2019 October Legends Closing October 19
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 10/20/2019
Offered in this lot is a Spalding basketball used during four Minnesota Timberwolves home games. This ball has been photo matched by Resolution Photomatching to the games against the Golden State Warriors on November 12th, 2015, the Memphis Grizzlies on November 15th, the Philadelphia 76ers on November 23rd and December 1st against the Orlando Magic, all at the Target Center in Minneapolis.
The Warriors came out hot, scoring 75 first half points en route to a 129-116 victory that improved Golden States’ record to a perfect 10-0. Stephen Curry scored 46 points, shooting eight-of-13 from three, while Draymond Green contributed a double-double with 23 points and 12 assists. Memphis won the second game behind Zach LaVine’s 25 points in the Grizzlies’ 114-106 win. The third game saw the Timberwolves defeat the Sixers 100-95 behind the 32 points of Andrew Wiggins and the fourth game Orlando defeated Minnesota 96-93, despite the game-high 27 points from Wiggins. This offered Spalding NBA game ball bears the facsimile signature of NBA Commissioner Adam Silver and is etched with “Timberwolves 2015-16(12)” above the air hole. This game used basketball comes with a LOA from Resolution Photomatching (426100), who have photo matched this ball to the four above-referenced games.
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