Word: heinsohn
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Twice the Lakers closed to within one point; each time the inspired Celtics held them off. Now there were only 2 min. 20 sec. left. The score was Boston 104, Los Angeles 102. and the Lakers had the ball. At midcourt, Celtic Forward Tommy Heinsohn, 28, waited as West dribbled the ball up the floor. Heinsohn's weak left knee, encased in a truss, felt ready to give way. "I was so tired," he said later, "that I didn't think I could stand, let alone run. I decided to gamble. Even if I fell down and died...
...clock Barnett contributed a three-point play which again reduced the Celtics margin to one point. Boston ate up time; Cousy took a jump shot from outside the key which hit the rim and bounced high into the air. LA got the crucial rebound--and lost it. Tom Heinsohn was fouled in the scuffle under the boards, and calmly sank a pair of foul shots which kept the NBA crown in its eternal home...
...Lakers' Jerry West and Elgin Baylor tallied 32 and 28 points respectively, and were the game's high scorers. For Boston it was naturally a team victory; Tom Heinsohn paced the Celts with 22, but it was Bill Russell's fantastic rebounding that gave Boston the victory...
...Celtic efforts to close the gap in the final minutes were stalled by the disputed ejection of Tommy Heinsohn and by Bob Cousy's fouling out with two minutes to play. Heinsohn had been the Celtics third highest scorer with 23 points. Boston was paced by Sam Jones, who scored 36 points, and Bill Russell...
...entire Boston team played brilliantly; Bill Russell grabbed 24 rebounds and scored 20 points; Tom Heinsohn tallied 31; Bob Cousy had 21 points and 16 assists. But the man in the limelight was Sam Jones, who scored 47 points, kept the Celtics alive in the second period, and engineered the Royals' destruction in the third quarter...