NBA 1968 Final: Celtics chorus can handle West's genius

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

Boston Celtics *Siegfried - 15.5p, 4.0a, 3.0r *Jones - 17.5p, 3.2r, 2.8a *Howell - 21.0p, 7.5r, 1.2a *Havlicek - 27.3p, 8.7r, 6.7a *Russell - 17.3p, 21.8r, 5.7a Nelson - 14.0p, 8.0r, 1.7a Embry - 2.8p, 2.2r. (5) Thacker - 0.4p, 1.2r. (5) Sanders - 0.0p, 0.6r. (3) Jones - 2p. (1) Weitzman - 2p. (1) Graham - 0p, 1r. (1)

Angeles Lakers *Clark - 16.2p, 3.7a, 2.7r. *West - 31.3p, 5.8r, 5.7a *Hawkins - 10.7p, 6.7r, 1.0a *Baylor - 26.2p, 12.5r, 4.3a *Counts - 10.2p, 11.5r, 2.2a Imhoff - 8.5p, 10.2r, 1.8a Crawford - 4.7p, 2.5r Mueller - 2.5p, 4.0r, 2.0a Goodrich - 5.2p, 1.6a, 1.2r

To get to the final they beat… Boston Celtics - Detroit Pistons (4-2); Philadelphia Sixers (4-3) Angeles Lakers - Chicago Bulls (4-1); San Francisco Warriors (4-0)