{"id":107696,"date":"2022-07-31T18:12:33","date_gmt":"2022-07-31T22:12:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clnsmedia.com\/?p=107696"},"modified":"2022-08-04T10:34:00","modified_gmt":"2022-08-04T14:34:00","slug":"wilt-chamberlain-on-rivalry-vs-bill-russell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clnsmedia.com\/?p=107696","title":{"rendered":"Wilt Chamberlain on Rivalry vs Bill Russell"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wilt Chamberlain, the chief rival of Bill Russell during his NBA career, talked about the Celtics legend in a 1987 and how close they were before Russell&#8217;s comments about Chamberlain sitting out of Game 7 of the 1969 NBA Finals.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Wilt Chamberlain on Rivalry vs Bill Russell - 1987\" width=\"788\" height=\"591\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/B37CKF6N2-o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Russell died on Sunday at 88-years-old.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wilt Chamberlain, the chief rival of Bill Russell during his NBA career, talked about the Celtics legend in a 1987 and how close they were before Russell&#8217;s comments about Chamberlain sitting out of Game 7 of the 1969 NBA Finals. 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