Posted on 03/22/2021 8:08:31 PM PDT by MarvinStinson
Elgin Baylor, legendary Hall of Famer and Lakers star, dies at 86
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Elgin Baylor once scored 75 points in a single game, which was 2nd best to Wilt the Stilt’s 100 points (scored at the Hershey Arena in Hershey PA on behalf of the Philadelphia Warriors v. the New York Knicks).
Rodney “Hot Rod” Hundley, who was Chick Hearn’s broadcast partner later in life, was a teammate of Elgin Baylor, and commented that he and Elgin teamed up for 76 points; I made a free throw, and Elgin had 75.
Elgin was from Washington, DC; he was a Los Angeles legend, as was another Washingtonian, Maury Wills.
Recquiescat in pace.
Forgot about that one..
How about..”dribbles around him like he’s nailed to the floor”...
Or...”Wilt was just standing there, combing his beard, the ball comes to him and he puts it in. How lucky can you get?”
Can’t have any announcer with that kind of character or home team bias anymore...would upset the sense of fairness with todays bland dead end human organisms.
Elvin Hayes also dominated Lew Alcindor (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) in the 1968 UCLA-Houston "Game of the Century," which Houston won in the Astrodome.
UCLA, coached by the legendary John Wooden, had won 47 straight games when Hayes and Alcindor met in Houston.
Alcindor and UCLA had defeated Houston and Hayes just nine months before that in the 1967 Final Four.
The Astrodome match up was nationally televised and drew a crowd of 53,000 fans.
I watched that night game with my high school crew. All of us wanted UCLA to win, mostly because John Wooden was one of the most revered coaches in American history and also because of UCLAs astounding winning streak.
Just a few months later, Hayes and Alcindor played once more in the 1968 Final Four.
Using an aggressive team defense against Hayes in that game, UCLA completely dominated Houston and Hayes.
RIP.
I never thought of Chick as a homer.
I watched those games live.
On TV, or in attendance?
If you attended all three, that is one great winning streak right there!
Watching on TV, I recall being dismayed at the court and grandstand arrangement in the Astrodome.
The court was essentially isolated from the fans, and most of the camera shots were much more distant than the view all of us were accustomed to with NBA broadcasts.
nice list here
looks like Baylor scored 71 in 60. Most points ever in a single game til Wilt broke it with 78 in 61.
A great feat that still stands the test of time.
Found this below that may be of some interest.
https://www.statmuse.com/nba/ask/most-points-per-game-by-a-player-in-a-finals-series
He wasn't.
That guy must be a Celtics fan.
“Back when the Lakers were worth watching.”
Or any professional sports for that matter. When America was still America. Now it’s just a thugathon. RIP Mr. Baylor.
“Yep. Chick and Vinny. The two best EVER. And both in Los Angeles (back when L.A. was still part of America)”
Also Bob Miller the King’s announcer was great as well. The Angels and Rams had Dick Emberg, but he didn’t stick around to long as he went national.
You cut the Refrigerator quote short.....
“You can put this one in the refrigerator. The door’s closed, the lights are out, the eggs are cooling, the butter’s getting hard and the Jell-O is jiggling”
I'm 63, so he's a bit before my time so I don't remember seeing him play. Too bad.
Yes, I was stationed at MCRD and paid about $3 for tickets at Special Services.
Over the course of his career, Baylor recorded 17 games of 50 or more points, including five in the 1960-61 season. In fact, Baylor finished with 52 points just 10 days later on Nov. 25 and, five days after that, scored 51 points.
Dr. J Lists His All-Time Top 5 NBA Players
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OLmgmQ6jCs
He said:
“Wilt Chamberlain, Bill Russell, Jerry West, Oscar Robertson and Elgin Baylor.
“And Pete Maravitch was so unusual, you’d have to give him a mention somewhere.”
The interviewer said, “You didn’t mention Michael Jordan.”
Erving said, “You asked me a question—and I answered it.”
TV
I had the pleasure of meeting Oscar Roberson many years ago at the opening of a sports memorabilia store in Toronto, where he was the co-headliner with Jerry Rice, Harmon Killebrew, Al Kaline, Sam Snead, Bobby Hull, Yvon Cournoyer (Montreal Canadiens), Paul Henderson (scored winning goal in the 1972 Canada-Russia hockey series). This was a private event the night before the shop opened to the autograph hounds.
Unlike most of the other athletes he was quite introverted and I was able to chat with him for quite a long time as most of the Canadian fans in attendance knew little about basketball beyond the Lakers and Celtics, and didn’t pay much attention to him. Robertson was a very thoughtful and interesting man and opened up quite a bit in a one-on-one conversation. Snead, Killebrew and Hull dominated the room with their larger than life personalities.
My favourite of the group was Jerry Rice. Very kind and modest man. He remains my favourite NFL receiver even though I didn’t care for his team. Same reason I always respected Bobby Orr even though I hated the Boston Bruins. Both classy guys who defined the role in their respective sports.
thanx for that.
Back in the day i was a fan of that lakers team in the Imhoff years...
Never saw much of Baylor or that team...not much TV...but whatever WGN could give us.
I was always amazed that Baylor could score so much with West on the team.
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