CBS televised the inaugural match – Baltimore v Atlanta at Memorial Stadium – that Sunday. Miami were 11-30 in the first half of the season, then 30-11 in the second half of the season. There’s only one rematch from last year’s opening round – that being the Spurs-Grizzlies series. He watched firsthand as the league his father bought into for $2,500 in 1933 became a multi-billion dollar, year-round business.