Lex Nihil Novi - Russell v. Chamberlain: Game 69 (Celtics Shut Down Warriors to Claim 7th NBA Crown)

April 26, 1964







bob
MY NOTE: Back the day when dinosaurs walked the earth upright like men, the NBA was able to get by with just two refs, in this case the great Richie Powers and Earl Strom called the final game of a Championship series. Now there are 3 refs, touch fouls and flopping to draw a foul are the norm and nobody has nice things to say about the refs.


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After laughers in the first three games (two by the Celtics, one by San Fran), this and the previous game were spine tinglers.  In both games (Mr. "No-offense" Russell stuffed the ball down the stretch to help give them the winning margin.

I own 29 CDs of the Russell Celtics period, and not one of them contains the fifth game of the 1964 championship series.  Nor can I find any video online.  What a shame!

After the 1964 season, the Celtics lost their 3rd future Hall of Famer in three years—Bob Cousy, Bill Sharman, Frank Ramsey—as well as Jim "Rafters" Loscutoff. And they kept on losing future Hall of Famers (Heinsohn, K.C. Jones, Lovellette) but winning four of five championships throughout the remainder of the 60s.

Sam