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wwwwwwww*www-w~wmr*wwwr-wr-WWWWW~WW~wrwCoach Russel]on8 mileYolBy DICK DOUGHERTY Courier Times Sports WriterPhiladelphia offPHILADELPHIA Playerroach Bill Russell of Boston can look over his shoulder and smile But he won't do itBehind him are (he Philadel phia 76crs 'Die Celtics dropped Philadelphia in opening match inDivision finals of the NationalBasketball league playoffs, 127ek. caughtstride“That's what we feared the most.” Coach Alex Hannum of the 76ers said, “They played; their game by getting the ball quickly up court When Boston set up they weren't that good, but they raced up the floorphia's Greer beat Havlicek and sliced the score to 87 82.PAGE 12SATURDAY, APRIL 6. 1968last nights ma(j^ a j0j 0f points bv doingthe Easternnft• ftI * We were the winning team, Bussell said. “But it's just one game The winning team has to win four games in these playoffs .md the tough ones are comingAwesome Styleft*Philadelphia had a lot of prob lems which Hannum couldn’tseem to correct The 7fiers were on the short end of a 65 56 half time score and things nearly got out of control in the third peri odBlistering Fast BreakThe Celtics started to zoomThe Celtics roaring down the;down the floor with Larry Siegfried, Sam Jones and Havlicek! leading a blistering fast break Boston never relinquished the pressure and the score mounted quickly to 76 65 Hal Greer tried to keep theSpectrum floor a; every oppor tunity, swept the 76ers to defeat heturr 14.412 in awesome style I Boston's attack, fired with deadly shooting from Sam Jones,Bailey Howell, and John Havlic76crs within shouting distance. He popped in a pair of 15-foot jumpers, one right over top of Siegfried, but the Celtis held thelead, 76 69.Havlicek blew down the lane for a driving layup and was fouled by laike Jackson The 6 5 Boston star made the foul to make it 79 69 Havlicek and Sam Jones hit the scoreboard and the score rocketed to 8.2 71sharp pass from Johnny Green and powered his way over Russell.last Spirited RidPhiladelphia’s last spirited bidlo catch the Celtics was fash loned with 6:10 left in the period Wilt Chamberlain took aChamberlain’s bucket ignited an eight-point flurry which cut the Boston lead to four. 83 79. Chet Walker notched a 10 footer, Greer went by Siefgried for a 15 foot driving bank shot and Walker drove deep from the left comer, after taking a pass from Greer, for a twin pointer.Russell poured in a 12-foot jumper on top of Chamberlain at 4:21 but Wilt retaliated with a stuff shot after a rebound on a shot Greer missed to make it 85pT 'l;; l'J”Sam Jones lopoed in an 18-foot jumper 487 81» but PhiladelIn the next two minutes and 10 seconds Sam Jones went on a scoring binge which sent Boston screaming to a commanding 10 point lead. Jones made two fouls, pumped in a 12 foot jum per over Matty Goukas and came back with a 20 foot bank shot from the left of the circle on a perfect pass from Havlicek.“You can’t set a defense to stop Satch,” Hannum said, “We guarded him but when he start ed it was tough to stop him. He takes those tough shots andmakes them .Running Away Sam Jones gave Boston ihelifl it needed After three min utes had elasped in the fourth chapter the Celtics roared away to a 105 91 advantage The 71ers never threatened seriouslyagain. -Havlicek (25), Howell (24) and Sam Jones (28 combined for 78 Boston points Sam Jones poured in 11 of 20 shots and wassix for eight from the foul line Teamwise, Boston hit on 52 of 90 missiles for a 57.8 averageThe Celts picked up 23 of 29 foultosses for a 79 3 average,Chamberlain (14 and 24»paced Philadelphia with 33 markers. Greer (12 for 33) had 27 Walker (II for 18 burned the rims for 31.The 76ers dumped in 48 of 10.3 shots from the floor (46 6 aver age i and were 22 for 45 from the charity stripe lt;48 0 average).Phili (111) G f‘ .larksnn 2 Walker2 3ftotton lt;t|7t T G Fft Howell lft4 4T2411SandersChmbrln.1*1 Hu**ell $ 1*4Greer W.Jonee ; Green Guokji* He’iniTefal*12 1 4 27IS-lone* 11 ft- A 284 1 5 II H’eefc 12 11*12 V.1 8 2 1 ft ftI I*ftft2ft ftft- ftft- ft ft ft4ftft4ftftft Embry 2 i Graham 2 .1.1 o ne*41 22*45 111 Nelson( 1 ' 1- |Thacker ft ft ft! Tefal* $2 22 2ft WPhiladelphia8o*te« 34*31 *32*3I—127PerM»nsI Foul* rhambertem. Greei Guokas 4. Jackson 4, W. lone* 5, Ws 4; Embr.v 2, Havlicek 3. Howell $ .lone* 4, Nelson 2. fu^ell 4. *anrter Siegfried 2. Thacker.Total Fouls: Philadelphia 21, Bo*ton4 14,41}☆☆☆Series ResumesInBostnWed nesdayBy DICK DOUGHERTY he all right with u».” Courier Times Sports Writerwhere the facilities are the best4 4PHILADELPHIABut now we’ve lost the home for everyone And to accomo-eourt advantage. We worked all date the public.Coach Bil| season for r and it's gone Bos “But the home court advan Russell of the Boston Celtics ton can wjn aj home at take it. tage is important to me. I feel isn't upset because the schedule have to win at home and in the home court Is worth seven on the final round of the Nation- gaston now to win it,” he contin- points. Five of which is playedAssociation’s ue{j ... .a) BasketballEastern Division playoffs hasbeen altered.“It won’t make any differencebefore the home crowd AndBoston pinned a 127-118 defeat don’t let anyone say it doesn'ton the 76ers last night.mean anything to a professional.“But in a seven game series Tne home crowd sureto us when the games are the better team will- •played It is best that the games they're the best.” Hannum con-are changed due to the situation tinued. “We’re the better team.and because Sunday has been We’ll bounce back and forth. Ifprove| “The other part (two points* is being away from home, eat ing differently, sleeping in strange beds and having yourdeclared a day of mourning for we stay healthy we can win it. 1 schedule changed. I like playingstillDr. Martin Luther King.The best-of-seven series will jteam in Philadelphia.”feel we have the better at home♦ Iresume next Wednesday night at Boston and will return to Philadelphia on Thursday.The 76ers said the game was changed because Friday is the start of the Jewish Passoverholidays and Good Friday“We’ll play any nights which are available.’’ Coach Alex Hannum of the 76ers stated. “It will*\IH PlayoffsBy United Pftt* International Oiviston Final*ifttt of Seven CMRomonPhiladelphiaWestW L PetI ft i.m, ft 1 ftftftRussell, B n s t o n’s player-coach, was glad last night’s game was held. “It was a decision left up to the players of both teams.” he said, “And it was better the game was played. I hated to see 16,006 or 15,000 people come down here and find out the game was caded off and there was nothing to do. It could have led to trouble.”Russell said he knew Dr. King and hoped to attend the funeral in Atlanta. Ga. ‘i'll attend the funeral if at all possible,” he said.On the West Coast, l/s ! Angeles beat San Francisco 133-105 in the opener of a best-of seven Western division final, Elgin Baylor led the Lakers with 29 points, a total matched by Jeff Mullins of the losing Warriors.Sin Francisco f 1051laru**nMtifiin*Allies War ick Hftiol KineLewi*TurnerLaternEtli*G F T4 4 7 12 j Baylor P 14 2ft ; Hau ksp*5 2*4 12 Imhoff1 2 2 4 We*!7i ii i Clark$ 7-ft 17 Goodrich:i o o ft | Count*2 ftO 41 Crawford 2 ft ft 4 Muellerft 2*2 21 Hamiltonft ft ft ft ;TotalsLoft Angola* H3JG ft Tt2 3 8 5ft 7 2 4 1*ns438 13 27 ft 2- 3 2ft 7 3* 4 174 2-1 83 It* ft * ft ft ft ft Oft 0 ft53 27*31 133Total*MATT til OKAS of (ho Philadelphia last night. Jones scored 28 points asW L PelI 0 I 0000 t 000“hers reaches around Boston’s Sam Jones to shake the ball loose duringNBA playoff game at the SpectrumBoston won Ihe first game of the best-of-seven series. 127-118. (UPI Telephoto)lm Ante left San FranciscoFriday * Result*Boston 117, Philadelphia 118 lift* Angele* 133, San Francisco188Saturday'* GamaNo game* scheduled42 21-28 185i San Francisco 27 24 22 25—185Lot Angeles 33 30 32 28—133Personal foul a: Laruso 4. Mullins 2.Philadelphia made just 22 of i ^ '• *“'«• 8* Warwick 4, hwu«i s, 45 foul shots. It upset Hannum. lain* i'.' imhoo I w»* «’ n»riT“As a team we haven't shot free rich *• c™*®* 4. cwmt, *. Mufinr1»rIheers11 aveSavthrows like that all year. When you stand up at the free throw line it doesn’t concern offense, defense or any other part of the game. It’s up to the shooter and j we didn’t do a good jobTotal* foul*: San Francisco 27, f/i* \ntill, Playoffs»*to be seen how many runs we* •Boston’s oh-so-easy fast break played a key role in whipping the 76ers. “We have to have our mind on the job. We have to get back. We know they like to run. We didn’t get back.” he said.Series A Be*t oI SevenW L1 and a better defense Our bull- ncl. I'd say Baltimore has a Rick Wise and Woody Frymanison and Felix Millan. Our pitch-ien is unsettled and it remains!good chance to win. can’t win at least 65 games. If ing still has to be tested. Every-!Boh Kennedy. Oakland A’s — we hit as well as we are capable body knows we have some pretwill he able to score We nave This js not a last place club °f we W*N do a job. I am sure tv fair hitters.”.-! the strongest catching staff in These youngsters will make lt;Hlr infield detense will be the Walter Alston. Los Angeles uanm,m wnitM havo nrotorraAit the American League [some physical mistakes It’s my best we ve ever had. There are Dodgers - “I don’t know how “ iw i have preferred?. Balph Houk. New York Van- duty to try to eliminate mental about seven clubs with pennant ;much higher we'll finish this i?ai cLhlr ikL LonveJt,onkces - “We re better off than mistakes. I want to get them to ambitions and we are one of year, but I know we re im-1“wfimnio ’’last year with a bet play fundamentally sound base them' proved. Zoilo Versalles and Tomtor bench with Andv Koseo. Bill ball.” Larry Shepard. Pittsburgh Pi--Haller have shown that they’llfr.31A T4*1_ ^ a -L:__* ji t atrum. We know that floor better but it’s a case of playinggf MRocheslcr .. ) ft • 3Hcrsh^y ft 2 8 $Strit* ft••*♦ ©♦ FivtW L GF GASpringfield ...... 1 ft 3 IProvidence ft 1 1 3S*ri«* C §•*♦ of FiveW L GF GA Quebec 2 ft 7 3Buffalo ..... ft 3 3 7Friday* Result*Rochester 4, Hershey 1 Quebec 3, Buffalo 1Only games scheduled Saturday's GamesRochester at Hers heyProvidence at Spring!ieid Only games scheduled.mt
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