Sign up to save your podcasts
Or
Share Classic Game: Celtics–Lakers G6 1963 Finals
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Or
Classic Game: Celtics–Lakers G6 1963 Finals
We draw a line from our present moment back to Game 6 of the 1963 NBA Finals between the Boston Celtics and the Los Angeles Lakers—Bob Cousy's final game—and think about how much the game has changed from its inception to 1963. We reflect again on Dave Hickey's seminal basketball essay, "The Heresy of Zone Defense," as we consider the NBA's rules changes, spikes in popularity, and an improved broadcast product, while also looking back at the barnstorming teams of the 1920s and the leagues that came before the NBA, with teams that moved from city to city, and sometimes, like the leagues themselves, even folded before basketball caught on as a popular sport.
We should give a shout out to some sources, which were helpful in contextualizing this game:
Hickey, Dave. "The Heresy of Zone Defense." Air Guitar: Essays on Art and Democracy (1997): 156-157.
Neal-Lunsford, Jeff. "Sport in the land of television: The use of sport in network prime-time schedules 1946-50." Journal of sport history 19, no. 1 (1992): 56-76.
Sarmento, Mario R. "The NBA on Network Television: A Historical Analysis." PhD diss., State University System of Florida, 1998.
Staffo, Donald F. "The Development of Professional Basketball in the United States, with an Emphasis on the History of the NBA to its 50th Anniversary Season in 1996-97." Physical Educator 55, no. 1 (1998): 9.
View all episodes
By shottowerpod
5
77 ratings
We draw a line from our present moment back to Game 6 of the 1963 NBA Finals between the Boston Celtics and the Los Angeles Lakers—Bob Cousy's final game—and think about how much the game has changed from its inception to 1963. We reflect again on Dave Hickey's seminal basketball essay, "The Heresy of Zone Defense," as we consider the NBA's rules changes, spikes in popularity, and an improved broadcast product, while also looking back at the barnstorming teams of the 1920s and the leagues that came before the NBA, with teams that moved from city to city, and sometimes, like the leagues themselves, even folded before basketball caught on as a popular sport.
We should give a shout out to some sources, which were helpful in contextualizing this game:
Hickey, Dave. "The Heresy of Zone Defense." Air Guitar: Essays on Art and Democracy (1997): 156-157.
Neal-Lunsford, Jeff. "Sport in the land of television: The use of sport in network prime-time schedules 1946-50." Journal of sport history 19, no. 1 (1992): 56-76.
Sarmento, Mario R. "The NBA on Network Television: A Historical Analysis." PhD diss., State University System of Florida, 1998.
Staffo, Donald F. "The Development of Professional Basketball in the United States, with an Emphasis on the History of the NBA to its 50th Anniversary Season in 1996-97." Physical Educator 55, no. 1 (1998): 9.