@@MiguelGutierrez-zc3nw The difference is that West did it in the clutch. For the Warriors, if I want a guy taking the game winning 3, it's Klae. Steph is amazing, but in crunch time he is less amazing.
I just watched the 1954 All Star game, and the amount basketball had progressed between then and this game in 1966 is insane. This game looks like basketball. What they were doing in the 50s is almost unrecognizable.
@@noegallegos6722 fr the old style basketball looks like a football version of basketball, very low scoring with barely any dribble moves, people used the post often.
This is SO interesting to watch: middle range shots, hooks... Most of all basketball moves are organic, natural... Fantastic! i think that you guys agree with me. Plus, quality of this video is amazing. Thank YOU, NBA ! =)
Those organic set shots, a real treat to watch... oh, yes, those organic, natural, "I am dribbling to my left with my right hand, because, you know I don't have a left hand" moves are also nice
@@omnivorous65 It is more than that, the rules were way strict back then, the travelling rule was enforced much more strongly, that's why players were more methodical. The room for error while dribbling was extremely little.
@@omnivorous65 Funny, in those days every high-school kid could dribble and shoot with their off hand but many pros couldn't. Watch Hazzard push the ball upcourt on the fastbreak. Completely ambidextrous but Elgin, a much better player, always tried to use his right until he slowed down.
What GREAT footage!! For everyone who assumes that NBA players weren't athletic in the 60s and couldn't play today...I mean....JUST WATCH THIS! Look at the shooting!! Look at how quick Russell gets off the floor; watch Russ drive and slam dunk for the last basket- this is great play in any era.
I feel like the only thing that stands out extremely is the ball handling, besides that it looks like a lot of modern day Spurs and Warriors. Great video!
Jerry West 36/10/3 and Bill Russell 25/36/1 had the best games. LA took more free throws but missed 11. LA had a slightly better shooting percentage but the Celtics had 16 more rebounds and took more shots, thanks to Russell.
Ian a die hard lakers fan back to Jerry west days, but if you truly love basketball you should respect all teams & players, I know I do , it is priceless to see this video it brings back the past when I was young , respect all teams & their players..!
I wasn't alive for this era but certainly heard a lot about it growing up watching the '80s Celtics legends. This was a glorious time for the Celtics, Bill Russell was one of the most dominant centers in the game and an unparalleled rebounder, as you could see in this clip. Jerry West (RIP) was a great shooter indeed but there were so many who contributed to this golden era of Celtics' and NBA basketball. Love the clear, easy to watch footage, hard to believe this is closing on 60 years ago.
That was my youth. Russell vs Wilt, Cousy, and Sam Jones with a clutch dagger. Post games we would go play in the barn on our farm in Maine with the neighbors when it was below zero . Another time. Covid 19 stuck at home in Maryland now and remembering a different world.
Red lighting up the cigar after the Bill Russell dunk gives me goosebumps ngl. Doing it with the score that close, definition of playing the mental game and winning.
1. they really sucked at crowd control back in the day...2. Russell elevates so easily and quickly; absolute elite athletic skills that transcends any era of basketball
Bill Russell is a freak of nature. He's athletic, runs like a deer, agile, quick and fast. He literally can Guard smaller players. No centers move like that in today's NBA.
The smoothness to a lot of those mid range shots are actually quite solid. It’s the lack of Defense that really stood out to me. Hardly anyone ever has a hand in their face. It’s like they just let them shoot and hope for the best haha.
Look at Russell block that shot and the dunk from a stand still...his athletic abilities were amazing, he could jump and pass and defend and I don't care what anyone says he could play today or tomorrow or 100 years from now
There is a good view of the most unappreciated great player of all-time and that is, of course, Sam Jones. He was the greatest championship shooter in basketball history. However, he was also a great all-around player as well. He played on 9 title teams as a major contributor (played more than 50% of the schedule & top 6 in MinPG on each of the 9 teams). He & Jordan are the only backcourt players to ever lead those 6 such players on any title team in both PPG & FG% & they each did it 3X.
I was surprised that how developed this game looks for 1966. Once the '70s and early '80s came around, those guys could ball in the three-point line change the game forever. It seems like all of these guys have a good mid-range jumper, but with no three-point line the best option is getting as close to the hoop as possible. Soon as the three-point line came into play, it was a strategy now. That's how the guard turned into the most important player in a lot of aspects. The three-point shot is the preferred method of playing through analytics.
Before there was Bird and Magic, by then they change everything not to mention a man to follow named Michael (Jordan) later onward and by this time the NBA was going to be the ultimate sport that has matured and flourish to this day. OH HOW THE YEARS GO BY!!! Vanessa Williams thank you for putting a musical stamp on this glorious game.
Watch the Celtics trying to press Walt Hazzard in the backcourt: big mistake as he blows right by the whole team. There has never been anything more beautiful than Hazzard on the fastbreak. Halfcourt was a different story.
Their shots were so pure back then. I was rolling when the announcer said what a move by WEst though, joint basic as phuck compared to now. 70-71 Lakers my squad on 2K though...
I believe they could have adjusted to our era, they had shitty medical care and bad equipment, Bill put that nigga on a poster, give him some lebron zooms and he's a beast at power forward and center, damn I wish they could all play together at once, in another life lol
actually the medical care was better back then,,,,,,, and equipment? well all you need is a ball, a court, and a basket...much superior players back then...all things are devolving at rapid pace now........................willie
I realized that 60s and 70s player in my opinion is much better. The false believe of everyone that today is more skilled but it wrong. Imagine they had only limited playstyle because of rules. No palming the ball while dribbling is struggle in my opinion.
Im sorry but its just so funny how they dribble. Its how the 5 year olds at basketball camps dribble. Basketball has come a longggg longggg way, thats for sure.
Well if they dribbled any other way it would be a carry. The carrying rules probably started to get a little loose when Pistol Pete became popular. But all in all thank Iverson, that basketball players could pretty much carry the ball now.
Auerbach lights the cigar then has to put it out before being able to light it again. Year after year, the Lakers were better than the Celtics at every position but center. Sadly, for fans, that wasn't enough.
Every position!? Lakers had nobody like Havlicek, who could play both guard positions and forward. And nobody was better at their positions defensively than K.C. and Satch. In the early ‘60’s, Heinsohn was much better than LaRusso and Cousy was the best point guard in the world.
Today, lighting up a cigar results in a technical foul on the bench and Adam Silver would be assessing a huge fine on the first coach or player that lights up a cigar on the court.
I like watching these old clips of The Boston Celtics. Why did The Lakers not foul at the end? They were down 2 points with 4 seconds and they just let the Celts run out the clock.
Jerry West's pull up jumper was way a head of his time.
Yeah reminds me of Jordan and Kobe with that type of sudden mid range
Everybody else did it too in the '60's. Just not as well.
what jerry west did for the midrange jumper is what steph curry is doing for the 3 point shot
@@MiguelGutierrez-zc3nw The difference is that West did it in the clutch. For the Warriors, if I want a guy taking the game winning 3, it's Klae. Steph is amazing, but in crunch time he is less amazing.
the soft as type release, too) damn, h
t' man knew what he was doin')
dat Bill Russel dunk was nasty
Bill Russell had ugly lefty hook shot , great a tip In shot
Pretty sure he’s like the first dude to dunk. At least on film
@@taegotkashno, but one of the first to make it a mainstream thing
Bill Russell had bounce simple right to the point moves only flare was his put back dunk and Baylor and west were ahead of their time
Bill Russell, Jerry West, Elgin Baylor... So many legends on these teams.
I just watched the 1954 All Star game, and the amount basketball had progressed between then and this game in 1966 is insane. This game looks like basketball. What they were doing in the 50s is almost unrecognizable.
That’s why I came here. To watch some unrecognizable basketball, but it looks fairly normal here. Time to go 10 years back
@@noegallegos6722 fr the old style basketball looks like a football version of basketball, very low scoring with barely any dribble moves, people used the post often.
They couldn’t even shoot free throws correct in the 50’s 😭. This look pretty normal tho
This is actually insane, I am getting clips for a video I am making and just got done watching that video. I am actually freaked out😅
2 dribble max and pass the ball, yeah this era of basketball really set the stage for the next 40 years until the 3 ball became so popular
This is SO interesting to watch: middle range shots, hooks... Most of all basketball moves are organic, natural... Fantastic! i think that you guys agree with me.
Plus, quality of this video is amazing.
Thank YOU, NBA ! =)
Those organic set shots, a real treat to watch... oh, yes, those organic, natural, "I am dribbling to my left with my right hand, because, you know I don't have a left hand" moves are also nice
@@omnivorous65 It is more than that, the rules were way strict back then, the travelling rule was enforced much more strongly, that's why players were more methodical. The room for error while dribbling was extremely little.
@@omnivorous65 Funny, in those days every high-school kid could dribble and shoot with their off hand but many pros couldn't. Watch Hazzard push the ball upcourt on the fastbreak. Completely ambidextrous but Elgin, a much better player, always tried to use his right until he slowed down.
Yes, the way it was meant to be played
Yep
What GREAT footage!! For everyone who assumes that NBA players weren't athletic in the 60s and couldn't play today...I mean....JUST WATCH THIS! Look at the shooting!! Look at how quick Russell gets off the floor; watch Russ drive and slam dunk for the last basket- this is great play in any era.
Wests mid range was wildly ahead of his time and that russell dunk was crazy
So was Sam Jones!
I feel like the only thing that stands out extremely is the ball handling, besides that it looks like a lot of modern day Spurs and Warriors. Great video!
Yup the rules were alot stricter on carying so they werent allowed to do the handles you see today
Jerry West 36/10/3 and Bill Russell 25/36/1 had the best games. LA took more free throws but missed 11. LA had a slightly better shooting percentage but the Celtics had 16 more rebounds and took more shots, thanks to Russell.
Wow! 36 rebounds! And for him, it wasn’t that uncommon!
Ian a die hard lakers fan back to Jerry west days, but if you truly love basketball you should respect all teams & players, I know I do , it is priceless to see this video it brings back the past when I was young , respect all teams & their players..!
I can't imagine the frustration of losing so many times in game 7 of NBA Finals
And I think 4 of those were by five or less points
@@bryanchandler3486
Extremely competitive, must have been fun.
I wasn't alive for this era but certainly heard a lot about it growing up watching the '80s Celtics legends. This was a glorious time for the Celtics, Bill Russell was one of the most dominant centers in the game and an unparalleled rebounder, as you could see in this clip. Jerry West (RIP) was a great shooter indeed but there were so many who contributed to this golden era of Celtics' and NBA basketball. Love the clear, easy to watch footage, hard to believe this is closing on 60 years ago.
dang thats incredible, didn't realize how leaned back jerry west's shot was
what jerry west did for the midrange jumper is what steph curry is doing for the 3 point shot
Just his contested pull up shot
2:08 was nasty
@@greyk610I thought so too 👀
Rip kc Jones. From grateful dead songs to 8x nba champion you really were an inspiration
wish we could turn back time, to the good ol' days
youre 12
Stabilizin b8ed
Would've loved to grow up watching Tommy, Bill, Cousy and many other Celtic legends.
That was my youth. Russell vs Wilt, Cousy, and Sam Jones with a clutch dagger. Post games we would go play in the barn on our farm in Maine with the neighbors when it was below zero . Another time.
Covid 19 stuck at home in Maryland now and remembering a different world.
@@liberty4allplease Its ok, we will get back to normalcy soon, just be patient, it will happen, just a question of how soon.
russel in the left block posting, dribbling with the left hand into a right handed hook shot what a player
Red lighting up the cigar after the Bill Russell dunk gives me goosebumps ngl. Doing it with the score that close, definition of playing the mental game and winning.
Finally a good camera angle
Facts
+Fredrick Tate Opinions
I mean, there aren't a ton of angles to choose from, lol.
Stabilizin A Fact can not be a opinion for it is already a fact tho 🤔
+Fredrick Tate an* opinion
damn this is sick quality!
Steph Curry bandwagoners be wondering were the 3pt line is
+jesse schraag big W
Or anyone that grew up in the fucking 90s
+rushking20 #Lebrick not top 200 #GSWin5 Facts found a bandwagoner
+Beres Wilson found a hating bitch
+rushking20 #Lebrick not top 200 #GSWin5 Facts You don't need to be born before the 90s to know that there wasn't a three point line back than lol
they should make NBA 1k 966
+MαɗƘυвє NBA '96?
+Rawr Shark 1.9k 66
LELFACTOR34 I don't really like it when it's too long. But it could still work.
NBA Live 66
They should have a feature where you pick any year. And those teams could face off. Like the 96 bulls vs 66 celtics
1. they really sucked at crowd control back in the day...2. Russell elevates so easily and quickly; absolute elite athletic skills that transcends any era of basketball
absolutely right about Russell's athleticism...would be a premier athlete in any era.
R.I.P big Bill
It's cool to watch NBA History and it's finest
My dad was 16 and on his HS basketball team in the middle of nowhere Oklahoma. If he could, I'm sure he was probably listening to this game!
West & Baylor = Original dynamic duo
Got that right, the greatest dynamic duo in nba history
@@lloydkline6946 Cap we all know thats mj and pippen
@@patricialucero1767 that’s a trio lmao
Courageous Cat and Minute Mouse might have them beat...
No palming. No travels. Real basketball
Bill Russell is a freak of nature. He's athletic, runs like a deer, agile, quick and fast. He literally can Guard smaller players. No centers move like that in today's NBA.
wow this is awesome! more of this please
The smoothness to a lot of those mid range shots are actually quite solid. It’s the lack of Defense that really stood out to me. Hardly anyone ever has a hand in their face. It’s like they just let them shoot and hope for the best haha.
Look at Russell block that shot and the dunk from a stand still...his athletic abilities were amazing, he could jump and pass and defend and I don't care what anyone says he could play today or tomorrow or 100 years from now
Good quality for this old video!
No 3 points line!
Beautiful game!
YEP :-)
Please post more things like this NBA
Bill and Russel and Jerry West two of the top 10 greatest NBA players
Sam Jones loved that bank shot
All them suits in the audience LOL It was different back then
players are all passionate back then, they're not messing around , they're not lousy
Bare bones lines around the court, and the paint looks an extra two feet wide. No ads, flashing lights, blasting music. Simple times. Cool flash back
I don't get the blasting music. When I go to a concert, I don't expect to see people shooting hoops on the big monitor.
My grandpa is in that video!!! No, he was not a basketball player. He used to be addicted to watching basketball games. He was only 35 in that video
good memory
There is a good view of the most unappreciated great player of all-time and that is, of course, Sam Jones. He was the greatest championship shooter in basketball history. However, he was also a great all-around player as well. He played on 9 title teams as a major contributor (played more than 50% of the schedule & top 6 in MinPG on each of the 9 teams). He & Jordan are the only backcourt players to ever lead those 6 such players on any title team in both PPG & FG% & they each did it 3X.
No ‘gather step’ , no carrying or palming the ball on EVERY dribble, how refreshing.
Sam Jones was unbelievable.
Man completed an 8 peat 🤯
I was surprised that how developed this game looks for 1966. Once the '70s and early '80s came around, those guys could ball in the three-point line change the game forever. It seems like all of these guys have a good mid-range jumper, but with no three-point line the best option is getting as close to the hoop as possible. Soon as the three-point line came into play, it was a strategy now. That's how the guard turned into the most important player in a lot of aspects. The three-point shot is the preferred method of playing through analytics.
RIP Jerry West🙏🏿
Bill Russell doin work!!!
Wonderful to see this. Thank you
crazy to think MJ was 3 years old when this game happened.
Bill Russell is actually pretty quick for his height
7'1 Footer athlete. lol.
6'9
Yeah, he was a track athlete and olympic high jumper of course he was
Rip John Hondo Havlicek Never Forgetten btw 17 Days Before Hes Bday He Died On April 2019
Very sad day, I remember when was the king of the nba
And wore the number 17. Wow.
The Celtics have more rings than everyone in the Western conference playoffs combined😂😂
Celtics = 17
Lakers, Warriors, Spurs combined = 27
1MFilms keyword playoffs
Before there was Bird and Magic, by then they change everything not to mention a man to follow named Michael (Jordan) later onward and by this time the NBA was going to be the ultimate sport that has matured and flourish to this day. OH HOW THE YEARS GO BY!!! Vanessa Williams thank you for putting a musical stamp on this glorious game.
West has such a sweet stroke.
1:43
Bill: What the heck are you doing
LA player: Just some fruit ninja skill
They need to get rid of the 3 pt line.
Watch the Celtics trying to press Walt Hazzard in the backcourt: big mistake as he blows right by the whole team. There has never been anything more beautiful than Hazzard on the fastbreak. Halfcourt was a different story.
I remember watching this game in television!
Great footage!
I like how West is playing
Their shots were so pure back then. I was rolling when the announcer said what a move by WEst though, joint basic as phuck compared to now. 70-71 Lakers my squad on 2K though...
I believe they could have adjusted to our era, they had shitty medical care and bad equipment, Bill put that nigga on a poster, give him some lebron zooms and he's a beast at power forward and center, damn I wish they could all play together at once, in another life lol
actually the medical care was better back then,,,,,,, and equipment? well all you need is a ball, a court, and a basket...much superior players back then...all things are devolving at rapid pace now........................willie
Knee surgery was better in 1960's than now?I dont think so.
jerry west the goat
When you miss the game but you get happy cause NBA uploaded the highlights
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
I LOVE BASKETBALL I LOVE NBA I LOVE BOSTON CELTICS
Auerbach’s last game as coach. Told everyone at the beginning of the season to give them one more chance.
Just lovely, Jerry West pull up game was mean.
Jerry West, the literal face of the NBA.
Can't imagine I'm seeing a video in the past that I'm not yet born, wonder where am I in that time
This era is Curry's kryptonite if you know what I mean
I realized that 60s and 70s player in my opinion is much better. The false believe of everyone that today is more skilled but it wrong. Imagine they had only limited playstyle because of rules. No palming the ball while dribbling is struggle in my opinion.
Finally a non bullshit clip that makes everything look slow & non competitive
Wilt was Still Balling in Philly
If they had Wilt in the 60s, the Laker's would have won at least 4.
for so long ago these teams were actually pretty good. doesn't look very far off from modern hoops except for the dribbling skills
No, they couldnt carry over like today.
@@nicholasschroeder3678 good point
I wish fans would run on court like this before
I think the Celtics win in 1984 may have been the last time the fans stormed the court like this. Probably some of the same folks too.
@@johncassani6780 lol
Only NBA Team To Win 8 Nba Championship In A Row The Boston Celtics Best Nba Team Of All Time
Best fans in the world
8-peat
They gotta teach these youngbloods how its done
Turn that music off and this vid will be perfect 👌
I'm soo happy people in the comments are giving bill and Jerry their flowers
Im sorry but its just so funny how they dribble. Its how the 5 year olds at basketball camps dribble. Basketball has come a longggg longggg way, thats for sure.
Well if they dribbled any other way it would be a carry. The carrying rules probably started to get a little loose when Pistol Pete became popular. But all in all thank Iverson, that basketball players could pretty much carry the ball now.
Imagine Popovich lighting up a victory cigar like that these days. lol
When the city of Boston passed a no smoking ordinance they included an exception for Red Auerbach.
this is like science fiction for me unreal
Let's go Celtics tonight let's tie up the series
The new nba can’t guard stronger true men and could not stop the mid range shots
It would have been hilarious if the Lakers had actually come back and won after Red had lit the victory cigar.
That would have been the ultimate choke, being up by 10 points with 3 minutes to go.
In an interview Red said he once lit up too soon and his opponent tied the score. However, the Celtics won in overtime.
2:13 Russell like a boss after that block
Nice moments
What's all those tall black guys doing? I was told wilt Chamberlain played against a bunch if short whites? 😂😂 (sarcasm obv)
Auerbach lights the cigar then has to put it out before being able to light it again. Year after year, the Lakers were better than the Celtics at every position but center. Sadly, for fans, that wasn't enough.
Every position!? Lakers had nobody like Havlicek, who could play both guard positions and forward. And nobody was better at their positions defensively than K.C. and Satch. In the early ‘60’s, Heinsohn was much better than LaRusso and Cousy was the best point guard in the world.
I don't know who here in 2020 but this was on the day on my birthday but I'm young so not in the same year
Damn, back when basketball was simple without iso-motion, glamour, and endorsements that make it today
This is cool but simple is not always better and there’s nothing wrong with those things of today that u mentioned lol
Today, lighting up a cigar results in a technical foul on the bench and Adam Silver would be assessing a huge fine on the first coach or player that lights up a cigar on the court.
I like watching these old clips of The Boston Celtics. Why did The Lakers not foul at the end? They were down 2 points with 4 seconds and they just let the Celts run out the clock.
David R Well there was no 3 point line back then so they probably figured they wouldn't miss 2 free throws.
Steph would drop 1000 threes and my nigga Donkey will set 1000 moving screens against this irellevant soft era teams.
W
but not soft tho. the definition of a foul back then was much more violent
it would be easier for Steph if there was actually a three point line back then
There was no 3 point line back then genius.
How is this soft era? This is more physical then todays era. If today you breath on a player you get fouled like wtf!
They were better than kids think
That number 6 white jersey is great. I bet he will get 11 rings