On this day: Boston Celtics beat St. Louis Hawks for 1961 championship

On this day, the Boston Celtics beat the then-St. Louis Hawks to win the 1961 NBA Championship four games to one.

It is also former Celtics power forward Larry Sykes’ birthday, who was born today in 1973 in Toledo, Ohio.

He played his college ball with Xavier University, and would have the briefest Celtics tenure possible — just one game, in which he recorded two rebounds; he was waived by the franchise shortly after.

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