Posted Dec 1 2009 2:14PM
The NBA and its teams will celebrate their history with a series of retro games titled NBA Hardwood Classics Nights (HWCN) that will tip off Wednesday, Dec. 2. As part of the celebration, seven teams -- the Cleveland Cavaliers, Golden State Warriors, Minnesota Timberwolves, Orlando Magic, Portland Trail Blazers, Toronto Raptors and Utah Jazz -- will honor the history of basketball in each city by wearing uniforms from various decades of the NBA's history, and having special ceremonies, in-arena entertainment and promotions.
NBA Hardwood Classics Nights will run through March 31, 2010 featuring 62 games with 19 televised on ABC, ESPN, TNT and NBA TV.
Below are details of each team participating in this season's program:
• The Cavaliers will celebrate their 40th Anniversary by wearing the same uniform the team wore during the 1988-89 season.
• The Warriors will celebrate their history in San Francisco by wearing the 1963-64 San Francisco Warriors home uniform.
• The Timberwolves and the Magic will both celebrate their 20th Anniversary by wearing their inaugural 1989-90 road uniforms.
• The Trail Blazers will wear road uniforms from their 1976-77 championship season and will celebrate their 40th Anniversary.
• The Raptors will celebrate the history of basketball in Toronto by wearing uniforms from the Toronto Huskies 1946-47 season.
• The Jazz will celebrate their 30th Anniversary by wearing their 1979-1980 road uniforms marking the first year they played in Utah.
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| Below are the listings for each team's debut for Hardwood Classics Night during the 2009-10 season. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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In addition to the retro jerseys worn by each team participating in the NBA's Hardwood Classics Nights program, the Boston Celtics, Detroit Pistons, Houston Rockets, Los Angeles Lakers and New York Knicks will be wearing a special anniversary jacket on court during Heritage Week, Feb. 21-28, 2010. The anniversary jacket features commemorative patches representing each championship won by that team. Hardwood Classics Nights merchandise is available exclusively at the NBA Store in New York City, NBAStore.com and NBA team shops.
The complete team-by-team schedule of Hardwood Classic Nights is below.
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 | Curry to Lee Connection Golden State's Steph Curry hits David Lee cutting into the lane for the jam. |
 | Wright Gets It To Go Golden State's Dorell Wright flips the shot up as he is falling to the floor in the third quarter. |
 | Dudley to Gortat Phoenix's Jared Dudley makes a nice pass to Marcin Gortat for the jam in the third quarter. |
 | Clippers vs. Mavericks Dirk Nowitzki scores 22 points to lead the Mavericks to a 96-92 win over the visiting Clippers. |
 | Jazz vs. Hornets Chris Kaman leads New Orleans with 27 points and 13 rebounds as the Hornets end an eight-game losing skid, beating the Jazz 86-80. |
 | Heat vs. Bucks LeBron James scores 35 points and pulls down eight boards in the Heat's 114-96 victory over the Bucks. |
 | Nash to Frye The Suns' Steve Nash grabs the errant pass and leads the break in the first quarter against the Warriors. |
 | Lamar's Lob Lamar Odom throws the one-handed lob to Brandan Wright for the jam. |
 | Through and Over Four Defenders LeBron James drives through two defenders and finishes with the slam over two other defenders. |
 | Spinning Baseline Slam Vince Carter drives baseline, spins in the air and throws down the monster slam. |
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