REVIEW: Netflix’s documentary 'Bill Russell: Legend' profiles the Boston Celtics icon, from battles with Wilt and civil rights activism to his fraught relationship with fans.
Russell was the first modern NBA player, the opening statement in the tactical and skill dialectic that has continued to this day.’s beautiful, newly-restored playing footage from his days with the Celtics spell out what would happen when you matched up against Russell: you would execute a half-court set, and drive at the rim. He would drop back, while his teammates drifted on the perimeter, waiting to make a break for it. Your shot would get erased from existence.
Everything that happens next is a product of trying to figure out Russell, to some degree or another., Russell’s friend and lifelong bete noire, tried to slow down the game by taking Russell one-on-one in half-court sets that put the massive, absurdly gifted Wilt square in the post. Jerry West, the Los Angeles Lakers’ irritable guard, took on the Celtics’ machine by emphasizing his jump-shooting game, trying to space the floor and keep away from the danger in the middle.
Only Wilt managed to get a piece off of Bill in the playoffs, with the 1968 Philadelphia 76ers, one of the NBA’s all-time great teams. Everyone else was made to bow under the omnipresent power of Iron Bill.
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