Tuesday Quickie Quiz & Single Digits: Julius Erving, Joel Embiid, JJ Redick, LeBron James, Karl Malone, John Stockton

TUESDAY’S QUICKIE QUIZ

>>> With which ABA team did Julius Erving break into professional basketball?

(Answer Below)

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TUESDAY’S SINGLE DIGITS

>>> The last time the Sixers played the Nets at the Wells Fargo Center (Game 2), they tied a playoff record for points in a quarter with 51 in the second. Since then, people have asked if that margin (+28) was a record.

It is tied for the third-highest playoff quarter margin behind a pair of +30s (Celtics over Hawks in 1986; Rockets over Timberwolves last April).

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>>> When Joel Embiid made a three-pointer with 8:49 to go in the second period Saturday, it ended an 0-for-10 streak for him from the arc that dated back to April 4 and lasted 91:09 of his playing time.

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>>> The Sixers’ JJ Redick is playing in his 13th consecutive postseason, the longest current streak in the NBA. Kyle Korver is playing in his 12th straight. LeBron James (Lakers) and Tony Parker (Hornets) had their streaks stopped at 12 when their clubs failed to qualify this postseason. The NBA record is 19, shared by Karl Malone and John Stockton.

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>>> Since the 14-3 winme against the Mets last Tuesday, the Phillies have been outscored 26-18.

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QUICKIE QUIZ ANSWER

>>> Julius Erving played his first two seasons (1971-72, 1972-73) with the ABA’s Virginia Squires before essentialy being sold to the New York Nets. He was then sold to the Sixers just before the 1976-77 season, the first following the NBA-ABA merger.