In 1965 the EuroBasket was held in Russia, where the locals continued their tyranny in this competition, winning their fifth consecutive European Championship. Yugoslavia tried to compete but in the end was clearly defeated in the final (58-49)
The 1965 NBA was the seventh title for the Boston Celtics. In the grand final, they had no trouble defeating the Los Angeles Lakers, where the Greens won the first two games, and after a hiatus from a loss in Los Angeles, they finished the job on a fast track (4-1)
The competition starts with 25 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. CSKA Moscow was exempted from playing them
In 1964 the Tokyo Olympics were held, and again the United States took the gold without too much opposition, their sixth gold. In the final, the Soviet Union looked for its options, but the USA’s victory was never in any particular danger (73-59)
In the 1964 NBA, the Boston Celtics had no trouble maintaining their dominance in the NBA and winning their sixth consecutive ring. In the final, they clearly surpassed the San Francisco Warriors of Chamberlain (4-1)
The competition starts with 23 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. CSKA Moscow was exempted from playing them
At the 1963 World Cup in Brazil, the locals were crowned world champions for the second time in a row. After passing the group stages, Brazil won the Gold, Yugoslavia the Silver and the Soviet Union the Bronze
The Polish EuroBasket was held in 1963. Where the locals took the opportunity to take the silver, only giving in to the then invincible Soviet Union, in the grand final by (61-45)
The 1963 NBA was once again the Boston Celtics, winning their fourth title in a row in which they beat the Angeles Lakers, this time 4-2. The green trident Jones, Heinshon and Russell was superior to the star couple of the Lakers, West and Baylor
The competition starts with 26 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. Dinamo Tbilisi was exempted from playing these rounds
The 1962 NBA was for the Boston Celtics, but they had to beat a bunch of Lakers who fought to the end of game seven. Even the Lakers got to be 3-2, but the Celtics won the last two games, the final one in Los Angeles
