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Don Nelson: Respect, 1991

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Nov 10, 2021
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[On January 21, 1990, Don Nelson notched his 600th career win as an NBA head coach. Nelson, the former Celtic great then coaching the Golden State Warriors, reached this milestone, where else, but in Boston Garden. The Boston Globe’s Michael Madden nicely captured this moment for posterity:

“The long banner, the garland, had been made from computer paper…

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