In 1969 the EuroBasket was held in Italy, specifically in Naples in its final phase. After passing the previous rounds and doing so in an unquestionable way, the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia fought for Gold, with victory for the Soviets by (81-72), showing again, unbeatable with Paulauskas and Belov as stars
In the 1969 NBA, the Los Angeles Lakers and Boston Celtics gave us an exciting final. The Lakers won the first two games, the Celtics the next two, and so on until game seven, when the Greens won in the Los Angeles Forum by a landslide (106-108). Such was the final, the MVP gave it to West even though the Lakers lost
The competition begins with 25 teams, which were left in 8 teams that after two previous rounds go to the regular group
