“Bill Russell was the greatest basketball player who ever stepped onto the court,” Bailey Howell, Russell’s teammate for three seasons with the Boston Celtics, said Tuesday morning, two days after Russell’s death at age 88.
by Rick Cleveland, Mississippi TodayBailey Howell on Bill Russell: ‘The best who ever stepped on court’ by Rick Cleveland, Mississippi Today August 2, 2022 Most impressive sports statistic of all-time? In my mind, Bill Russell owns it. Get this: Russell played in 21 winner-take-all basketball games in his career. Those include college, NBA and Olympic championship games. In those games, Russell’s team was 21-0. Rick Cleveland “He was a winner. He was all about winning.
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