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https://www.barstoolsports.com/blog/923324/on-this-date-in-sports-january-29-1988 Frank The Tank - 1/29/2018 The Detroit Pistons beat the Boston Celtics 125-108 in front of a record crowd of 61,983 at the Pontiac Silverdome . It is the first meeting in Detroit between the two rivals that staged a classic seven-game battle in the Eastern Conference Finals last spring. The Pistons effort is led by Adrian Dantley and Joe Dumars who score 22 and 20 points respectively, while Vinnie Johnson scores 19 points off the bench in the win. The 1987 Eastern Conference Finals was one of the great series in the history of the NBA, as the Boston Celtics punched their ticket to the NBA Finals for a fourth straight year, but needed seven games , as the Detroit Pistons showed they were on their way of taking over the top spot in the East. The two teams once again were at the top of the Eastern Conference, with the Celtics holding a record of 30-11 while the Pistons were 23-13 entering the game. The

https://www.mavs.com/markaguirre/ JUN 16, 2020 DWAIN PRICE There’s no debate on how much impact Mark Aguirre had when he played for the Dallas Mavericks. And perhaps no person can eloquently explain Aguirre’s dominance better than one of his former teammates – Rolando Blackman . “The defense knew Mark was coming every night and they couldn’t do a damn thing about it,” Blackman told Mavs.com. “They were wasting all that damn chalk on the board. “I don’t even know why they wrote those (strategies to contain Aguirre) on the chalk board. He was just wearing them out from the low block, outside, inside. It was just all over the place.” Indeed, of the Top 10 individual single-season scoring averages in Mavs’ history, Dirk Nowitzki and Aguirre own four each. Luka Doncic and Jim Jackson each have one. In fact, with the 29.5 points he averaged during the 1983-84 season, Aguirre owns the highest individual single-season scoring average in Mavs’ history. “He was a superior basketball player , p