Word: heinsohn
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...something sad about the death of a dynasty-even one as tyrannical as the Boston Celtics. For most of a decade the Celtics have utterly dominated pro basketball, winning nine National Basketball Association championships and providing the sport with many of its brightest stars: Bob Cousy, Bill Sharman, Tommy Heinsohn, Sam Jones, Bill Russell. It all ended last week when the Philadelphia 76ers rudely knocked the Celtics from the throne, crushing them four games to one in the N.B.A.'s Eastern Division playoffs...
...similar strike nearly took place in Boston several years ago when Tommy Heinsohn of the Celtics was player representative. A game was delayed for 15 minutes while the situation was straightened...
...former Celtics Star Frank Ramsey, but Frank pleaded that he was too busy supervising the nursing homes he owns in Madisonville, Ky. Bob Cousy, who earned the nickname "Mr. Basketball" in 13 years with the Celtics, refused to quit as coach at Boston College. Ex-Celtics Forward Tommy Heinsohn told Red that he preferred his settled routine as a Boston insurance agent to the ulcers of a pro coach...
...Boston Celtics the best team in basketball. First it was Bill Sharman, then Bob Cousy, then Frank Ramsey-and when each retired, that was supposed to signal the end of the Celtics' reign as champions of the National Basketball Association. Nothing much has changed this year. Forward Tommy Heinsohn, who scored 12,194 points in nine years, hung up his sneakers after last season, and the familiar cry went up: "The Celtics are dead!" Well, last week the Celtics, winners of seven straight N.B.A. titles, were leading the league again, and Center Bill Russell decided to set the record...
...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...