Showing posts with label boston celtics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label boston celtics. Show all posts

Monday, December 7, 2015

Sports Illustrated Cover of the Week

March 3rd 1986
Celebrating his 59th birthday 
December 7th 2015
Larry Bird


3 time NBA Champion (1981,1984,1986)
2 time NBA Finals MVP (1984, 1986)
3 time NBA MVP (1984,1985,1986)
NBA Rookie of the Year (1980)
NBA Coach of the Year (Indiana Pacers 1998)
Naismith College Player of the Year (Indiana State 1979)

Monday, March 16, 2015

Sports Illustrated Cover of the Week

Sports Illustrated
June 10th 1985

38 year old Kareem Abdul-Jabbar becomes the oldest winner of the NBA Finals MVP trophy.

Kareem led his Los Angeles Lakes to a 4 games to 2 win over the defending NBA champion Boston Celtics and it was the Lakers first Finals ever win over the Celtics.

Abdul Jabbar would average 30.2 points, 11.3 rebounds, 6.5 assists and 2 blocks to win his 2nd Finals MVP Trophy, his first was in 1971 after guiding the Milwaukee Bucks to their 1st and only NBA Championship.


Friday, May 16, 2014

1987 NBA Champions

The 1987 NBA Finals was won by the Los Angeles Lakers.  They defeated the Boston Celtics 4 games 2 and this was the first NBA Finals contested entirely in June.