For some, it's all about the rings when ranking players. But if you look at the numbers of NBA stars in Finals they lost, it ...

Chamberlain, a force unlike any other in NBA history, was so dominant it was hard to put his accomplishments in a context ...

(Photo by Adam Glanzman/Getty Images) The Boston Celtics defeated the Dallas Mavericks in the 2024 NBA Finals. Check out a ... Knicks over Los Angeles Lakers 1969 -- Boston Celtics over Los ...

As a player, he won the 1969 NBA Finals MVP, was selected to 14 All-Star teams and 12 All-NBA teams and was a five-time All-Defensive selection. He was only a couple of years removed from his 14 ...

Red Auerbach's Celtics won 11 championships between 1957 and 1969, including winning eight consecutive NBA Finals matchups from 1959-66. Then, from 1980-81 through 1985-86, the Celtics won three ...

Yes. Legendary Lakers guard Jerry West won NBA Finals MVP honors in 1969 despite the fact Los Angeles lost to Boston in seven games. The Hall of Famer averaged 37.9 points per game in the series.

The road to the NBA Finals is usually a treacherous one. However, some teams found their journey to be easier than most.

As a player, West was a 14-time NBA All-Star, won the 1969 NBA Finals MVP, became an NBA champion in 1972 and had his No. 44 retired by the franchise. West was named to the NBA 75th Anniversary ...

There have been six champions in that time. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s Bucks had five years of dominance (1969-74) along with a ...

After winning 64 games during the regular season, the Celtics went 16-3 in the playoffs to win the ... The Celtics haven't repeated as NBA champs since the 1968 and 1969 Boston teams went back ...

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s Bucks had five years of dominance (1969-74) along with a title and another trip to the NBA Finals. Head coach Don Nelson oversaw a seven-year period (1980-87) that produced ...