The tragic superstar of the first Finals. The first buzzer beater. The birth of the Lakers-Celtics rivalry. And the day the Finals interrupted church. Here are forgotten tales in NBA Finals history you should know about
Did the world champs go to Disney World? They did not. They immediately embarked on a barnstorming tour of the Dakotas.Frank Selvy missed a potential series winner for the Lakers in Game 7 of the 1962 Finals.The Lakers and Celtics first met in the 1959 Finals, but their second meeting, three years later, gave birth to the sport’s most enduring rivalry. From 1962 to ’69, Los Angeles and Boston met six times in the Finals—and Boston won them all.
When Selvy was a senior in college at Furman, his coach proclaimed Feb. 13, 1954, “Frank Selvy Night.” Selvy’s parents and seven siblings made the six-hour trip from Corbin, Ky., to see him, and the game as the first sporting event broadcast live on TV in Greenville, S.C. Selvy responded by scoring 100 points . It was 29 more points than the previous Division I record, held by Temple’s Bill “The Owl Without a Vowel” Mlkvy.
Showing he wasn’t above running a joke into the ground, Hundley would call Selvy for decades afterward. He’d simply say, “Nice shot,” and then hang up. “It’s a fortunate thing that one of our players did not wind up with a broken leg or a broken arm,” Phoenix coach John MacLeod said after Game 5. Suns fans weren’t so lucky.
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