On This Date: October 13

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• Friday, October 13, 1978

  6-time NBA All-Star Jermaine O'Neal was born in Columbia, South Carolina.

  4-time All-Star Maurice Cheeks made his NBA debut for the Philadelphia 76ers in a 110-102 win over the Los Angeles Lakers.

  1-time All-Star Mike Mitchell made his NBA debut for the Cleveland Cavaliers in a 115-101 win over the Boston Celtics.

  4-time All-Star Micheal Ray Richardson made his NBA debut for the New York Knicks in a 111-107 loss to the Houston Rockets.

  2-time All-Star Reggie Theus made his NBA debut for the Chicago Bulls in a 104-86 loss to the Seattle SuperSonics.

• Thursday, October 13, 1977

  10-time NBA All-Star Paul Pierce was born in Oakland, California.

• Tuesday, October 13, 1970

  8-time All-Star Dave Cowens made his NBA debut for the Boston Celtics in a 114-107 loss to the New York Knicks.

  1-time All-Star Calvin Murphy made his NBA debut for the San Diego Rockets in a 111-96 loss to the Chicago Bulls.

  5-time All-Star Rudy Tomjanovich made his NBA debut for the San Diego Rockets in a 111-96 loss to the Chicago Bulls.

• Friday, October 13, 1967

  1-time All-Star Bob Rule made his NBA debut for the Seattle SuperSonics in a 144-116 loss to the San Francisco Warriors.

• Friday, October 13, 1961

  1-time NBA All-Star Doc Rivers was born in Chicago, Illinois.

• Sunday, October 13, 1957

  2-time NBA All-Star Reggie Theus was born in Inglewood, California.

• Friday, October 13, 1922

  1-time NBA All-Star Nat Clifton was born in Little Rock, Arkansas.