jongib369
10-14-2019, 06:31 AM
Whether it be them getting physical, or going off playing I'm sure there's plenty of stories of why you don't piss off certain players.
For example I just came across this on the Wilt Archives twitter "Wilt Chamberlain once blocked 23 shots on National Television. Christmas Day, 1968, on ABC. Because the Half-Time Interview pissed him off. (https://imgur.com/hgQjqoe) " It's such a shame not all stats were recorded back then officially, just looking at the boxscore (https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/196812250PHO.html) of this game you wouldn't know anything special happened. There's always something you miss just being a box score reader, but missing the fact he proceeded to block 15 shots in the 2nd half alone...Or in other words 1 out of every 4 shots taken by the other team the rest of the game...God damn :lol
Another story involves Clyde Lovellette, he was known for pissing a lot of people off during his day. For people who don't know anything about him he was the Bill Laimbeer of the 50s/60s...Imagine this guy (http://images.thepostgame.com/sites/default/files/styles/slideshow_image/public/1-Basketball-Exclusive-Triple-Crown-Club-AP07060609351.jpg) Laimbeering you all night, I'd lose my shit
"...Lovellette elbowed Warrior center Wilt Chamberlain in the mouth. Attles said the errant elbow later caused an infection as well as several damaged lower teeth.
The normally genial Chamberlain, who never fouled out of an NBA game in 14 seasons, responded by knocking Clyde out cold with one powerful right-handed punch.
A black and white Associated Press wire photo from the incident depicts relatively diminutive referee Norm Drucker trying in vain to get between the two squared-off giants, while 6-10 Warrior backup center Wayne Hightower also tried to intercede, to no avail.
In the photo an angry Wilt advances toward number 34 Lovellete, who had his left arm up in self-defense as Chamberlain screams at him before throwing his haymaker.
The caption under the AP photo noted simply that Wilt “won the fight with a one-punch knockout.” But Boston won the game 124-101 to take a 2-0 series lead, despite 32 points and 25 rebounds by the Big Dipper.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C6hZAhUWwAAOHJM.jpg
Lovellette, incidentally, scored eight points in 11 minutes during the win.
Afterward, Wilt claimed he slugged the reserve Celtic center “because everyone hated Clyde Lovellette” due to his bruising style of play. And he also added that the “punch was not hard but he went down. When he went down, it scared me.” (from ozy.com article “The NBA’s Original Giant”).
Perhaps Wilt was right about Lovellette’s reputation, because teammate Bill Russell failed to intercede on Clyde’s behalf and Chamberlain - who had followed Clyde as an All-American center at Kansas - was not even ejected from the championship series contest for the knockout punch.
After he retired, Chamberlain recalled that Lovellette was the only man he ever slugged in an NBA game, despite years of being hacked and hammered by opponents.
Legendary official Earl Strom also worked that game as an alternate, and recalled the incident in his entertaining 1990 autobiography “Calling the Shots.”
Strom recalled that Lovellette substituted in for Russell to finish out the final moments of the blowout win, and began banging an already-embarrassed Wilt around, raising Chamberlain’s ire.
The Big Dipper told Lovellette that since the outcome was decided “we’re embarrassed enough, so knock it off.” But Strom reported that Clyde kept on bumping Wilt, who gave the center one final ultimatum.
”Look, the next time you are going to pay, buddy,” he warned Lovellette.
When Clyde subsequently hit Wilt with an ill-advised elbow, Chamberlain simply put the ball down and unloaded a punch that Earl swore “didn’t travel six inches...Clyde went down in sections.”
Enraged Celtic coach Red Auerbach charged the floor and insisted the officials throw Wilt out. Strom and Auerbach were long-time antagonists so Earl simply replied, “Come on Red, we’ve got 20 seconds left. Get Lovellette picked up and get somebody in here so we can get this thing over with.”
Auerbach refused to comply, saying he would not put another player in until they ejected Wilt. Upon hearing this, Chamberlain threatened the irate Boston coach. “If you don’t shut up and get out of here, I am going to put you down there with him,” he warned.
The 5-8 Auerbach, never one to back down, shot back at the 7-1 Wilt. “Why don’t ya pick on someone your own size?” he snarled. At that point Hall of Famer Mendy Rudolph, the other referee for the game and Strom’s frequent playoff partner, put his two cents in to end the argument.
”You got any other seven-footers who want to volunteer, Red?” Rudolph quipped.
Strom reported that during the melee, Russell was seated on the bench away from the mayhem with a towel around his neck after pulling down 24 rebounds and doling out nine assists. Russell chose to sit back and enjoy the scene and the last seconds of a Finals win, while unleashing his loud, trademark cackle.
In an interesting deja vu twist 23 years later, Celtic center Robert Parish was also not ejected from a heated playoff game after slugging Detroit Piston All-Star center Bill Laimbeer and busting his nose with two quick punches."
Source (https://www.celticsblog.com/2018/11/27/18114238/remembering-former-boston-celtics-hall-of-famer-clyde-lovellette-history-lakers)
For example I just came across this on the Wilt Archives twitter "Wilt Chamberlain once blocked 23 shots on National Television. Christmas Day, 1968, on ABC. Because the Half-Time Interview pissed him off. (https://imgur.com/hgQjqoe) " It's such a shame not all stats were recorded back then officially, just looking at the boxscore (https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/196812250PHO.html) of this game you wouldn't know anything special happened. There's always something you miss just being a box score reader, but missing the fact he proceeded to block 15 shots in the 2nd half alone...Or in other words 1 out of every 4 shots taken by the other team the rest of the game...God damn :lol
Another story involves Clyde Lovellette, he was known for pissing a lot of people off during his day. For people who don't know anything about him he was the Bill Laimbeer of the 50s/60s...Imagine this guy (http://images.thepostgame.com/sites/default/files/styles/slideshow_image/public/1-Basketball-Exclusive-Triple-Crown-Club-AP07060609351.jpg) Laimbeering you all night, I'd lose my shit
"...Lovellette elbowed Warrior center Wilt Chamberlain in the mouth. Attles said the errant elbow later caused an infection as well as several damaged lower teeth.
The normally genial Chamberlain, who never fouled out of an NBA game in 14 seasons, responded by knocking Clyde out cold with one powerful right-handed punch.
A black and white Associated Press wire photo from the incident depicts relatively diminutive referee Norm Drucker trying in vain to get between the two squared-off giants, while 6-10 Warrior backup center Wayne Hightower also tried to intercede, to no avail.
In the photo an angry Wilt advances toward number 34 Lovellete, who had his left arm up in self-defense as Chamberlain screams at him before throwing his haymaker.
The caption under the AP photo noted simply that Wilt “won the fight with a one-punch knockout.” But Boston won the game 124-101 to take a 2-0 series lead, despite 32 points and 25 rebounds by the Big Dipper.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C6hZAhUWwAAOHJM.jpg
Lovellette, incidentally, scored eight points in 11 minutes during the win.
Afterward, Wilt claimed he slugged the reserve Celtic center “because everyone hated Clyde Lovellette” due to his bruising style of play. And he also added that the “punch was not hard but he went down. When he went down, it scared me.” (from ozy.com article “The NBA’s Original Giant”).
Perhaps Wilt was right about Lovellette’s reputation, because teammate Bill Russell failed to intercede on Clyde’s behalf and Chamberlain - who had followed Clyde as an All-American center at Kansas - was not even ejected from the championship series contest for the knockout punch.
After he retired, Chamberlain recalled that Lovellette was the only man he ever slugged in an NBA game, despite years of being hacked and hammered by opponents.
Legendary official Earl Strom also worked that game as an alternate, and recalled the incident in his entertaining 1990 autobiography “Calling the Shots.”
Strom recalled that Lovellette substituted in for Russell to finish out the final moments of the blowout win, and began banging an already-embarrassed Wilt around, raising Chamberlain’s ire.
The Big Dipper told Lovellette that since the outcome was decided “we’re embarrassed enough, so knock it off.” But Strom reported that Clyde kept on bumping Wilt, who gave the center one final ultimatum.
”Look, the next time you are going to pay, buddy,” he warned Lovellette.
When Clyde subsequently hit Wilt with an ill-advised elbow, Chamberlain simply put the ball down and unloaded a punch that Earl swore “didn’t travel six inches...Clyde went down in sections.”
Enraged Celtic coach Red Auerbach charged the floor and insisted the officials throw Wilt out. Strom and Auerbach were long-time antagonists so Earl simply replied, “Come on Red, we’ve got 20 seconds left. Get Lovellette picked up and get somebody in here so we can get this thing over with.”
Auerbach refused to comply, saying he would not put another player in until they ejected Wilt. Upon hearing this, Chamberlain threatened the irate Boston coach. “If you don’t shut up and get out of here, I am going to put you down there with him,” he warned.
The 5-8 Auerbach, never one to back down, shot back at the 7-1 Wilt. “Why don’t ya pick on someone your own size?” he snarled. At that point Hall of Famer Mendy Rudolph, the other referee for the game and Strom’s frequent playoff partner, put his two cents in to end the argument.
”You got any other seven-footers who want to volunteer, Red?” Rudolph quipped.
Strom reported that during the melee, Russell was seated on the bench away from the mayhem with a towel around his neck after pulling down 24 rebounds and doling out nine assists. Russell chose to sit back and enjoy the scene and the last seconds of a Finals win, while unleashing his loud, trademark cackle.
In an interesting deja vu twist 23 years later, Celtic center Robert Parish was also not ejected from a heated playoff game after slugging Detroit Piston All-Star center Bill Laimbeer and busting his nose with two quick punches."
Source (https://www.celticsblog.com/2018/11/27/18114238/remembering-former-boston-celtics-hall-of-famer-clyde-lovellette-history-lakers)