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NBA's Greatest Game 7s

By Bill Simmons
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Tuesday, May 23, 2006

Last night's Mavs-Spurs game was one of the greatest Game 7s of all time. Here's how the list looked heading into last night (in no particular order): Game 7, 1957 Finals (Boston 125, St. Louis 123, 2 OT) -- Russell's first title, two overtimes, and the game ended when St. Louis player-coach Alex Hannum called a set play where he threw the ball from under his basket against the backboard on the other side, which ricocheted right to Bob Pettit (just like he drew it up), only Pettit missed the sh ...

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