W 117–106, Jim Barnett (basketball), Jim Barnett (30) , Nate Thurmond (20) , Nate Thurmond, Thurmond, Jeff Mullins (basketball), Mullins (9) , Milwaukee Arena9,877 , 1–0 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" , 2 , March 30 , @ 1971–72 Milwaukee Bucks season, Milwaukee L 93–118, Nate Thurmond (32) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1970–71 San Francisco Warriors Season
The 1970–71 NBA season was the Warriors' 25th season in the NBA and ninth in the San Francisco Bay Area. It was also the franchise's final season in San Francisco before relocating across the Bay to Oakland the following season. The team would not play in San Francisco full time until the 2019–20 NBA season. Offseason Draft picks Roster Regular season Season standings :z – clinched division title :y – clinched division title :x – clinched playoff spot Record vs. opponents Game log Playoffs , - align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" , 1 , March 27 , Milwaukee L 96–107, Jeff Mullins (30) , Nate Thurmond (15) , Jeff Mullins (7) , Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena11,216 , 0–1 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" , 2 , March 29 , @ Milwaukee L 90–104, Nate Thurmond (18) , Clyde Lee (13) , Mullins, Williams (4) , University of Wisconsin Field House12,868 , 0–2 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" , 3 , March 3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
