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LA Lakers great and Clippers VP Elgin Baylor passes away at 86
Updated On: 23 March, 2021 12:09 PM IST | Los Angeles | IANS
"As a shooter, as a dribbler, Elgin Baylor had no match. The greatest game I ever saw was a Los Angeles playoff game in Boston when the Celtics double-teamed Elgin and Jerry West, and Elgin still scored about 60 (61) points," said Oscar Robertson, a contemporary of Baylor and himself no stranger to NBA stardom.
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Elgin Baylor. Picture/ AFP
Elgin Baylor, the Los Angeles Lakers` first superstar and among the first in then emerging National Basketball Association (NBA), and a fixture on the L.A. basketball scene for the better part of half a century, has died of natural causes.
Baylor, who coached briefly after his Hall of Fame 14-season playing career ended, then had a 22-year run as an executive with L.A.`s other NBA team, the Clippers, died Monday morning, the Lakers announced on Twitter. He was 86, DPA news reports
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