In 1961, he was celebrated the EuroBasket in Belgrade, where Yugoslavia tried to beat the Soviet Union under the protection of his fans. But the Soviets were the great dominators, and this year they would take their third European of the eight they won in a row. In the grand final they beat the hosts by (60-53)
The 1961 NBA was for the Celtics, who were winning their third consecutive ring this year. In the final they faced the St. Louis Hawks, who didn’t show much resistance, only winning the third game of the series, the rest of the games were dyed green. Cousy from the management and Russell dominating the painting, made the difference
The competition starts with 24 teams, which will have to pass two previous rounds in a roundtrip format, after which there will be 8 survivors who will play the quarterfinals. ASK Riga was exempted from playing these rounds
