March 18
1945 - Maurice Richard of the Montreal Canadiens becomes the first NHL player to score 50 goals in a season during a 4-2 triumph over the Boston Bruins in the final game of the season.
1950 - CCNY beats Bradley 69-61 for the NIT championship.
1953 - Don Schlundt scores 30 points to lead Indiana to a 69-68 victory over Kansas for the NCAA basketball championship.
1990 - Jeff Fryer’s 41 points powers Loyola Marymount to a 149-115 victory over defending national champion Michigan in the highest-scoring game in NCAA Tournament history.
1993 - Santa Clara beats Arizona 64-61 to become the second 15th-seeded team to win a first-round game in the NCAA Tournament.
2000 - Colorado’s Ray Bourque becomes the first NHL defenseman to score 400 career goals in a 4-3 loss to Detroit.
2001 - Indiana’s Reggie Miller becomes the first NBA player with 2,000 3-pointers after hitting four in a 101-95 win over Sacramento.
2002 - Sami Kapanen’s goal with 10.4 seconds left helps Carolina extend its NHL record to seven straight ties at home with a 1-1 draw with Montreal.
2006 - Dallas improves to an NHL-best 10-0 in shootouts this season, winning 4-3 over San Jose. The Stars set an NHL record with their 10th come-from-behind victory after trailing entering the third period - though four of those wins were in shootouts, which didn’t exist before this season.
2007 - Kobe Bryant scores 50 points for the second consecutive game leading the Los Angeles Lakers to a 109-102 win over Minnesota.
2007 - San Jose’s Ron Wilson coaches in his 1,000th game, to become the 13th coach in NHL history to reach that milestone.
2008 - The Houston Rockets’ 22-game winning streak ends. Kevin Garnett scores 22 points and Paul Pierce adds 20 in the Celtics’ 94-74 victory. The Rockets hadn’t lost since a 97-89 defeat to Utah on Jan. 27.
2009 - New Jersey’s Martin Brodeur breaks Patrick Roy’s NHL record for career wins by a goaltender. Brodeur records his 552nd win in a 3-2 decision over the Chicago Blackhawks.
2013 - LeBron James and the Miami Heat escape Boston with their 23rd win in a row, the second-longest winning streak in NBA history. James scores 37 points and makes the go-ahead basket with 10.5 seconds left in Miami’s 105-103 victory. The 1971-72 Los Angeles Lakers won 33 in a row.
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