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Illustration of Head Coach Dave Cowens on the cover of a 1984-85 Bay State Bombardiers program from the Continental Basketball Association

Bay State Bombardiers

The Bay State Bombardiers were a Continental Basketball Association franchise based in Massachusetts from 1983 through 1986. The team played its first season in Brockton at a high school gymnasium before moving to Worcester Memorial Auditorium for its final two seasons. Former Boston Celtics legend Dave Cowens coached the team in 1984-85. Ex-Boston College Eagle star Michael Adams won CBA Rookie of the Year honors with Bay State in 1986 and later developed into an NBA All-Star with the Denver Nuggets.

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Maine Lumberjacks

The Maine Lumberjacks were a minor league basketball club based out of Bangor from 1978 to 1983.  The club originated as an expansion franchise in the Continental Basketball Association in the fall of 1978.  The CBA grew out of the old Eastern Basketball Association (1946-1978), which had been a Pennsylvania-based bus league for decades.  The Lumberjacks joined the league as part of a nationwide expansion and re-branding.  During their 5-year run in the CBA the Lumberjacks roamed from coast to coast, traveling as far as Montana, Hawaii, Alaska and Alberta, Canada for games.

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