The NBA Finals have given us countless unforgettable moments, not the least of which came Thursday night when the Celtics put up a historically dominant fourth quarter to stun the Warriors. Giannis’s 50-point closeout. The chase-down block. Ray Allen from the corner. The flu game. Magic’s baby skyhook. Willis Reed on one leg. Dig a little deeper, though, and you’ll find some tales that are equally remarkable but have been forgotten by time. Here are four of those story lines, beginning with, well, the beginning.
1947: The forgotten, tragic superstar
In the Warriors’ long line of gunners, no one—not Purvis Short, not Steph Curry, not even World B.