# NBA legend Bill Russell has died

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-legend-bill-russell-has-died/968878>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Tags:** celebrity-death, basketball-nba\
**Created:** [July 31, 2022, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-legend-bill-russell-has-died/968878 "2022-07-31T18:03:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![Thing.Fish](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thing.fish/32/9168_2.png) [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2022, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-legend-bill-russell-has-died/968878/21 "2022-08-05T05:55:13Z")

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Just learned this:

Between the NCAA tournament, the Olympics, and NBA playoff series that went to the maximum possible number of games, Russell played in 21 winner-take-all games in his career. He won ALL of them. That’s a freakin’ champion.

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