Savannah Spirits
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The Savannah Spirits were a professional basketball team that played for two years in the Continental Basketball Association
from 1986 to 1988, amassing a total regular season record of 42 wins and 60 losses for a total of 306.5 points. The Spirits did not qualify for the postseason in their first year in Savannah, Georgia
. In their second and final year in Savannah, they were eliminated by the Albany, New York
Patroons in the first round, four games to one. After relocating to Tulsa, Oklahoma
and changing their name to the Tulsa Fast Breakers, the team won the 1988-89 CBA Championship.
Future late-night talk show host Craig Kilborn
served as the team's radio play-by-play announcer. It was the first broadcasting job of his career.
Continental Basketball Association
The Continental Basketball Association was a professional men's basketball league in the United States, which has been on hiatus since the 2009 season.- History :...
from 1986 to 1988, amassing a total regular season record of 42 wins and 60 losses for a total of 306.5 points. The Spirits did not qualify for the postseason in their first year in Savannah, Georgia
Savannah, Georgia
Savannah is the largest city and the county seat of Chatham County, in the U.S. state of Georgia. Established in 1733, the city of Savannah was the colonial capital of the Province of Georgia and later the first state capital of Georgia. Today Savannah is an industrial center and an important...
. In their second and final year in Savannah, they were eliminated by the Albany, New York
Albany, New York
Albany is the capital city of the U.S. state of New York, the seat of Albany County, and the central city of New York's Capital District. Roughly north of New York City, Albany sits on the west bank of the Hudson River, about south of its confluence with the Mohawk River...
Patroons in the first round, four games to one. After relocating to Tulsa, Oklahoma
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Tulsa is the second-largest city in the state of Oklahoma and 46th-largest city in the United States. With a population of 391,906 as of the 2010 census, it is the principal municipality of the Tulsa Metropolitan Area, a region with 937,478 residents in the MSA and 988,454 in the CSA. Tulsa's...
and changing their name to the Tulsa Fast Breakers, the team won the 1988-89 CBA Championship.
Future late-night talk show host Craig Kilborn
Craig Kilborn
Craig Kilborn is an American actor and talk show host. He was the original host of The Daily Show, a former anchor on ESPN's SportsCenter, and Tom Snyder's successor on CBS' The Late Late Show. On June 28, 2010, he launched The Kilborn File after a six-year absence from television...
served as the team's radio play-by-play announcer. It was the first broadcasting job of his career.
