Word: auerbach
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Quickly, they called time out. Coach Dolph Schayes outlined his strategy: Guard Hal Greer was to pass deep to Forward Chet Walker, set up a long set shot; Chamberlain was to station himself under the basket and try to stuff in the rebound. In the Boston huddle, Coach Red Auerbach simply told the Celtics to gang up on Chamberlain. Then he turned to Forward Havlicek: "Keep an eye on Walker...
...Celtics do it? They have a brilliant coach in Arnold ("Red") Auerbach, 47, a cantankerous carrottop who tells his players: "If any of you think this is a democracy we are running here, forget it. I'm a dictator." They also have pro basketball's best defensive player in Bill Russell, a goateed giant who leads the N.B.A. in rebounds, ranks fourth in assists...
...they have outscored their opposition by an average of 9.9 points a game, and three of their seven defeats were by two points or less. Coach Auerbach calls "teamwork" the key to the Celtics' success, says that they have been playing together so long that they instinctively know one another's every move; fast breaks and tricky pass patterns click automatically. Forward Heinsohn says that it is "defense-Russell is playing absolutely fantastic basketball.'' But nobody really knows. "If we knew why we are so good," sighs Heinsohn, "we'd bottle it and sell...
...Last week the Celtics wreaked a special vengeance on the Los Angeles Lakers, the same team that had battled them on almost equal terms through six games in last season's championship playoffs. Slender Sam Jones poured in 14 points in the first quarter, and Boston Coach Red Auerbach cleared his bench. But even the substitutes were merciless: all twelve men wound up in the scoring column, and the Celtics clobbered the Lakers 114-78. Before the week was out, they had won two more, run their record...
...teams split the next two in Los Angeles, and the Celtics headed back to Boston, only one victory away from their fifth straight N.B.A. championship. "All we need," said Boston Coach Red Auerbach, "is hustle and Russell." Russell hustled (24 points, 27 rebounds), but the Lakers still clobbered the Celtics 126-119. That made it three games to two, and the Celtics sounded tired. "I can't take it any more," said Cousy. "You play in Boston, grab three or four hours sleep, catch a plane, fly all day, hurry to the game and try to play...