On This Date: October 26

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• Monday, October 26, 2020

  2-time NBA All-Star Eddie Johnson died at the age of 65.

• Wednesday, October 26, 2016

  Anthony Davis of the New Orleans Pelicans scored 50 points in a 107-102 loss to the Denver Nuggets.

  3-time All-Star Jaylen Brown made his NBA debut for the Boston Celtics in a 122-117 win over the Brooklyn Nets.

  7-time All-Star Joel Embiid made his NBA debut for the Philadelphia 76ers in a 103-97 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder.

  1-time All-Star Brandon Ingram made his NBA debut for the Los Angeles Lakers in a 120-114 win over the Houston Rockets.

  3-time All-Star Domantas Sabonis made his NBA debut for the Oklahoma City Thunder in a 103-97 win over the Philadelphia 76ers.

  2-time All-Star Pascal Siakam made his NBA debut for the Toronto Raptors in a 109-91 win over the Detroit Pistons.

• Saturday, October 26, 1985

  11-time All-Star Patrick Ewing made his NBA debut for the New York Knicks in a 99-89 loss to the Philadelphia 76ers.

  1-time All-Star A.C. Green made his NBA debut for the Los Angeles Lakers in a 121-116 win over the San Antonio Spurs.

  1-time All-Star Xavier McDaniel made his NBA debut for the Seattle SuperSonics in a 101-95 loss to the Dallas Mavericks.

  3-time All-Star Detlef Schrempf made his NBA debut for the Dallas Mavericks in a 101-95 win over the Seattle SuperSonics.

• Friday, October 26, 1984

  11-time All-Star Charles Barkley made his NBA debut for the Philadelphia 76ers in a 111-101 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers.

  14-time All-Star Michael Jordan made his NBA debut for the Chicago Bulls in a 109-93 win over the Washington Bullets.

  10-time All-Star John Stockton made his NBA debut for the Utah Jazz in a 102-94 loss to the Seattle SuperSonics.

  1-time All-Star Kevin Willis made his NBA debut for the Atlanta Hawks in a 119-104 win over the New Jersey Nets.

• Wednesday, October 26, 1977

  George Johnson of the New Jersey Nets blocked 10 shots in a 113-110 loss to the Atlanta Hawks.

• Friday, October 26, 1973

  Elmore Smith of the Los Angeles Lakers blocked 14 shots in a 94-92 win over the Detroit Pistons.

• Friday, October 26, 1962

  Wilt Chamberlain of the San Francisco Warriors pulled down 41 rebounds in a 132-131 win over the Detroit Pistons.

  Wilt Chamberlain of the San Francisco Warriors scored 50 points in a 132-131 win over the Detroit Pistons.

• Saturday, October 26, 1957

  2-time All-Star Hot Rod Hundley made his NBA debut for the Minneapolis Lakers in a 112-84 loss to the St. Louis Hawks.

• Friday, October 26, 1956

  Slater Martin was traded from the Minneapolis Lakers to the New York Knicks.

• Wednesday, October 26, 1938

  1-time NBA All-Star Tom Meschery was born in Harbin Manchuria, China.

• Friday, October 26, 1934

  2-time NBA All-Star Hot Rod Hundley was born in Charleston, West Virginia.

• Wednesday, October 26, 1921

  2-time NBA All-Star Joe Fulks was born in Birmingham, Kentucky.