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
In 1968, the Olympic Games were held in Mexico, where the United States maintained its Olympic dominance with its seventh consecutive gold medal. In the grand final they had little trouble beating Yugoslavia (65-50), even though the Plavi were in the game until halftime, only to go down to the USA defence
In the 1968 NBA, the Lakers and the Celtics offered us a new final between them, in the end with a victory for the Greens (4-2). The series was tied at 2-2, but from there on the Boston took a hard-fought and far-sighted fifth game. In the sixth game the Celtic victory was more convincing. The Lakers came out strong in this final, and the Celtics suffered a terrible 7-game series against the Sixers, but green pride won
The competition begins with 24 teams, which were left in 8 teams that after two previous rounds go to the regular group
In 1967 the EuroBasket was held in Finland, where the Soviet Union once again proved its dominance at that time. In the final they beat Czechoslovakia, who only held out until almost the first half, then (89-77), with Volnov and Paulauskas overcoming Zidek
At the 1967 World Cup in Uruguay, the Soviet Union opened its World Championship locker. The competition should have been played in 66, but in the end different political issues postponed it to 67. It was played in group format, and it decided that the Soviet Union would win the Gold, Yugoslavia the Silver, and Brazil the Bronze
The competition begins with 25 teams, which were left in 8 teams that after two previous rounds move to the regular group
In the 1966 NBA, the previous year’s final was repeated, and once again, and for the eighth time in a row, the Celtics were crowned NBA champions after beating the Los Angeles Lakers seven times in a row. The Lakers started off by winning the first game, but then the Celtics went on to win three in a row, the Purple drew the match, until the Greens won by a narrow margin (95-93)
The competition begins with 26 teams, which were left in 8 teams that after two previous rounds move to the regular group
