The Wilmington Blue Bombers were an American

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team based in

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. They were a member of the American Basketball League. The Blue Bombers are largely remembered for a scandal involving importing points from other games into their own in an attempt to spice up their placid, boring playstyle. Sports journalists began to grow suspicious after a high school game Bombers coach Neil Johnston attended concluded with a score of 12-8 despite being a thrilling back-and-forth game that went to overtime played with a lot of hustle, while a Bombers game where the entire second half was spent by the team in the lead passing the ball back and forth back court (as

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s were not employed) somehow ended with a thrilling 86-85 score. The Bombers were forced to give the points back, and the scores were restored to their original values.

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