Index
- NBA Finals 1970 : New York Knicks vs Los Angeles Lakers, G7
- NBA Finals 1976 : Boston Celtics vs Phoenix Suns, G5
- PO 1981 - Conference Finals : Boston Celtics vs Philadelphia 76ers, G4 & G7
- PO 1986 - 1st Round : Boston Celtics vs Chicago Bulls, G2
- PO 1986 - Conference Finals : Los Angeles Lakers vs Houston Rockets, G5
- PO 1987 - Conference Semifinals : Milwaukee Bucks vs Boston Celtics, G4
- PO 1987 - Conference Finals : Boston Celtics vs Detroit Pistons, G7
- NBA Finals 1987 : Boston Celtics vs Los Angeles Lakers, G4
- PO 1988 - Conference Semifinals : Los Angeles Lakers vs Utah Jazz, G5
- PO 1988 - Conference Semifinals : Boston Celtics vs Atlanta Hawks, G6 & G7
- PO 1989 - 1st Round : Cleveland Cavaliers vs Chicago Bulls, G5
8 mai 1970 - NBA Finals '70 - New York Knicks vs Los Angeles Lakers, G7
(Full Game)
"The Willis Reed game. The center and captain of the Knicks suffered a torn muscle in his right thigh in Game 5 and did not play in Game 6 as Wilt Chamberlain's 45 points and 27 rebounds led the Lakers to a win. Not expected to play in Game 7, Reed took an injection to dull the pain and just before tipoff he limped through the tunnel and onto the court. The Madison Square Garden crowd went nuts and the Knicks were energized. Reed scored the first two buckets of the game and Walt Frazier (36 points, 19 assists) did the rest as the Knicks won their first NBA title." (espn.com)
"With the series tied at 2-2, the upstart Suns went to Boston on a Friday night and just about pulled it off. They certainly had chances. The one moment everyone has seen was in the second overtime, after John Havlicek drove the length of the floor in the final seconds to hit a 15-foot apparent game-winning shot. Boston fans poured onto the fabled parquet floor. However, there was still one second left. Order was restored and the Suns' Gar Heard hit a turnaround jumper to send the game onward again, to a record third extra period. The Celtics won it in the third overtime and took the series two days later." (espn.com)
20 avril 1986 - Eastern Conference 1st Round '86 - Boston Celtics vs Chicago Bulls, G2
(Full Game)
"Michael Jordan came, he scored but he did not conquer. The Chicago Bulls' exciting guard scored a playoff-record 63 points, 2 more than the mark set by Elgin Baylor of the Los Angeles Lakers on April 14, 1962, against the Celtics in the championship series. But the heroics of Jordan, who played 53 of the 58 minutes of a double-overtime game, hitting 22 of 41 shots from the field, weren't enough. The Celtics survived with a 135-131 victory at the Boston Garden that gave them a 2-0 advantage in their opening round three-of-five-game series." (NY times)
"Magic's hook shot in the lane won it at the Boston Garden to put the Lakers up 3-1 in the series. The Lakers had come back from a 16-point halftime deficit to take the lead on an Abdul-Jabbar shot in the closing minute, then a Larry Bird three gave Boston a 106-104 lead with 12 seconds left. Abdul-Jabbar hit a free throw and the Lakers got the ball back with enough time for Johnson to dribble toward the key and toss up an old-fashioned hook shot for the win." (espn.com)
"Les Celtics, champions en titre, sont menés 3-2 par les Hawks. Le G6 se joue à Atlanta. Boston est dos au mur, face à une équipe qui n'a pourtant pas existé dans les 2 premiers matches de la série. Les Hawks ont la possibilité de réaliser l'un des plus gros upsets de l'histoire de la NBA. Ils restent sur 3 victoires consécutives, dont 1 au Boston Garden lors du G5... Le match se décide sur la dernière action et promet une septième et dernière manche inoubliable. Elle le sera. "
"Bird and Dominique Wilkins went head-to head against each other in a memorable shootout. "It was like two gunfighters waiting to blink," Kevin McHale said. With the score tied at 86 and 10 minutes left to play, the stars took over. Bird fired first and scored nine points in a span of 1 minute, 58 seconds. Dominique began to match him, scoring 11 points in a five-minute stretch, but Bird also had 11 in that stretch. Wilkins purposely missed a free throw with one second left and his team down two but Boston's Robert Parish got the rebound. While Wilkins scored 47 points on 19-for-23 shooting and contributed 16 in the final period, Bird finished with 34 points on 15-of-24 shooting and, most importantly, 20 in the final period." (espn.com)