In late March into early April 1971, the Baltimore Bullets and Philadelphia 76ers met in the first round of the NBA playoffs. It would go down in NBA history as one of the league’s more-grueling playoff matchups. Having recently published the book Shake and Bake with NBA great Archie Clark, I have a clip file of the series that’s allowed me to condense the print coverage and recap Games 1 – 6. Now, without further ado, it’s on to deciding Game 7.
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Under Pressure
The kookie, mixed-up, unexplainable world of professional basketball makes an unexpected call on the Spectrum this afternoon. Anyone wishing to forecast the outcome can be fitted for straight-jackets at 2 p.m., which is tapoff for the 76ers-Baltimore shootout. The Bullets have a 3-2 edge in the best-of-seven series. If sanity does return to the series, the 76erd have a better-than-even chance of sending it all back to Baltimore for a deciding game tomorrow afternoon.
The Kangaroo Kid That Could
Four games in, the Baltimore Bullets seemingly have the best-of-seven series in command three games to one. The action now dribbles back to Baltimore’s quirky Civic Center for the presumed clincher, and the Bullets’ chance to move on and renew its playoff hostilities with the loathed New York Knicks in the Eastern Division finals. Too bad they would lose on a wild pitch.
Bruised But Unbowed
In March 1971, the Baltimore Bullets and Philadelphia 76ers met in the first round of the NBA playoffs. It would be the start of Earl Monroe’s final playoff run in Baltimore. It also would go down in NBA history as one of the league’s more-grueling playoff jousts. Not quite in the category of the Knicks-Heat clashes of the 1990s—but close. Having recently published the book Shake and Bake with NBA great Archie Clark, I have a clip file of the series from the Baltimore Morning Sun, Baltimore Evening Sun, Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia Daily News, and Philadelphia Evening Bulletin. I’ve pulled the best quotes from their playoff stories, without traditional attribution, and rolled them into a “super stories” for each game of the series. It’s my way of bringing this classic series back to life as vividly as print journalism allows, 50 years hence. Yesterday, we took a plunge into Game 1. Today, the coverage picks up with Games 2 and 3.
The Sick, The Lame, and The Swollen
In March 1971, the Baltimore Bullets and Philadelphia 76ers met in the first round of the NBA playoffs. It would be the start of Earl Monroe’s final playoff run in Baltimore. It also would go down in NBA history as one of the league’s more-grueling playoff jousts. Not quite in the category of the Knicks-Heat clashes of the 1990s—but close. Having recently published the book Shake and Bake with NBA great Archie Clark, I have a clip file of the series from the Baltimore Morning Sun, Baltimore Evening Sun, Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia Daily News, and Philadelphia Evening Bulletin. Beloved bylines such as: Alan Goldstein, Seymour Smith, Bob Maisel, Mark Heisler, Alan Richman (yes, the food critic), Bill Tanton, Mike Janofsky, and Jack Kiser.
From Way Downtown 