Nice read on the OLD Boston Garden

While searching around stumbled onto this.

Nice piece and some great stories, many I never heard about.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1006462/1/index.htm

beat

Beat,

A great story, by a truly great writer, about a great basketball icon.

Actually, Larry made the final layup on a pass from Havlicek. But Russ did prevent an errant behind-the-back pass by The Cooz from going out of bounds with a one-hand stab.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYhR-jhRoSI

And the Celtics lost that meaningless last game to the Knicks. Bummer.

Sam

Thanks for posting that beat...a very nice read about a place I loved.

beat wrote:While searching around stumbled onto this.

Nice piece and some great stories, many I never heard about.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1006462/1/index.htm

beat

Thanks beat. Nice walk down memory lane.

swish

Hey guys... anyone

How in the world did that court fit SIDEWAYS?

from the article....

"There was one game where we wore white sneakers," Bob Brannum (Celtics 1951-55) says. "Walter Brown, the owner [Celtics 1946-64], tried it as an experiment. The same game, he turned the court sideways. He figured that more seats were in the end zones, so this way there would be more seats on the sides of the court. "

Memories can be cloudy BUT just does not seem there would have been enough room. Were some of the lower level seats moveable?

Just wondering is all.

beat

Thanks guys I really enjoyed seeing that, I had to work that night I asked a friend to tape the game, he erased it saying it was such a blowout, why bother? I blankety blank laid into him......glad I finally got to see it.

Memories may be cloudy, but they sure are great. After graduating from school, my first big purchase was going to be a Celtic's seasons ticket. However, we chose to sit it as many different sections in the garden the year before our big purchase so that we could pick our favorite spot. What a great
time we had. Doubleheaders. Globetrotter's, playoff game after playoff game.
We made friends with a man who worked the ticket booth, he always had great seats saved for us. We were young, and totally in love with the Celtics.
We sat in North Station from 1:00 AM waiting for tickets to be sold for the playoffs. What a time in my life.

I gave up those tickets once I made the decision to get married, finances, you know. But my heart still stayed with this great team. I will never forget
that triple overtime game, I stood in live forever to get those tickets. What a game!!!!

This article brought back so many memories that I have of that old, loveable building. Thanks for reminding me!!!

Avatar photo taken outside Boston Garden around 11 p.m. on the night before a 1962 playoff game. I'm in the chair. Appeared on the front page of the Boston Traveler (then the evening paper in Boston) the following day.

Sam

the good old traveler!!! we were on the front page one time also, but I lost the picture in a flood that I had !!!! It is great to know there are some out there as crazy as my friends and I were!!!