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Red Auerbach’s Last Game
Date: April 28, 1966
Bill Russell and Red Auerbach celebrated another Celtics NBA World Championship title on April 28, 1966, which was also Auerbach’s final game as head coach. They won it on the parquet floor at Boston Garden. While in the locker room, Russell said of Auerbach, “There is the man. This is his team. He puts it together. He makes us win.” Years later, when a journalist asked Auerbach his “Dream Team,” he responded simply, “If I was starting a team, I would take Russell.”
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