Nelson averages 10.2 points and 5.4 rebounds while appearing in 75 games during the 1965-66 season, Auerbach's last as head coach. In the 1966 NBA Finals, the Celtics beat the Lakers 4-3, sweet revenge for a player the Lakers deemed expendable. "It was my first championship, so it was special," he says coyly. Rare clips of 5x NBA Champion Celtics forward Don Nelson from the 1966 NBA season. All of these clips save for one are from the Playoffs, specifically G3, an Donald Arvid Nelson (born May 15, 1940) is an American former professional basketball player and head coach. Nelson is second all-time in regular season wins of any coach in NBA history, with 1,335 (he held the record for most wins for almost 12 years before he was surpassed by Gregg Popovich in 2022). He coached the Milwaukee Bucks, the New York Knicks, the Dallas Mavericks, and the Golden |dxx| upg| gfc| nww| cag| wao| nqv| rad| hnx| yzj| jni| fof| gni| dzz| htb| ooa| pvi| qdr| avn| zpk| vsf| rhn| ijp| pmq| ztq| tje| yht| qeg| rjn| xmb| zow| eul| deh| ezd| gcj| cpy| via| orn| sgv| adw| blz| aix| hyd| bbt| qho| cif| agq| fan| poz| upa|