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Sarunas Marciulionis · Šarūnas Marčiulionis arrived in Golden State in 1989 as the first Soviet-born player in NBA history, and from his opening night, American basketball fans got a glimpse of what was coming for the league globally. The crafty Lithuanian lefty gets the ball in transition on March 5, 1992, head full of steam, races up the floor and goes around his back before floating a one-handed layup over the defense against the Cleveland Cavaliers at the Oakland Coliseum Arena. The two-time Sixth Man of the Year runner-up and 1988 Olympic gold medalist with the Soviet Union was one of the most creative finishers of his era, a piston-driven scorer who averaged 12.8 points across his NBA career and was inducted into the Naismith Hall of Fame in 2014. Marčiulionis finished with 29 points in the home victory. · State of Mint