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10-01-2014, 09:23 AM
#136
College star
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10-01-2014, 10:00 AM
#137
Local High School Star
Re: the greatest choke: 1969
Originally Posted by Psileas
For real, thank God there's more footage and a lot more knowledge on Russell, because this is embarrassing. Who would believe Russell is a GOAT candidate by watching this? If anything, it might help establish some stupid anti-Wilt-like kind of myth, like "Russell stopped playing defense when he picked 5 fouls" (look how he lets Wilt score and how he tries to protect himself defensively). Good stuff to create a few nice little myths here, right?
Sarcasm? You're a good poster but it can be hard to convey online. Russell played great defense in that footage. To me it speaks much more as a testament for his defense than it does against it. This was Russell in his last year playing with 4-5 fouls, yet he was able to eliminate 7-9 points in one quarter. Offense and rebounding was lacking it that footage, but defense wasn't.
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