This time, Hawks star Bob Pettit was not going to let that happen. The Hawks won a critical Game 5 at Boston to take a 3-2 series lead and come back to St. Louis with a chance to clinch.

The first NBA All-Star Game was played at the Boston Garden on March 2, 1951. The Kobe Bryant Most Valuable Player Award is presented annually to the best-voted player of the All-Star Game.

First 2 NBA MVP winners Bob Pettit, ... ** FILE ** Bob Cousy (14) of the Boston Celtics is presented the basketball by Celtics coach Red Auerbach immediately after scoring his 15,000 points in ...

Bless Bob. In the 1954-55 season, Pettit was the N.B.A.’s rookie-of-the-year. Two years ago he led the league in scoring. Last year a broken arm kept him from topping Minneapolis’ George Mikan ...

On this day in Boston Celtics history, renowned Celtics point guard Bob Cousy was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Massachusetts in 1971 along with ...

Today in Sports History, Nov. 13-Bob Pettit, becomes the first NBA player to score 20,000 pts. ... 1955 — Goalies Glenn Hall and Terry Sawchuk play to a 0-0 tie at Boston Garden. Hall, ...