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Topic: 1957 NBA Finals

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		The winner of the NBA Finals is presented the Larry O'Brien Championship Trophy at the conclusion of the finals.
		The first NBA Finals were held in 1947, and have been held each year in June ever since.
		The comeback was led by Dwyane Wade's 12 points in the final six minutes and a clutch outside jumpshot by once-perennial all-star Gary Payton, who was appearing in his third NBA finals.
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	NBA - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The NBA, formerly all white players and coaches, became the first professional sports league to have a fl head coach in 1966, the first to have a fl general manager in 1972, and the first to have a fl majority owner in 2002.
		The NBA Coach of the Year Award is awarded to either the best coach in the league or the coach that has made the most positive difference to a team.
		The final playoff round, a best-of-seven series between the victors of both conferences, is known as the NBA Finals.
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	NBADraft.net \| The Gold Medal Superstar Theory and NBA Championships: Part 2
		But, like the Bullets in 78, the Sonics only won a title because the NBA was in a holding pattern waiting for the Sixers to get their act together and for Bird and Magic to claim the 80s.
		That means 99 of the 100 teams in the NBA finals since 1956 were led by a player on this list.
		Finally, look at the last two columns, which list the best players on the losing conference finals team every year for the past 50 NBA seasons.
	www.nbadraft.net /mcchesney002.asp (2125 words)

	Syracuse.com: Yankees
		Billups, the MVP of the 2004 NBA Finals, averaged 17.0 points and 3.4 rebounds in 70 games during the 2006-07 regular season.
		The Heat, who defeated Dallas in six games during the 2006 NBA Finals, were plagued by a myriad of injuries in 2006-07.
		Davis, who is in the final year of a contract that pays nearly $7 million per season, averaged 17 points, 4.8 assists and 3.9 rebounds in 2006-07.
	www.syracuse.com /yankees/spnet.ssf?/default.asp?c=advance&page=nba/news/preview.htm (1660 words)

	NBA.com: Greatest Finals Series
		A great NBA Finals series goes sometimes six games, but more often than not the greatest are grueling seven-game duels that leave both the winners and the losers drained.
		Down 3-1 in the Eastern Conference Finals to the San Antonio Spurs, the Bullets won three straight, storming to The Finals to meet the Sonics.
		Bird and Magic met three times in the NBA Finals and it was their first meeting, 1984, that's the greatest ever.
	www.nba.com /finals2004/greatest_finals_series.html (2229 words)

	NBA.com: Celtics Officially Launch Their Dynasty
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		Regardless of the climate, the atmosphere was almost always oppressive in the dank, smelly building, with the umpteen NBA championship banners hanging in the rafters above the chipped and aged parquet floor.
		But there was so much more to the 1957 NBA Finals than face value.
	www.nba.com /history/finals/19561957.html (1758 words)

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		Perhaps the biggest disparity between the Mavericks and Miami Heat in the NBA Finals is coaching résumés.
		Rookie coaches are 6-9 in the NBA Finals, although they're 5-8 when you subtract 1946-47, the first season of the league.
		Note: NBA records from 1946 to 1949 are from the Basketball Association of America, a forerunner to the NBA.
	www.wwltv.com /sharedcontent/dws/spt/basketball/mavs/stories/061506dnsporookiecoaches.1290b1.html (468 words)

	Passing of a Boston sports legend - The Boston Globe
		He was inducted into the NBA Hall of Fame in 1968 and, 12 years later, was recognized as the greatest coach in NBA history by the Professional Basketball Writers Association of America.
		He was also a social force in the NBA, drafting the league's first African-American player in 1950 in Chuck Cooper, hiring pro sports' first African-American head coach in 1966 in Russell, and starting five African-Americans on the Celtics, an NBA first.
		In his early years as the commissioner of the NBA, David Stern would joke to friends that he felt his real first name was Stupid because of all the conversations he had with Auerbach.
	www.boston.com /sports/basketball/celtics/articles/2006/10/28/passing_of_a_celtics_legend (5348 words)

	NBA Finals Tickets - Buy NBA Finals Basketball Tickets
		The Los Angeles Lakers are also a powerhouse in the Finals, with 14 championships to their credit, and the Chicago Bulls hold six wins.
		During the 2000 NBA Finals, the Lakers faced off against the Pacers, and when the Lakers won, fans filled the streets of Los Angeles, in their excitement a riot started and bonfires ensued, cars and even a news van were flipped over.
		The NBA Finals are considered a "World Championship," though only US teams compete for the title.
	www.basketballticketdeals.com /teams/nba-finals-tickets.html (219 words)

	Blog of Death: July 2004 Archives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Fitzsimmons' final years were spent working as an executive vice president of the Suns and as a television and radio commentator for the team.
		A two-time NBA Coach of the Year (in 1979 with Kansas City and in 1989 with Phoenix), Fitzsimmons was inducted into the Missouri Basketball Hall of Fame, the National Junior College Hall of Fame and the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame.
		She became a professor of surgery in 1957, a job she held until 1983, and was the second fl woman to be named a fellow of the American College of Surgeons.
	www.blogofdeath.com /archives/2004_07.html (10628 words)

	ESPN Classic - January Moments
		With the Hawks comfortably ahead in the final minutes, Wilkens salutes Red Auerbach, the man he had been tied with, by lighting up a victory cigar reminiscent of the ones Auerbach lit up after Boston Celtic wins.
		In the 120-104 victory by the defending NBA champions, the 24-year-old Abdul-Jabbar outscores the 35-year-old Wilt 39-15 and has more rebounds (20 to 12), more blocked shots (10 to 6) and more assists (5 to 2).
		In the final seconds, Bill Walton, playing all 40 minutes after missing three games with a back injury, misses a 12-footer (only his second misfire in 14 field-goal attempts) and two Bruin follow-ups also fail.
	www.espn.go.com /classic/moments/s/january.html (9771 words)

	NBA Finals Tickets, NBA Championship Game Tickets
		The NBA Finals is played between the two teams who win the Eastern and Western Conference Finals respectively.
		The NBA Finals have long been known to be a “King of the Court” type of contest due to the numerous dynasties in the history of the NBA.
		For example, fans who bought NBA Finals tickets during the late fifties and sixties were basically watching a contest to see if anyone could beat the Boston Celtics (who won all but 2 NBA Finals between 1957 and 1969 including eight in a row between 1959 and 1966).
	www.mtctickets.com /nba-tickets/nba-finals.aspx (404 words)

	InsideHoops.com - NBA Playoffs Notes
		.Billups became the first player to win NBA Finals MVP before he was an All-Star since Pistons president of basketball operations Joe Dumars (Finals MVP in 1989, All-Star in 1990).
		Red Auerbach (1957 Celtics) and Bill Fitch (1981 Celtics) both won their first titles in their 11th seasons as a head coach.
		FINALS 3PT FGM: Derek Fisher’s 31 3PT FGM are fourth-best in Finals history, behind Michael Jordan (42), Robert Horry (38) and Michael Cooper (35).
	www.insidehoops.com /notes.shtml (984 words)

	OpinionJournal - Leisure & Arts
		As we saw Sunday in Game One of the NBA Finals (the most exciting time of the NBA season), defense is the tiebreaker.
		When I was playing for them, the Boston Celtics won an unprecedented 11 championships in 13 seasons, from 1957 to 1969, by embracing a team strategy that I call "team ego." Team ego recognizes the collective alignment of everyone's individual talents for the benefit of the team.
		In fact, the past 15 NBA champions ranked in the top five in at least one of the two major defensive categories (points and field-goal percentage) during the regular season or postseason.
	www.opinionjournal.com /la/?id=110005187 (1000 words)

	College baseball scoreboard \| The San Diego Union-Tribune
		Sportsman: Finals – Jim Horne (El Cajon, 1972 Chevy Camaro; 8.604, 73.65) df.
		Russ Lougy (Lakeside, 1957 Chevy Bel Air; 8.58, 81.79).
		Pro: Finals – Roy Sommers (Escondido, 1956 Chevy; 6.734, 99.80) df.
	www.signonsandiego.com /uniontrib/20050405/news_1s5agate4-a.html (194 words)

	HoopsCorner.com: Bob Cousy - 1957 NBA MVP
		NBA start: Drafted 11th overall by Boston in the 1950 NBA draft.
		Knocked out St Louis 4-3 in NBA finals.
		Comments: Despite the fact that rookie Bill Russell missed half of the season for the 1956 Melbourne Olympics, the team never lacked strong play from Bill Sharman, rookie of the year to be Tom Heinsohn, and eventual league MVP Bob Cousy, who also registered the assist title and the all-star game MVP.
	www.hoopscorner.com /almanac/season_mvps/57.html (119 words)

	Detroit Pistons Quizzes and Detroit Pistons Trivia -- FunTrivia
		The Detroit Pistons, known at the time as the Bad Boys of the NBA, won consecutive championships in 1989 and 1990.
		In a season of highs and lows, the Detroit Pistons still made it to a fifth straight Eastern Conference Finals.
		This quiz is about the NBA team Detroit Pistons players and coaches.
	www.funtrivia.com /quizzes/sports/nba_teams/detroit_pistons.html (473 words)

	TSN : SHOWS-TSN PROFILE - Canada's Sports Leader
		Two years later, Balding won three events on the Tour and finished sixth on the PGA Tour money list, the highest of any Canadian to that point.
		The Toronto native was also named Ontario Athlete of the Year in 1955 and 1957.
		In 1968, Balding represented Canada at the World Cup where he was the individual low-scorer and teamed with George Knudson to win the prestigious team event.
	www.tsn.ca /shows/tsn_profile (562 words)

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