On this date, January 10th, 1972, the longest winning streak in professional sports came to an end in Milwaukee. The 1971-72 Los Angeles Lakers were a hell of a team. The Lakers had won 33 straight games heading into their early January showdown with, a that time, the defending NBA Champion Milwaukee Bucks.
The Bucks featured perhaps the best point guard NBA history, Oscar Robertson, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in the paint.
The Lakers had Jerry West, Wilt Chamberlain, need I say more.
It turned out to be Milwaukee's day in there old barn, the Milwaukee Arena, as the Bucks whipped the Lakers 120-104 ending L.A.'s streak of 33 straight wins.
Here are the highlights from that historic game with Keith Jackson and Bill Russell on the call.
You have to love watching Kareem in his youth. The guy was just dominant. You don't see centers as well rounded in today's NBA as Kareem was in his day.
No comments:
Post a Comment