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January 9th, 2009, 06:02 AM
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The longest winning streak in pro sports history is snapped at 33 games as the defending NBA champion Milwaukee Bucks rout the Los Angeles Lakers, 120-104. Bucks center Kareem Abdul-Jabbar outscores Laker counterpart Wilt Chamberlain, 39-15, and Milwaukee runs off an 18-2 spurt on their home court midway in the fourth quarter to win going away. Aided by their two-month-long skein of perfection, the Lakers will go on to compile a 69-13 regular-season mark and remain unstoppable in the playoffs.
B I R T H D A Y S
Bart Starr b. 1934
Robert Newhouse b. 1950
M.L. Carr b. 1951
Muggsy Bogues b. 1965
Sergio Garcia b. 1980
The longest winning streak in pro sports history is snapped at 33 games as the defending NBA champion Milwaukee Bucks rout the Los Angeles Lakers, 120-104. Bucks center Kareem Abdul-Jabbar outscores Laker counterpart Wilt Chamberlain, 39-15, and Milwaukee runs off an 18-2 spurt on their home court midway in the fourth quarter to win going away. Aided by their two-month-long skein of perfection, the Lakers will go on to compile a 69-13 regular-season mark and remain unstoppable in the playoffs.
B I R T H D A Y S
Bart Starr b. 1934
Robert Newhouse b. 1950
M.L. Carr b. 1951
Muggsy Bogues b. 1965
Sergio Garcia b. 1980