CavaliersFTW
03-15-2015, 11:16 PM
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All players that scored over 6 points/made a major contribution to the game:
First off here's the official game by game boxscore's of the 1963 NBA Finals including G6 (this website has all the tracked stats, more than just bball references "points"):
http://webuns.chez-alice.fr/finals/1963.htm
One thing I noticed right off the bat. The statistics these players were given did not line up perfectly with the game film. I can only presume due to the fact that there wasn't a "team" of statisticians like today, nor a film review of the game afterwards that lots of stats that aren't so obvious FG/FT/Pts etc like rebounds and assists sometimes got overlooked or miscredited. So in the videos I asterisked the stats that I counted on film, and put in parenthesis the stats the players were actually credited with. For example Baylor was credited with 8 rebounds 8 assists, but I counted on film 9 rebounds and 6 assists. Likewise with West, he was credited with 7 rebounds 9 assists but I counted 9 rebounds and 11 assists.
Jerry West - started at guard played 44 minutes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yrZLMLo5PQ
Elgin Baylor - started at forward and played some guard, played 47 minutes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZVa_gAwgL4
Rudy LaRusso - started at forward with Baylor played 42 minutes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sl9mYV77uU
Gene Wiley - started at center played 36 minutes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbFMR0rbq8o
LeRoy Ellis - played forward off the bench for 19 minutes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9PMV1UUHsQ
Dick Barnett - played guard off the bench for 24 minutes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zORUcbpYt7M
One thing is immediately obvious watching this Finals game with a close eye. The Lakers had little to no depth compared to the Celtics. Only 2 players from this game didn't make the highlights cut for the Lakers. Frank Selvy had a bad game, 3 points though he did dish a few assists and get a few rebounds - and through his limited production you could sort of see he was a skilled/good player just having a really off night.
Jim Krebs, played back up center to Wiley for 12 minutes and was eaten alive by Russell, made almost no contributions this game. Actually watching him on film he looked like a liability. Wiley wasn't making much impact on the offensive or defense ends himself (compared to Russell) but he could at least rebound at a decent enough rate.
So basically only 6 players carried the Lakers that 6th game. The Celtics, you will see in my next thread/series of highlights had more depth and balance.
All players that scored over 6 points/made a major contribution to the game:
First off here's the official game by game boxscore's of the 1963 NBA Finals including G6 (this website has all the tracked stats, more than just bball references "points"):
http://webuns.chez-alice.fr/finals/1963.htm
One thing I noticed right off the bat. The statistics these players were given did not line up perfectly with the game film. I can only presume due to the fact that there wasn't a "team" of statisticians like today, nor a film review of the game afterwards that lots of stats that aren't so obvious FG/FT/Pts etc like rebounds and assists sometimes got overlooked or miscredited. So in the videos I asterisked the stats that I counted on film, and put in parenthesis the stats the players were actually credited with. For example Baylor was credited with 8 rebounds 8 assists, but I counted on film 9 rebounds and 6 assists. Likewise with West, he was credited with 7 rebounds 9 assists but I counted 9 rebounds and 11 assists.
Jerry West - started at guard played 44 minutes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yrZLMLo5PQ
Elgin Baylor - started at forward and played some guard, played 47 minutes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZVa_gAwgL4
Rudy LaRusso - started at forward with Baylor played 42 minutes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sl9mYV77uU
Gene Wiley - started at center played 36 minutes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbFMR0rbq8o
LeRoy Ellis - played forward off the bench for 19 minutes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9PMV1UUHsQ
Dick Barnett - played guard off the bench for 24 minutes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zORUcbpYt7M
One thing is immediately obvious watching this Finals game with a close eye. The Lakers had little to no depth compared to the Celtics. Only 2 players from this game didn't make the highlights cut for the Lakers. Frank Selvy had a bad game, 3 points though he did dish a few assists and get a few rebounds - and through his limited production you could sort of see he was a skilled/good player just having a really off night.
Jim Krebs, played back up center to Wiley for 12 minutes and was eaten alive by Russell, made almost no contributions this game. Actually watching him on film he looked like a liability. Wiley wasn't making much impact on the offensive or defense ends himself (compared to Russell) but he could at least rebound at a decent enough rate.
So basically only 6 players carried the Lakers that 6th game. The Celtics, you will see in my next thread/series of highlights had more depth and balance.