On This Date: December 19

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• Wednesday, December 19, 2018

  4-time NBA All-Star Mel Hutchins died at the age of 90.

• Tuesday, December 19, 2006

  Allen Iverson was traded from the Philadelphia 76ers to the Denver Nuggets.

• Tuesday, December 19, 1989

  John Stockton of the Utah Jazz dished out 27 assists in a 115-107 loss to the New York Knicks.

• Wednesday, December 19, 1984

  Magic Johnson of the Los Angeles Lakers dished out 20 assists in a 123-116 win over the Houston Rockets.

• Sunday, December 19, 1982

  1-time NBA All-Star Mo Williams was born in Jackson, Mississippi.

• Friday, December 19, 1969

  1-time NBA All-Star Tom Gugliotta was born in Huntington Station, New York.

• Thursday, December 19, 1968

  Dave DeBusschere was traded from the Detroit Pistons to the New York Knicks.

• Tuesday, December 19, 1961

  Wilt Chamberlain of the Philadelphia Warriors scored 57 points in a 117-110 win over the Cincinnati Royals.

• Saturday, December 19, 1959

  Bill Russell of the Boston Celtics pulled down 39 rebounds in a 119-116 win over the New York Knicks.

• Thursday, December 19, 1957

  7-time NBA All-Star Kevin McHale was born in Hibbing, Minnesota.