Here's why NBA foes quiver when Elgin Baylor starts to drive
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Valley Times Photo Collection;
Creator
Goldwater, Jeff
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This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
The Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena, located at 3939 S. Figueroa Street, was officially opened on July 4, 1959 by then Vice President Richard M. Nixon and was designed by Welton Becket; general contractor was L.E. Dixon Company. The last event at the arena was a Bruce Springsteen concert. The arena was closed on March 19, 2016 and demolished to make room for a new soccer stadium. Photograph caption date stamped November 27, 1962 reads "Lakers' captain, Elgin Baylor, owns the most fearsome drive shot in the National Basketball Association. In this series, taken in a recent game at the Sports Arena, Baylor starts to move past Cincinati's [sic] Wayne Embry (21). As the bulky Embry gives way, Oscar Robertson (14) moves back in to help, but Baylor out-positions him and scores." See images 00159970 through 00159974 for all photos in this series.
Baylor, Elgin Embry, Wayne,--1937- Robertson, Oscar,--1938- Los Angeles Lakers (Basketball team) Cincinnati Royals (Basketball team) Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena (Los Angeles, Calif.) Basketball players Men Spectators Basketball Arenas Lost architecture Los Angeles (Calif.)
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