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The 1969 NBA World Championship Series to determine the champion of the 1968–69 NBA season was played between the Los Angeles Lakers and Boston Celtics. The Lakers were heavily favored due to the presence of three formidable stars: Elgin Baylor, Wilt Chamberlain, and Jerry West. In addition, Boston was an aging team; they made the playoffs as ...
The 1969 NBA All-Star Game was played at the Baltimore Civic Center in Baltimore, Maryland, with the East beating the West 123–112. Oscar Robertson of the Cincinnati Royals won the game's MVP award. The inaugural NBA Finals MVP Award was won by Jerry West of the Los Angeles Lakers, despite his team losing in seven games to the Boston Celtics.
NBA champion ; NBA Finals MVP ; NBA Most Valuable Player ; 5× NBA All-Star (1969, 1971–1973, 1975) All-NBA First Team (1969) NBA Rookie of the Year (1969) NBA All-Rookie First Team (1969) NBA rebounding leader ; NBA anniversary team (50th, 75th) No. 41 retired by Washington Wizards; 2× Consensus first-team All-American (1967, 1968)
The Bill Russell NBA Finals Most Valuable Player (formerly known as the NBA Finals Most Valuable Player) is an annual National Basketball Association (NBA) award given since the 1969 NBA Finals. The award is decided by a panel of eleven media members, who cast votes after the conclusion of the Finals.
Reed was a seven-time NBA All-Star and five-time All-NBA selection, including once on the first team in 1970, when he was named the NBA Most Valuable Player (MVP). He was a two-time NBA champion (1970, 1973) and was voted the NBA Finals MVP both times. In 1982, Reed was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
In an excerpt from his book about the epic 1969 Lakers-Celtics NBA Finals, the author offers a theory on the night that inspired the most famous logo in sports.
All NBA Finals have been played in a best-of-seven format, ... Finals MVP was on losing team † ... 1969: Los Angeles Lakers (1) (12, ...
ABA highest free-throw percentage 1969, 1971, 1972 [35] NBA All-Star Game MVP (1967) ABA Oakland Oaks (1968–1969) ABA Washington Caps (1969–1970) ABA New York Nets (1970–1972) NBA Golden State Warriors (1972–1978) All-NBA Second Team (1973) NBA Finals MVP (1975) NBA champion (1975) NBA Houston Rockets (1978–1979)