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Sunday January 26, 2025

The National Basketball Association (NBA) and National Basketball Players Association jointly announced that the Golden State Warriors' Stephen Curry and the 2024 NBA Champion Boston Celtics secured the top spots on the NBA's Top-Selling Jersey and Team Merchandise lists, respectively, based on NBAStore.com sales for the first half of the 2024-25 regular season. The Celtics appear at No. 1 on the Team Merchandise list for the first time in 17 years, while Curry sits atop the Top-Selling Jerseys rankings for the third consecutive list.

Additional highlights include the following:

o The Minnesota Timberwolves' Anthony Edwards (No. 6), Oklahoma City Thunder's Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (No. 11) and the Cleveland Cavaliers' Donovan Mitchell (No. 15) each make their debut on the Most Popular Jersey list.

o In his second appearance on the list, the New York Knicks' Jalen Brunson (No. 4) makes a big leap after appearing at No. 15 at the end of the 2023-24 regular season.

o Nine players on the list have been named starters for the 2025 NBA All-Star Game, which will be held on Sunday, Feb. 16 at Chase Center in San Francisco.

Six teams featured on the list will be in action tomorrow on ESPN and ABC as part of an action-packed day of basketball, which begins at noon ET on ESPN as the Indiana Pacers take on the San Antonio Spurs in the second of two NBA Paris Games presented by Tissot. NBA Saturday Primetime on ABC features a tripleheader that tips off with the Denver Nuggets visiting the Timberwolves in a Western Conference Semifinals rematch at 3 p.m. ET, followed by the Celtics facing the Dallas Mavericks in a 2024 NBA Finals rematch at 5:30 p.m. ET. The schedule concludes with an iconic rivalry reignited when LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers square off against Curry and the Warriors at 8:30 p.m. ET.

THIS DAY IN THE NBA

January 26, 1973 George Gervin made his debut for the Virginia Squires of the ABA against Utah. The Stars won 127-121.

January 26, 1980 The Cleveland Cavaliers lost at home to Indiana 115-114, but had cause to celebrate as Austin Carr became the franchise’s first 10,000-point scorer.

January 26, 1990 Cleveland Cavaliers Coach Lenny Wilkens won his 700th career game, 85-84 over Minnesota.

January 26, 1991 Houston guard Vernon Maxwell became the fifth player in NBA history to score 30 points in a quarter, joining Wilt Chamberlain, David Thompson, George Gervin and Michael Jordan. Maxwell, who finished with 51 points, hit for 30 in the final quarter of the Rockets’ 103-97 home win over Cleveland. Gervin holds the NBA record for scoring the most points in a quarter (33) in San Antonio’s 153-132 loss to New Orleans on Apr. 9, 1978.

January 26, 1993 New Jersey’s Chuck Daly became the 15th coach in NBA history to register 500 career victories, after the Nets defeated the visiting Los Angeles Lakers 106-91.

January 26, 1995 With a record 6,254,427 ballots cast by fans in the Foot Locker NBA All-Star Voting program, Detroit’s Grant Hill became the first rookie to ever lead all NBA players in All-Star votes received, earning the nod on 1,289,585 ballots.