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...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...
Hard Breather. True, Russell's Celtics trail the Philadelphia 76ers by 7½ games in the race for the regular season Eastern Division championship. But last week they beat the 76ers for the fourth time in seven games this season, 113-112 -and there is no reason to suspect that they can't do it again in next month's postseason playoffs. True, Russell makes mistakes: in one game, he was fined for forgetting to call a required time out (thereby costing the TV sponsor a commercial); in another, he sent in a substitute without removing...
...coach of the National Basketball Association's Philadelphia 76ers does not sound like he really belongs in the pros. For one thing, Alex Hannum is so unimpressed with his own basketball knowledge that he solicits suggestions from his players during time-outs. Worse yet, in a profession never noted for modesty, his humility is practically treasonous. "I'm just lucky enough to have inherited a team that was already great," says Hannum, whose 76ers are currently the winningest team in the history of pro basketball. Last week they beat the Baltimore Bullets 121-115 for their 38th victory...
What Hannum actually inherited when he took over the 76ers in May was a team that was still in a state of shock over its collapse in last year's Eastern Division playoffs. Under Coach Dolph Schayes, the 76ers posted a 55-25 record during the regular season, beating the Boston Celtics by one game, only to get walloped 4-1 in the best-of-seven play-offs by the same Celtics-who went on to win their ninth N.B.A. championship in ten years. Schayes blamed the debacle on "players who were saying things behind my back"-particularly...
Chamberlain showed up seven days late at the 76ers' pre-season training camp last fall. Hannum fined him $1,050 ($150 a day) and invited Chamberlain into a private room for a little nose-to-chin-whiskers chat. Announced Chamberlain: "Hannum is a helluva coach. I don't always agree with what he says...