colts18 wrote:What percent of shots did he rebound and block?
All the FGA are accounted for here, so he blocked 7% of all shots taken. Rebounding would be a bit misleading though since he obviously rebounded some missed FT's, which I didn't keep track of.
colts18 wrote:What were your impressions of Russell's D on Wilt?
In the '64 game he got a lot of help, players like KC Jones were sagging back to try and prevent the entry pass. The same with their full court pressing defense, which distorted the Warriors offense. They did everything they could to prevent him from getting the ball in the low post. Russell did a great job sweeping the defensive boards, though Wilt got him a couple times, including this one. Against most other players, this is a clean block.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ti2Ncll2K64&t=5m57sIn the '67 game it was mostly 1 on 1, since he was in the passing mode that year. Look at this play between him & Chet Walker.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJjBDUhbBcs&t=8m57sAlso his fronting strategy didn't seem to be very successful, since they could lob it up and no other Celtics player would have a chance vs. Wilt in the paint. In the 3rd video, KC Jones again comes to help Russell. Even during Game 1 of the 1965 Finals when Wilt was a guest commentator, he said he was most happy when KC was on the bench since he gave him a lot of trouble. Also that they were killed on defense by trying to help on Sam Jones, which lead to a shot for the open man (Havlicek, Siegfried). Offensively they always tried to get Russell into early foul trouble to open the floor up for all of them.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJjBDUhbBcs&t=4m42shttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wEzEHPZi3w&t=4m4shttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNw0c19DhIU&t=16m57sHe also cleanly blocked one of his dunk attempts
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHXG3koetzA&t=2m6sIn the '69 game Wilt only went at him once in the low post, trying to foul Russell out who had 5. Russell just let him score.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lnu5vMfPtbw&t=3m31s