Triple- OT Classic Highlights Boston's 1. Title. The defending NBA champion Golden State Warriors compiled the best regular- season record in the league for 1. No longer were they the Cinderellas of the West. That role belonged to another upstart team, the Phoenix Suns, an 8- year- old franchise that started two rookies. They had finished the regular season at 4. Suns had arrived. They had traded Charlie Scott to the Boston Celtics for sharpshooter Paul Westphal, and their phenomenal season grew out of that deal. Don Chaney had moved on to the American Basketball Association, and Westphal, the third guard, now played for the Suns. Scott, a slight but wonderfully gifted guard at 6- foot- 5 and 1. Jo Jo White in the Boston backcourt, which led to immediate speculation that one basketball wouldn't be enough for the two of them. In a display of team defense never equaled before or since, John Havlicek, Dave Cowens and Paul Silas - - the starting frontcourt - - were named to the league's All- Defensive First Team. That and their winning tradition made the Celtics big favorites against the Suns. There was even talk of a sweep. After all, Phoenix was a young team with a young coach, John Mac. Leod, who had a reputation as a motivator and a flashy dresser. A fourth- year player out of Southern Cal, he was 6- foot- 4 and a whiz at moving with or without the ball. That made him all the more important to Phoenix because he could get his shots without a lot of help. He also displayed acrobatic moves that thrilled the fans. A backup when he was with Boston, he became better with each game he started in Phoenix. Over the last half of the season his average soared to better than 2. Plus, he wasn't a bad defensive player, and he showed a knack for slipping into the passing lanes unnoticed to snatch the ball. Havlicek had torn a muscle in his left foot during the playoffs and was hobbling. TEMA 12 El franquisme (1936-1975) Repressi. Cursos: 4t d’ESO i 2n de BAT (Actualitzat 05/04/2016). Don Nelson was another graybeard off the bench. Like the Boston teams of the 1. 1975 January February. The Kataeb militia kills 27 Palestinians during an attack on their bus in Ain El. Helsinki Final Act (1975) (Adopted at the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe, 1 August 1975) The States participating in the Conference on Security. 1975 Egypt Cup Final, was the final match of the 1974–75 Egypt Cup, was between Zamalek and Ghazl El Mahalla, Zamalek won the match 1–0. If I had fallen asleep while I was covering the 1975 European Communities referendum for this newspaper and woken up during the 2016 campaign, I would have been. After all, the Suns hadn't beaten the Celtics since December 1. Boston won the first game at home, 9. Suns shot only 3. Then Phoenix's Ricky Sobers and Boston's Kevin Stacom got into a fistfight, and both were ejected. At that point, Suns center Alvan Adams came alive. The Rookie of the Year drove for two buckets, hit Westphal going to the hoop for another, then tipped in a Westphal miss moments later. Adams finished with 3. Both Scott and Cowens had fouled out - - Scott for the third straight game - - which left the Boston coaching staff fussing that the officials had been influenced by the media. The Celtics also picked up two technicals during the course of the game. Refs Don Murphy and Manny Sokol whistled 2. Heinsohn responded by raging and stomping on the sideline and claimed later that the affair was pure . Even so, the game was anybody's to steal. When Sobers took the ball down the middle and hit a bank shot that put the Suns up by four points with 9. Celtics still had a chance to tie it. They lost, 1. 09- 1. White's late jumper was off. I'll never forget the end. Jo Jo White was so exhausted, he just sat down on the court. It was such an emotional and physical game for everybody involved. After nine minutes Boston was up 3. The Celtics went on to score 3. Suns. Phoenix stayed in it somehow, cutting the deficit to 1. Then the Suns stepped up their defense and held Boston to a mere 3. The two teams battled to a tight finish. Curtis Perry missed two free throws for Phoenix, and Havlicek did the same for Boston. Regulation ended with the score at 9. With time running off the clock, Silas signaled to official Richie Powers that he wanted a Boston timeout. The Celtics had none left, and according to the rules, Powers was supposed to call a technical on Silas for calling a timeout the team didn't have. The Phoenix coaches were incensed. If the technical had been whistled, the officials would have awarded the Suns a free throw and a chance to win. Instead, with midnight nearing, the marathon game went into a second overtime. Angry and drained as they were, the Suns stashed their complaints and went back to the fray. With 1. 5 seconds left, the Celtics owned a three- point lead and the Garden was rocking with chants of . First, Dick Van Arsdale scored for Phoenix. Then Westphal got a steal, but Perry missed a 1. He rebounded and scored on the second effort to put the Suns up 1. When it fell through, the Garden erupted. The Celtics celebrated as hundreds of fans poured onto the floor, overwhelming the Garden's elderly and understaffed security force. A table was overturned and general mayhem prevailed, while Powers tried to get both coaches' attention. It took some time for the public address announcer to communicate that to the crowd. Eventually, the security staff got the floor cleared, and play was set to resume. Phoenix would have to go the length of the floor to score with only a second remaining. Why not call a timeout, which the Suns didn't have? The officials would have to call a technical. The Celtics would get a free throw, but then the Suns would get the ball at halfcourt with a better shot to tie. White hit the free throw, giving the Celtics a 1. Then, as the hour neared midnight, the Suns went to Gar Heard on the inbounds pass. With the score tied at 1. He settled on little- used Glenn Mc. Donald, a 6- foot- 6 forward who had been the team's No. Long Beach State in 1. His NBA career lasted just nine more games after the 1. Finals, and he was released in the 1. Milwaukee. But for five minutes of the third overtime, Mc. Donald had the basketball world's attention. He scored six points, the last two on a short jumper, to give Boston a 1. Afterward, they were more defiant than ever. We showed we came to play. There, they traded hand checks with the Celtics in a defensive struggle. Each team scored 2. Boston scored 1. 8 in the second while holding the Suns to 1. Keith Erickson had attempted to play at the start of the second, but he reinjured his sprained ankle and never returned. After falling behind by 1. Phoenix caught up again in the third and actually took a 6. Sobers free throw with 7: 2. Havlicek hit two free throws; then Cowens stole the ball, drove, scored, drew the foul and made the extra shot for a three- point play. Cowens then scored two baskets and Havlicek another to put it away. The Celtics rode their surge to an 8. When the game was up for grabs, it was a question of pure guts. Everyone was tired, but our guys have been there before and did it. He also scored nine points in the fourth period, finishing the game with 2. The outburst knocked him out of an 1. In all five he had fouled out.
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