; Whereas that shot gained historical value in passing years because William Robert Slick Leonard rose off the bench and shouted, Boom, Baby! as the ball dropped through the net; Whereas Boom, Baby! would become William Robert Slick Leonard's signature call as a broadcaster on every 3-pointer by the Indiana Pacers in following decades; Whereas, on May 12, 1973, the Indiana Pacers beat the Kentucky Colonels 88 to 81 in Game 7 of the American Basketball Association Championship; and Whereas that win gave the Indiana Pacers their third and final American Basketball Association title, the most titles held by a team in the history of the American Basketball Association: Now, therefore, be it