THIS DATE IN NBA HISTORY

— For the first time in All-star history, an overtime period was needed to decide a winner. Boston Celtics' guard Bob Cousy's 10-point overtime scoring burst gave the East a 98-93 victory and brought Cousy Allstar MVP honors.

1958 — Bob Pettit of St. Louis became the first member of the losing team to win the All-star MVP award, scoring 28 points and grabbing 26 rebounds, even though the East beat the West 130-118.

1990 — Golden State's Don Nelson became the 10th NBA coach to win 600 games, following the Warriors' 120-115 road win at Boston. That improved his overall record to 600-404 in his 13th season of coaching in the NBA, and at 49 Nelson was the second youngest to reach that plateau. Red Auerbach was 43 when he won his 600th game.

1991 — Dick Motta of Sacramento coached in his 1,648th regular season game, a 97-94 victory over Houston, at the time an NBA record for the most regular-season coaching appearances.

1994 — The Dallas Mavericks fell to the Seattle Supersonics 91-87, Dallas' 19th consecutive loss at Reunion Arena, establishing an NBA record for the most consecutive home games lost.

1998 — Michael Jordan made 14 field goals to increase his career total to 10,524, passing John Havlicek (10,513) for fifth place on the NBA'S all-time field goals made list.

2002 — New Jersey's Jason Kidd recorded his 5,000th career assist in his 531st game, thus becoming the sixth-fastest player in NBA history to reach that milestone, joining Oscar Robertson (467 games), Magic Johnson (472), John Stockton (483), Isiah Thomas (490) and Kevin Johnson (519). Kidd registered 15 assists in a 113-105 loss to Dallas.

2010 — Kobe Bryant becomes the youngest NBA player ever to reach 25,000 points at 31 years, and 151 days; beating Wilt Chamberlain by 35 days.

2015 — Brandon Jennings of the Detroit Pistons dishes 21 assists in a 128-118 win over the Orlando Magic.