[Mick]

[quote author=Mick link=topic=12138.msg118631#msg118631 date=1432069201][size=1em]Russell didn't have as many points or rebounds as Chamberlain in any of those years[/size]."

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But he contained Chamberlain when it counted[/size]
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I don't think it was that, so much as it was that the Celtics had a much better supporting cast over the years and Red Auerbach.  In the playoffs, Chamberlain and Russell were essentially identical in rebounding (24.5 vs. 24.9 per game, respectively), Russell had a slight lead in assists (4.2 vs. 4.7 per game) but Chamberlain stomped on Russell in scoring (22.5 vs. 16.2).  It was Russell's supporting cast and coaching that was so much stronger.  Take one of the last games of the 1962 season as typical.  The 48-30 Warriors got smoked by the 56-20 Celtics.  Chamberlain scored 30 and Russell scored 21.  But of the rest of the Warriors, Attles scored 23 and Paul Arizin scored 14.  No one else got to double figures, and you've barely heard of the rest of their players (maybe Tom Meschery and Guy Rodgers).  The Celtic box score was Russell 21, Frank Ramsey 21, Sam Jones 23, KC Jones 14, Cousy 14, Heinsohn 17, KC Jones 13, Jungle Jim Luscutoff 12, Braun had 10 and rookie Tom Sanders from NYU had 9.  They made 35 free throws, W's made 16.  Better team.  When I envision Bill Russell's MVP photo, he should have been surrounded by Cousy, the Jones', Heinsohn, Ramsey, etc., like Nash's MVP photos.
As for coaching?  Red Auerbach coached the Celtics from 1950 to 1966, a time during which Russell won his 4 MVPs and Chamberlain won just one.  In that time frame, the Warriors had seven coaches, four of them serving during Chamberlain's 1959-1966 seasons.

In that 1961/1962 season, the Celtics were 8-4 against the warriors during regular season.  the playoffs were 4-3 in the East finals, in which the home game won every single game.

[Mick]

[quote author=Mick link=topic=12138.msg118631#msg118631 date=1432069201][size=1em]Russell didn't have as many points or rebounds as Chamberlain in any of those years[/size]."

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But he contained Chamberlain when it counted[/size]
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I don't think it was that, so much as it was that the Celtics had a much better supporting cast over the years and Red Auerbach.  In the playoffs, Chamberlain and Russell were essentially identical in rebounding (24.5 vs. 24.9 per game, respectively), Russell had a slight lead in assists (4.2 vs. 4.7 per game) but Chamberlain stomped on Russell in scoring (22.5 vs. 16.2).  It was Russell's supporting cast and coaching that was so much stronger.  Take one of the last games of the 1962 season as typical.  The 48-30 Warriors got smoked by the 56-20 Celtics.  Chamberlain scored 30 and Russell scored 21.  But of the rest of the Warriors, Attles scored 23 and Paul Arizin scored 14.  No one else got to double figures, and you've barely heard of the rest of their players (maybe Tom Meschery and Guy Rodgers).  The Celtic box score was Russell 21, Frank Ramsey 21, Sam Jones 23, KC Jones 14, Cousy 14, Heinsohn 17, KC Jones 13, Jungle Jim Luscutoff 12, Braun had 10 and rookie Tom Sanders from NYU had 9.  They made 35 free throws, W's made 16.  Better team.  When I envision Bill Russell's MVP photo, he should have been surrounded by Cousy, the Jones', Heinsohn, Ramsey, etc., like Nash's MVP photos.
As for coaching?  Red Auerbach coached the Celtics from 1950 to 1966, a time during which Russell won his 4 MVPs and Chamberlain won just one.  In that time frame, the Warriors had seven coaches, four of them serving during Chamberlain's 1959-1966 seasons.

In that 1961/1962 season, the Celtics were 8-4 against the warriors during regular season.  the playoffs were 4-3 in the East finals, in which the home game won every single game.