19. Lucius Allen, Bob Ryan and the 74 NBA Finals

The 1974 NBA Finals was a classic 7-game affair between the Celtics and the Bucks in which the road team won 5 games, including the final 4 contests. The Bucks won a thrilling double overtime game 6, in Boston to bring it back to Milwaukee. All the momentum was with the Bucks. But there was one thing in Bostons favor: Celtics Pride. Boston Globe Hall of Fame writer Bob Ryan literally wrote the book on that titled Celtics Pride: The Rebuilding of Boston's World Championship Basketball Team. It was the first Championship for the C's without Bill Russell and Ryan tells us how Boston shocked the Milwaukee Bucks and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to win banner #12. Could the Bucks have won had they had their star point guard, Lucius Allen? Lucius seems to think so. But a knee injury sidelined Allen for the series and the Celtics took advantage of that. Ryan and Allen join us for a wonderful discussion of what took place 50 years ago and what could have been. The favorites Kareem and Oscar vs the underdogs Havlicek and Cowens. A Finals for the ages on the Past Our Prime podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices