1961 and 1962 NBA All-Star Games @ Syracuse & St. Louis on DVD!

Description: 1961 & 1962 NBA ALL-STAR GAMES At Syracuse and St. Louis Rare Sportsfilms, Inc. is the rights owner of this DVD Two different rare films, one of the 1961 NBA All-Star Game at Syracuse and the other of the 1962 game at St. Louis Arena, have recently been digitally restored by Rare Sportsfilms and are now available on DVD for the first time ever! The greatest basketball players of the era showcase their skills in this 42-minute color and B & W DVD! NOTE: This is NOT a DVD-R (Most “DVD’s” offered on eBay are actually DVD-R’s, which are home-made copies burned on replicated disks). This is a genuine DVD pressed from a GLASS MASTER! These are very high-quality and expensive to make! You’ll be amazed at the picture quality of this DVD! Rare Sportsfilms, Inc. “baseball1a” is the Intellectual Property Owner of the material on this DVD. The 1961 game played January 17 at the Syracuse War Memorial packed in a capacity crowd of over 8,000 for the 11th annual classic! This film is in COLOR, very rare for NBA basketball from this period! Coached by Paul Seymour, the West sets a new scoring record for the NBA All-Star Game with a 153-131 victory over coach Red Auerbach’s East squad. Clyde Lovellette’s hot outside shooting springs the West off with a 28-9 spurt at the very start, and at the end of the first quarter, the West has shot over 60% and leads 47-19! With the score 84-61 at halftime, Dover, Ohio’s Basketeers take to the court to entertain the crowd! The 12-14 year-olds, including Rick Haines and Don Maurer, dazzle the crowd with a slick dribbling and ball-handling exhibition! Throughout the game, you’ll see all the great stars of the day in action: Elgin Baylor, Dolph Schayes, Wilt Chamberlain, Bill Russell, Tommy Heinsohn, Bob Pettit, Tom Gola, Jerry West, Hot Rod Hundley, Richie Guerin, Paul Arizin, Willie Naulls, Bailey Howell, Gene Shue, Walter Dukes and Bob Cousy, playing in his 11th consecutive all-star game! Rookie Oscar Robertson of the Cincinnati Royals is voted the game’s MVP for his 23 points and new assist record of 14. Bob Pettit leads all scorers with 29. The 1962 game at St. Louis Arena is narrated by Jack Brickhouse and was filmed in B & W. Presented by the old NBA Chicago Zephyrs, it also includes brief shots of pre-game warm-ups and many nice close up, courtside action shots of the players during the game. In addition to many of the players named above, you’ll also see Cliff Hagan, Jack Twyman, Wayne Embry, Frank Selvy, Johnny Green, Hal Greer and Sam Jones. At halftime, the Zephyrs’ prize second year center Walt Bellamy is interviewed by General Manager Frank Lane inside the home of the Zephyrs, the old Chicago Coliseum. Bellamy, who set a new rookie record in ’61 by making 51.3% of his shots, talks about what part of his game he will work on in the off-season, comments on which new players will help the club in the near future, and names his top five current NBA players. With hot shooting, the West again beats the East, almost as badly as the year before, 150-130, leading from the time Lakers forward Elgin Baylor scores the opening basket. The Hawks’ great frontcourt shooter Bob Pettit, with 25 points and 27 rebounds, wins the game MVP award, his fourth. Elgin Baylor leads the West with 32 points, but the game’s high scorer is the East’s Wilt Chamberlain, who sets an All-Star Game scoring record with 42 points! (Only a month later he would score a record 100 points at Hershey, PA)! Following the game League President Maurice Podoloff is shown presenting Pettit his trophy, as well as giving Bill Russell his league MVP award for the ’61 season. Buyer pays shipping of only $3.00 on this item, which will be shipped out by Media Mail.

Price: 34.5 USD

Location: Naperville, Illinois

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