Matthew J.McCullough

The 1969-70 Phoenix Suns: Trainer Joe Proski, Neil Johnson, Lamar Green, Connie Hawkins, Jim Fox, Neal Walk, Paul Silas, Jerry Chambers, Art Harris, Dick Van Arsdale, Stan McKenzie, Gail Goodrich and Coach Jerry Colangelo - They blew a 3-1 lead on the Lakers in the '70 NBA Playoffs --

@jgd0634 -- 1968 --

Don Nelson was waived by the league in 1967. As he begged for another playing opportunity, Bill Russell gave him another shot at a playing career. Fast forward to Game 7 of the 1969 NBA Finals, Don Nelson hit arguably the greatest game winning shot in NBA History.

@YvanMontgury @celtics @celticslife @bostonradio @DubNationFr @dallasmavs @Bucks @BucksSpiritFr @olskool888 @StarksTheDunk @swish41 @SteveNash

Happy 85th Birthday Don ‘Nellie’ Nelson 🎂 5× NBA champion (66, 68, 69, 74, 76) No. 19 retired by @celtics 3rd-team All-Am – AP, NABC, UPI (62) 3× NBA Coach of the Year (83, 85, 92) 2× NBA All-Star Game head coach (92, 2002) Top 10 Coaches in NBA History Top 15 Coaches in NBA History Chuck Daly Lifetime Achievement Award (2025) HOF (2012)

-- Ralph Miller's 1969-70 Iowa Hawkeyes team featuring John Johnson and Downtown Freddie Brown - This high scoring squad lost a heartbreaking 104-103 defeat to Jacksonville in the '70 NCAA Tournament on a Pembrook Burrows tip in with just 2 seconds left in the game - The Hawks defeated John Dee's Notre Dame team 121-106 in the 3rd place game --

-- 1969-70: The Baltimore Bullets at the Boston Garden to play the Celtics - Larry Siegfried, Earl Monroe, Satch Sanders, Jack Marin, Henry Finkel, Bailey Howell and Gus Johnson - This was the season after the retirements of both Sam Jones and Bill Russell --

-- The ONE and ONLY Earl the Pearl Monroe - 50% of the "Rolls Royce backcourt" of the New York Knicks --

-- Dave Kingman when he was a 1976 New York Met out in the snow --

@VanderlansJim -- Dave Kingman when he was a New York Met in the snow --

May 14, 1978 - Dave Kingman hits 3 HRs and drives in 8 runs in a 10-7 #Cubs win over the #Dodgers in 15 innings at Dodger Stadium. #MLB #OTD #1970s

Talking Heads 🎩🪄 Psycho Killer Happy 74th Birthday to David Byrne, born May 14th, 1952. 🎂🎂🎂 One of the true art-rock visionaries, blending nervous energy, funk, punk, and pure originality into a sound that changed music forever. #DavidByrne

- May 14th 1987: The NBA Playoffs, Game #6, Houston at Seattle - Alton Lister, Akeem the Dream and Dale Ellis - OLAJUWON was completely and totally unstoppable that night with 49 POINTS, 25 REBOUNDS and 6 blocked shots in a 2OT Classic that was won by the Sonics 128-125 in a steamy Seattle Center Coliseum -

@pitlessball -- The 1987 NBA Playoffs, Game #6, Houston at Seattle - Alton Lister, Akeem the Dream and Dale Ellis --

Hakeem Olajuwon on this day, 39 years ago (1987 WCSF, Game 6): 49 PTS, 25 REB, 2 AST, 6 BLK, 2 STL, 63% TS (+9.3 rTS%)

-- Seattle's own Jimi Hendrix all dressed up as Supersonic Legend and 1979 NBA World Champion John Johnson --

-- Rod Thorn and Dave Bing --

-- 1963: Orlando Cepeda and Willie Mays --

@VanderlansJim -- 1972: NBC's Tony Kubek with Catfish Hunter and Joe Rudi --

May 13, 1965 - Jim "Catfish" Hunter makes his ML debut for the #Athletics as they take on the White Sox at Comiskey Park. #MLB #OTD #1960s

-- 1976: Seattle Supersonics Boss Bill Russell with 2 of his top Draft Picks, Dennis Johnson out of Pepperdine (selected at #29 OVERALL) and Bobby Wilkerson (selected at #11 OVERALL) out of Indiana - Seattle also picked Grand Canyon University's Bayard Forrest at #19 OVERALL --

Seattle Supersonics Gary Payton

Seattle Supersonics Jack Sikma won a title with the franchise (1979) and is HOF.