In 1978, the NBA scoring title came down to the last day of the season. It was Sunday April 9.
David Thompson of the Denver Nuggets scored 73 points during an afternoon game with Detroit including breaking Wilt Chamberlain's 16-year-old record with 32 points in the first quarter.
I was watching TV and hearing this. It was reported that George Gervin was napping/sleeping during that afternoon game with his final game that night.
In the past I was able to pick up Spurs games on WOAI and that Sunday night I listened as George Gervin scored 63 points to win the scoring title including breaking Thompson's new record of most points in a quarter with 33 in the 2nd. I think this may have been on the old brown radio.
On that same day, John Havlicek retired from the NBA. I recorded his farewell speech on my tape recorder.
