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Encyclopedia > 1966 NBA Finals

Series Summary

This was the iconic Boston Celtics' 8th consecutive NBA Championship--no other team in any sport has won eight consecutive league titles. Before Game 2, after the Los Angeles Lakers' comeback overtime win in Game 1, Red Auerbach, who had challenged the entire league to topple the Celtics from their reign by announcing he would retire after 1965-1966 before the season had started (thus giving his detractors "one last shot" at him), announced Bill Russellas the Celtics coach for 1966-1967 and beyond. He would be the first African-Americanto coach in the NBA. Laker coach Fred Schausprivately fumed that Red's hiring had taken away all of the accolades his Lakers should have received following their tremendous Game 1 win. The Celtics won the next three games and looked ready to close out L.A. in Game 5. However, the Lakers won the next two games, setting the stage for another classic Game 7 in the Boston Garden. The Celtics raced out to a huge lead, and held off a late Los Angeles rally to capture the NBA title and send Red Auerbach out a champion. The Boston Celtics are a professional basketball team based in Boston, Massachusetts. ... The NBA Finals is the championship series of the National Basketball Association, played under a best-of-seven playoff format. ... Lakers logo 1966-1991 The Los Angeles Lakers are a National Basketball Association (NBA) team based in Los Angeles, California. ... Arnold Jacob Red Auerbach (September 20, 1917 – October 28, 2006) was a highly successful and influential basketball coach of the BAA Washington Nationals, the NBA Tri-Cities Blackhawks and the NBA Boston Celtics. ... William Felton Bill Russell (born February 12, 1934) is a retired American professional basketball player who played center for the Boston Celtics of the NBA. A five-time winner of the NBA Most Valuable Player Award and a twelve-time All-Star, the 6 ft 9 in Russell was the... Languages Predominantly American English Religions Protestantism (chiefly Baptist and Methodist); Roman Catholicism; Islam Related ethnic groups Sub-Saharan Africans and other African groups, some with Native American groups. ... Fred Schaus (born June 30, 1925 in Newark, Ohio) was a basketball star, coach and athletic director for the West Virginia University Mountaineers, player for the NBAs Fort Wayne Pistons and New York Knicks, GM and coach for the Los Angeles Lakers, coach of Purdue University basketball, and was...

Game Date Home Team Result Road Team
Game 1 April 17 Boston 129-133 Los Angeles
Game 2 April 19 Boston 129-109 Los Angeles
Game 3 April 20 Los Angeles 106-120 Boston
Game 4 April 22 Los Angeles 117-122 Boston
Game 5 April 24 Boston 117-121 Los Angeles
Game 6 April 26 Los Angeles 123-115 Boston
Game 7 April 28 Boston 95-93 Los Angeles

Celtics win series 4-3


See also

The 1966 NBA Playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Associations 1965-1966 season. ...

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