Below are the most notable NBA players born on Dec. 31.

The major league rules committee mandates that pitchers must have access to a rosin bag. 1971 — UCLA starts its 88-game winning streak with a 74-61 win over UC Santa Barbara.

Former NBA champion with the Los Angeles Lakers, Dwight Howard, revealed who he believes is the greatest player in the league ...

Great NBA teams can often string wins together. But some teams have been able to do something truly special with long winning ...

2000 — Utah’s Karl Malone becomes the third player in NBA history to score 30,000 points when he makes a layup with 8:53 left ...

In the 2009-10 NBA season, the Thunder jumped from 23 wins to 50 wins. OKC was built around 21-year-olds Kevin Durant and ...

Five NBA talents, including Rod Strickland and Lamar Odom, who surprisingly never earned an All-Star selection despite their ...

Counting last year's two big individual performances, this date has been a day when larger-than-life moments happen in the NBA.

The 1971-1972 Los Angeles Lakers hold the longest winning streak in NBA history at 33 games. Led by Jerry West, Wilt Chamberlain and Gail Goodrich, the Lakers went on to win 69 games that season ...

The Los Angeles Lakers (32-3) and Milwaukee Bucks (30-5) in the 1971-72 NBA season were the only other teams to both win 30 of their first 35 games. Entering this season, the 1971-72 Los Angeles ...

A collision between two organizational bullet trains, one on a 15-game winning streak and the other 10 — the first such meeting in NBA ... single season since the Lakers and Bucks in 1971-72.

A collision between two organizational bullet trains, one on a 15-game winning streak and the other 10 — the first such meeting in NBA history. The Cleveland Cavaliers and ... the only pair of teams ...