Lakers. The Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Dallas Mavericks to record the three thousandth regular season victory in franchise history.

Car-Melo. P.J. Chessonand drove the Indy car "Car-Melo" which was co-owned by Carmelo Anthony.

9. Yao is Yao Ming's surname and Ming is his given name.

Minnesota Timberwolves. Kevin Love entered the NBA as the 5th pick overall in the 2008 NBA Draft.

Sky Hook. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar developed the "high arcing rainbow" shot in the 4th grade.

Hakeem Olajuwon. In 1995-96, Hakeem Olajuwon became the ninth NBA player to amass at least 20,000 points and 10,000 rebounds in his career.