Watch: Clinching the East

Date: April 1, 1959

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Ahead of Boston’s second NBA World Championship title, the 1959 Eastern Conference Finals went down to the wire. Watch as Bob Cousy, Bill Russell and Tommy Heinsohn lead the Celtics to a Game 7 victory over the Syracuse Nationals, 130-125.

Tags: 1950s • 1958-59 Season • 1959 • Bill Russell • Bob Cousy • NBA Playoffs • Tommy Heinsohn • Video

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