{"id":622812,"date":"2026-05-04T11:52:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T11:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/622812\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T11:52:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T11:52:11","slug":"youtube-gold-three-legends-yahoo-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/622812\/","title":{"rendered":"YouTube Gold: Three Legends – Yahoo Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the 1960\u2019s, there were three great teams in the NBA: the Boston Celtics<\/a>, the Los Angeles Lakers, and whoever Wilt Chamberlain was playing for at the time.<\/p>\n

The Celtics were built around Bill Russell, while the Lakers were crafted around Jerry West and Elgin Baylor.<\/p>\n

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The Lakers never won a championship during Russell\u2019s time in Boston, and this haunted West for life. Even after establishing himself as Boston\u2019s Red Auerbach\u2019s equal as a GM, he could not step foot in Boston<\/a> Garden. In the new Prime documentary about him, Jerry West: The Logo, West reveals that he was going to go to a game at Boston with his son, but he was physically incapable of doing it.<\/p>\n

In the 60s, as you\u2019ll see here, West and Baylor were a great combo, but they could not typically overcome Chamberlain\u2019s sheer size and athleticism<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Well, no one could. Russell could manage him, but he could not control him. He took a little away here, a bit there, and his teammates were typically superior, but overcome Chamberlain?<\/p>\n

It was not possible.<\/p>\n

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In 1968, Chamberlain requested a trade from the Philadelphia 76ers<\/a>, and ended up with Baylor, West, and the Lakers.<\/p>\n

The Celtics were aging, and people generally thought they were ready to fall. But Russell wasn\u2019t ready to let go, and he won his 11th and final championship.<\/p>\n

West and the Lakers would finally win one in 1972, but Baylor would retire early in the season. Almost as soon as he did, L.A. went on an epic 33-game win streak and were basically unbeatable.<\/p>\n

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