Billy Cunningham scored 14 points on 7-of-10 shooting in only eight minutes in his first NBA game, on Oct. 16, 1965.

Philadelphia beat the Baltimore Bullets 133-101 at the Baltimore Civic Center behind 33 points and 25 rebounds from Wilt Chamberlain.

Cunningham came off the bench and was nicknamed for his leaping at North Carolina. The Sixers drafted him seventh overall.

He made the All-Rookie team, then was the sixth man on Philadelphia's 1966-67 championship team.

In 1972 he jumped to the Carolina Cougars and won ABA MVP with 24.1 points, 12.0 rebounds and 6.3 assists.

Billy Cunningham with the Philadelphia 76ers, circa 1965–72. Photo: Philadelphia 76ers publicity, resized.

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