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Today in cool nerdy basketball news: Basketball-Reference has every box score ever thanks to a 77-year old box score hoarder - NBC Sports
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NBA 75: At No. 4 Bill Russell is an undisputed icon, civil rights champion and the greatest winner in NBA history : r/nba
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Basketball Reference on X: "Its not in this box score, but 58 years ago, Bill Russell had 49 rebounds in 1 game #Celtics https://t.co/Cp3jv4bGOs https://t.co/WYVtsw6GaQ" / X
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