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HOW IT WORKS
1986 in basketball
Summary
The following are the
basketball
events of the year
1986
throughout the world.
Player awards (
NBA
)
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Regular Season
MVP
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Larry Bird
,
Boston Celtics
NBA Finals MVP
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Larry Bird
,
Boston Celtics
Slam Dunk Contest
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Spud Webb
,
Atlanta Hawks
Three-point Shootout
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Larry Bird
,
Boston Celtics
Collegiate awards
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Men
John R. Wooden Award
:
Walter Berry
,
St. John's
Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award
:
Jim Les
,
Bradley
Associated Press College Basketball Player of the Year
:
Walter Berry
,
St. John's
NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player
:
Keith Smart
,
Indiana
Associated Press College Basketball Coach of the Year
:
Eddie Sutton
,
Kentucky
Naismith Outstanding Contribution to Basketball:
Adolph Rupp
Women
Naismith College Player of the Year
:
Cheryl Miller
,
USC
Wade Trophy
:
Kamie Ethridge
,
Texas
Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award
:
Kamie Ethridge
,
Texas
NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player
:
Clarissa Davis
,
Texas
Carol Eckman Award
: Laura Mapp,
Bridgewater
Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
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Class of 1986:
[1]
Billy Cunningham
Tom Heinsohn
Red Holzman
Fred Taylor
Stan Watts
Births
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May 7—
Matee Ajavon
American college basketball player (Rutgers) and the WNBA (
Atlanta Dream
)
Deaths
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June 19 –
Len Bias
, American college player (
Maryland
) and
Boston Celtics
draft pick (born 1963)
December 1 –
Halbert Harvill
, American college men's coach (
Austin Peay
) (born 1893)
See also
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1986 in sports
Sports portal
References
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^
"Hall of Famers".
Basketball Hall of Fame
. Retrieved
12 Oct
2014
.