June 22

1947 - Right: Hall of Fame player "Pistol Pete" Maravich is born in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania. His playground moves, circus shots, and hot dog passes were considered outrageous at the time, but he would probably feel quite at home with the style of play today. He averaged 44.2 PPG in college, even without the help of the 3-point line. His average of more than 24 PPG in a 10-year NBA career isn't bad either.

1987 - In possibly the best sleeper pick in the history of the NBA, the Chicago Bulls pick up a kid from the University of Central Arkansas, Scottie Pippen, with the sixth pick of the NBA Draft.

1994 - Led by Hakeem Olajuwon’s 25 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists, Houston defeats New York, 90-84, in Game 7 of the NBA Finals at The Summit, giving the Rockets their first NBA Championship in the 27-year history of the franchise. Olajuwon averaged 26.9 points, 9.1 rebounds and 3.9 blocks for the series and was unanimously voted the Finals MVP, the first player to ever win the Defensive Player of the Year and both the regular season and Finals MVP awards in the same season. The game is the Knicks’ 25th game of the 1994 postseason, an NBA record. Derek Harper set a Finals record for the most three-point field goals made (17) in a seven-game series and Patrick Ewing set a Finals record for the most blocks in a series with 30.

1998 - Michael Jordan (above) appears on the cover of Time magazine, as he leads his Bulls to their second "three-peat."

2000 - The Indiana Pacers announce that Larry Bird, the team’s head coach for three seasons, would not return to the franchise in any capacity for the 2000-01 season. In his three seasons with the Pacers, Bird compiled a 147-67 record for a winning percentage of .687, the best three-year winning percentage in team history. The Pacers also won two Central Division Championships, an Eastern Conference Championship, reached the Eastern Conference Finals three times and in 2000, advanced to the NBA Finals for the first time in franchise history. In postseason play, the Pacers were 32-20 (.615) under Bird.

2002 - Natalie Williams records the first 20/20 performance in WNBA history when she scores 22 points and grabs 20 rebounds in the Utah Starzz’s 77-61 over the Sacramento Monarchs at ARCO Arena.