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Sep 20, 2026
Preston KloppSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Philadelphia will be in Atlanta, Detroit at Baltimore, Boston at Milwaukee, and Chicago at Golden State.
Preston KloppSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And the American Basketball Association, also all-night action.
Preston KloppSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Dallas playing Virginia and Norfolk.
Preston KloppSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
It's Utah at Carolina, San Diego at Kentucky, Denver at Indiana, and New York at Memphis.
12 MINS LATER
Preston KloppSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Alberta's Oilers are in Chicago to play the Cougars.
Preston KloppSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And Philadelphia is under the dome in Houston playing the Arrows.
Preston KloppSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
So let a look at all the professional action scheduled for this evening and this afternoon in the National Hockey League, WHA, and of course the National and American Basketball Associations.
Preston KloppSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
A host of college basketball games played on Friday night.
Matt MooreHOST
Uh, Dr. J.
SwipaHOST
ABA shout out.
Matt MooreHOST
Yeah, in the ABA he did that.
Matt MooreHOST
Uh, Kevin McHale with the Celtics.
SwipaHOST
Mm-hmm.
SwipaHOST
You, you haven't heard my Dr. J takes.
Matt MooreHOST
Yeah, I...
Matt MooreHOST
Well, especially ABA, man.
speaker_11NARRATOR
And the Milwaukee Bucks beat the Golden State Warriors, 81-77.
speaker_11NARRATOR
Dan Issel and Artis Gilmore combined for 355 points to lead defending Eastern Division champion Kentucky to a 131-10 route over the Virginia Squires in their American Basketball Association home opener.
speaker_11NARRATOR
In other ABA games, Carolina trounced New York 126-78, Utah defeated Dallas 106-90, San Diego won over Memphis 135-118, and Denver defeated Indiana 96-90.
speaker_11NARRATOR
In pro football this afternoon, New York Jets 7, New England nothing, Houston 7, Pittsburgh nothing.
John NewmanHOST
rick berry i just think great free throw shooter and i know he has more than that underhand myself yeah and i know he's more than that but that's like the first thing you think of and so again this is another card that i think eventually in the building it's just i don't
TonyGUEST
know this year's the For folks that are basketball fans, especially, Historians, check out the Amazon Prime series about the ABA.
TonyGUEST
I
Ray FonioGUEST
was just about to say that.
Ray FonioGUEST
Rick Barry started on the Nets before Dr. J did, which I didn't know until I saw Soul Power.
Ray FonioGUEST
He was the star on the Nets before Doc was.
Ray FonioGUEST
And then he went to the NBA and Doc went to the ABA Nets.
Ray FonioGUEST
But yeah, great, great documentary.
speaker_6NARRATOR
And the Milwaukee Bucks beat the Golden State Warriors, 81-77.
speaker_6NARRATOR
Dan Issel and Artis Gilmore combine for 355 points to lead defending Eastern Division champion Kentucky to a 131-10 route over the Virginia Squires in their American Basketball Association home opener.
speaker_6NARRATOR
In other ABA games, Carolina crowns New York 126-78.
speaker_6NARRATOR
Utah defeated Dallas 106-90.
Mick MolloyHOST
Yeah.
Titus O'ReilyHOST
The NBA and the American Basketball Association merged.
Titus O'ReilyHOST
You've seen ones like the USFL that we just covered-
Mick MolloyHOST
[laughs]
Tony KornheiserHOST
Pretty good, huh? Brown then played on the United States gold medal basketball team in 1964.
Tony KornheiserHOST
He was a three-time assist leader in the ABA and was on the ABA champion Oakland Oaks in 1969.
Tony KornheiserHOST
As a college coach, Brown reached the NCAA championship game at UCLA, and he won it at Kansas.
Tony KornheiserHOST
As a pro coach, he was three-time coach of the year in the ABA, NBA coach of the year in 2001 with Philadelphia.
Tony KornheiserHOST
And then Brown's Detroit Pistons won the NBA title in 2004, making him the only coach to win both the college and pro championships.
Tony KornheiserHOST
Brown is in both the College and Pro Basketball Halls of Fame, and he coached the United States to a bronze medal in the 2004 Olympics.
Preston CloughSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Philadelphia will be in Atlanta, Detroit at Baltimore, Boston at Milwaukee, and Chicago at Golden State.
Preston CloughSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And the American Basketball Association, also all-night action.
Preston CloughSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Dallas playing Virginia and Norfolk.
Preston CloughSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
It's Utah at Carolina, San Diego at Kentucky, Denver at Indiana, and New York at Memphis.
13 MINS LATER
Preston CloughSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Alberta's Oilers are in Chicago to play the Cougars.
Preston CloughSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And Philadelphia is under the dome in Houston playing the Arrows.
Preston CloughSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
So let a look at all the professional action scheduled for this evening and this afternoon in the National Hockey League, WHA, and of course the National and American Basketball Associations.
Preston CloughSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
A host of college basketball games played on Friday night.
Rick LaughlandGUEST
So they basically have been... moving since their existence.
Rick LaughlandGUEST
They were part of the charter members of the ABA.
Rick LaughlandGUEST
To answer your question, I would love to have met or seen Dr. J in his prime in the ABA with the Nets because he was the poster child for that league.
Rick LaughlandGUEST
By the time he got to the NBA with the Philadelphia 76ers, he had some injuries pile up.
Rick LaughlandGUEST
He was at an older age.
Rick LaughlandGUEST
He was still a tremendous player, a legendary player.
Rick LaughlandGUEST
but not to the level he was with the New York Nets.
Rick LaughlandGUEST
I'm always jealous of those old-time ABA fans and Nets fans that got to see Dr. J in his heyday.
Preston CloughSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Philadelphia will be in Atlanta, Detroit at Baltimore, Boston at Milwaukee, and Chicago at Golden State.
Preston CloughSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And the American Basketball Association, also all-night action.
Preston CloughSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Dallas playing Virginia and Norfolk.
Preston CloughSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
It's Utah at Carolina, San Diego at Kentucky, Denver at Indiana, and New York at Memphis.
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