Elgin Baylor (Digitally Restored 60fps). 1963 NBA Finals G6 Full Highlights (28pts, 9reb, 6a)

This is my first game highlight of a digitally restored game reel. The 60fps simulates the smoothness of the games original television broadcast. Frames were restored digitally, the result is very close to what the original would have looked like save for the extremely fast movements such as the ball flying through the air, those unfortunately cannot be rendered properly even through digital magic. The result still looks far closer to the original and much of the missing movements in players can now be seen.

[@PacGaming]

Just wow. to be able to see such an important game at that quality from that time period was a surreal experience.

[@Ehh-nx7nk]

PAC Hoops out of all people, you commented on a Wilt Chamberlain video

[@SSB_ZLG]

@@Ehh-nx7nk LMAO

[@edbrewer5123]

You have proven that your ability to restore archival footage is second to none IMO. To say I enjoy the quality/content of your videos is an understatement.

[@pastorcond215]

Reznick does a pretty good job at restoring

[@SpiritualFilip]

You don't even know how big your channel is for NBA community. Thank you.

[@moises1514]

Incredible watching the history of basketball. Thanks Wilt Chamberlain Archive

[@nohisocitutampoc2789]

It’s fantastic to have the chance to watch this amazing players, especially Baylor, outstanding shooter that never could win the ring. And it’s a shame not to have all the match or more images about this period of the nba.

[@SonicKoolaid]

The NBA needs to pay you man, your work is second to none!

[@averagefella]

I love watching classic footage from this era. Especially to debate with jerks today who say its an overrated era of the NBA

[@e__b956]

R.I.P. BAYLOR! This was amazing to see.

[@choward5430]

Man I love this stuff! I wish (like everyone) we could see Wilt's 100 point 25 rebound game or his 78 and 43 rebound game.

[@lloydkline7245]

C Howard wilt said he glad it was not on film

[@springfieldbearpatrol2937]

Amazing these guys playing at such a high level in those shoes!

[@azariahstonar2787]

Awesome Thank you. In isolation 3/25/21 ELGIN BAYLOR RIP One of the Greatest Of All Time

[@protectedsouls415]

Elgin is still a top 5 Small Forward of all time

[@lloydkline7245]

ProtectedSouls4 Elgin Baylor top three all time

[@jamesmeuwissen7823]

Top 3 probably but Dr. J has an argument and Durant or Hondo is 5

[@Amick44]

@@jamesmeuwissen7823 they're all in the discussion. Barry too.

[@patek9789]

@@jamesmeuwissen7823 dr j has no argument over baylor

[@Jmurda1983]

Baylor was roasting bill Russell they got him off Baylor real quick

[@df550]

lol...suuure..

[@jtballer11]

Unreal how clear the footage is. Really appreciate these quality vids.

[@Mr_Rey_]

Best basketball channel on youtube.

[@darrenayotte]

MrRey93 best *channel* on KZbin

[@dontplayvirtual6836]

This chanell is so underrated man..

[@evifnoskcaj]

Scoring monster! Thank you for all that you do. ❤

[@offtop5784]

elgin baylor deserved so much more in his career, great video

[@Amick44]

He had a great career, but wasn't quite the same after about his first 6 yrs. Knee injuries cut his prime and career short. Much like Bird with back issues. Sad in both cases cuz a LeBron will have greater totals with his longevity and skipping college.

[@anthonytuimaka7758]

This is absolutely fantastic work! You really bring the footage to life. I'm blown away by it. Would love to see Wilt restored to this level.

[@jakestanley52]

This was the 60s when no one shot it well from the perimeter, but man, look at West and Baylor's form. They were so ahead of their time.

[@Amick44]

Along with Oscar, they expanded the game into the next phase.

[@jakestanley52]

@@Amick44 Took it above the rim and further away from the basket.

[@gustavsundling5874]

I love it. Thank you. Baylor was great, the movement with one hand dribble and touch. Celtics fastbreak-passing was golden. Afterwards, did Cousy throw it like 50 meters in the air and Russell just caught it on the way down? That was also impressive! :D

[@illestofdemall13]

It bounced off the ground and into the air once before Russell caught it.

[@gustavsundling5874]

+Kris Klekosky Oh ok! :D

[@pudman31]

Fantastic. This just looks great!

[@barbaramathieson9425]

Besides Baylor and West, this Laker fan from this era even enjoys the great Celtics now. Fan from 1960 to 2021.

[@westside-qe3yq]

Im Lakers fun feom 80s but when Lebron came I dont like my Lakers anymore,I always looked at Lebron as Kobes rival I cannot root for him.

[@Abrahamx3]

RIP to the legend

[@ralphmenar9868]

Awesome! Love Elgin! Probably the most underrated superstar of all time but he probably dribbled with his left hand once lol

[@WiltChamberlainArchive]

He drove and shot left handed on the first points of the game!

[@vivianalajdi5740]

Ralph Menar Go and watch hours of Jordan, Iverson and Magic highlights and tell me how many times any of them take more than three consecutive dribbles with their left hands.

[@klavzerblut]

Ralph Menar uhm. Do you know why old timers mostly used one hand to dribble? The ballhandling rules were actually being enforced back then. The hand had to be on top of the ball at all times. Which meant no carrying, no crazy direction changes and constant bouncing. It was a loooot more difficult to dribble that way. Baylor said it in an interview, that what today's players do when they dribble would have been violations in his time. So I laigh at young people who think that old timers couldn't dribble. Any dildo can dribble today? Because you can carrtmy the ball and put your hand bellow the ball and cgange direction and pause the bouncing. Try it if you don't believe me. I had an old school coach and he busted my balls because I dribbled like MJ. It was muuuch harder to dribble the legal way.

[@davonbenson9655]

kiikiikhan. Exactly.

[@SeanRosati]

If u watch a little closer you'll see he does dribble with his left. drives to the left and spins to the left. lol idk what ur watching.

[@sixtosparda]

Thank you very much for what you're doing for the true hardcore basketball fans, I totally disagree when people underrates or criticize players from previous eras of basketball, if you notice easily these players they were tough and they had stamina to keep that fast pace, a lot of these guys would be great players even at this time with today's nutrition and weights. BTW that drive to the rim by Baylor at 1:03 reminds me so much of what Harden is doing to nba defenses nowadays, so don't underestimate these legends.

[@aboriginalbrotha9947]

Plus a lot of people didn't know the guys that are playing today are playing run and gun ball just like these guys were in the sixties, but they were more focused on the outside shooters like Curry. Today's players would make it with the 60's and 70's rules due to the style of ball they play today which is pretty much similar, but won't make it with the 80's and 90's rules. Today's players who want to test their skills using the 60's and 70's rules had to be very careful when in possession with the ball because palming rules were more strict back then.

[@aboriginalbrotha9947]

Plus, the NBA of today is starting going back to this type of basketball which is run and gun. The pace has increased and the ppg had skyrocketed this season compared to last. I guess fans want to see high scoring games instead of defensive borefest that the 90's had which lowered the ppg back then.

[@wader0073]

Wow 60fps on such an old video. Man thats lit

[@gatormark]

Amazing restoration

[@Eltalstro]

This is unbelievable.

[@dl3988]

What amazing footage, lovingly restored. Thanks so much for posting the most amazing basketball videos on the web!

[@senorstronk]

never seen such great quality in an older hoops vid.

[@GSam777]

Thank you for restoring these era of basketball in HD

[@TitoYuca]

Fantastic defense by GOAT defender Bill Russell at 0:34

[@dl3988]

Most overrated player in NBA history IMHO

[@WiltChamberlainArchive]

Facetious comment I know but, Russell played a pseudo zone. He was praised for that kind of disciplined defense (ignore the outside guys, focus on inside) by Veterans. H'd often let the big men or guards that switch out shoot - his job is to prevent high percentage layups first and foremost. He made the right play, Baylor was cruising backdoor if he'd have come up on Wiley he'd have lost the ability to cover ground and stop a potential Baylor bucket at the rim.

[@BaldHeadSosa]

Wilt Chamberlain Archive these people don’t know basketball man

[@casualfandestroyer2503]

@@WiltChamberlainArchive Boston actually played a switching defense Russell guarded 1-5 idk what you are talking about

[@klavzerblut]

Baylor was awesome. Too bad he wasn't used as a pure playmaker when Wilt came.

[@klavzerblut]

Tyler Hingleton I know. And he was still awesome. But before his first injury, he was insanely good. Boston had this mentality: Baylor will get his points no matter what we do, we have to limit West's scoring🤣 Which says more than enough about how awesome Baylor was.

[@MentLeee]

So your saying Elgin Baylor should have really been the logo🤔

[@dani__crocs]

He's basically the 50s version of Bron. Like the first version of a point foward

[@russwalker4017]

Wow! Great work! keep it up fam

[@kincamell2]

Heavy Gratitude Ps Peace to Elgin Baylor (best player to not win a ring) and Bill Russell (greatest champion, ever). Pps Peace to Bill's older brother Charlie Russell (amazing writer)

[@Ros_Singwolf]

Elgin Baylor Legend 😎

[@shelleybunton3661]

WOW. Phenomenal quality.

[@lexbeltran1354]

Great early footage of Elgin Baylor.

[@tjabbar]

RIP Elgin Baylor

[@lolz643]

Beautiful, thank you for this.

[@Ianwong33]

This is like a HD video with black and white background

[@a6life874]

Incredible thank u

[@epocketlsaml]

Great job at restoring the videos man. Really appreciate it.

[@mdbrumbach1]

Wow! This is Fantastic! I hope you can upgrade all the old vids to this format! Well done!

[@allistermcginlay6476]

The argument that in that era they couldn't shoot from the (future) three point line is absurd! Elgin & West absolutely natural three point shooters but the rest of the lakers equally effective at distance!

[@impassable]

Im always amazed at Bill Russell...I have no doubt he could be a great player in todays game..He might slide to the 4 spot, but maybe not...His rebounding position and fundamentals are perfect

[@Frilleon]

A good portion of these players would be NBA players today. They're all tall and strong humans that are best at basketball. The difference is time and the game, not the people. And no question Russell would be a dominating big man. Top-level shot-blocker, defender, rebounder, and passer. He's one of the best ever for sure.

[@protectedsouls415]

the all timers would fair just fine imo. ppl doubt that b/c they don't see the rippling muscles or breakoff rims, and obviously the disparity in the dribbling rules.

[@Mr.56Goldtop]

@@Frilleon There's no way any of these guys could play today, they have no tattoos and their basketball trunks are too short! 😁

[@jamesmeuwissen7823]

Imagine a team with Russell at the 4 and Wilt at the 5. Nobody's scoring inside of 15 feet on that team.

[@Maal7432]

ProtectedSouls4 The stars, yes.

[@dionysise5008]

Please keep doing these digital restored videos. Thank you

[@VTVINO]

Thank you

[@anansi1641]

@ 2:37 -- That no look pass to #11!

[@aidanrich8015]

its a shame that he never won it all

[@Amick44]

Sooo close a coupla times.

[@r0drig0lac1]

CONGRATS MAN!!

[@diggsprodz3]

R.I.P Elgin Baylor

[@marcusbenjilake]

Beauty!

[@Wowvod]

Do you have the game wilt vs Elgin, I head it was the greatest game nobody saw.where wilt dropped 78 and Elgin 63.

[@Majestros]

Look at Bill Russell just standing around on defence

[@choward5430]

Baylor's most impressive play is @ 4:2. He shoots a jumper and tip dunks his miss!

[@DoubleYT]

Rough House Rudy

[@jasonwagner9828]

R.I.P ELGIN

[@FirstPlace97]

Some would say that Elgin was too good for Bill. Thoughts?

[@KARAOTI23]

Can you upload the whole game? Again thanks, you 're doing terrific work!

[@kincamell2]

Heavy

[@GSam777]

Please upload more of other teams highlights in the 50s to early 70s not just celtics and lakers

[@aboveusall22]

I used to watch those NBA championships games the problem was the teams that played the Celtics didn't have any bench at all.

[@zxmegatronxz8472]

Damn his hesi broke some ankles

[@dylanmauga]

welp, im subscribing now

[@kray97]

Where's the three point line? That's the first question that came to me.

[@ricwatt]

no wonder Bob Cousy retire that year he couldn't guard anyone

[@df550]

he could guard you..

[@ricwatt]

@@df550 I doubt that i'm waaay too quick for him

[@trollkenobi6727]

@@ricwatt maybe against 94 year old Bob Cousy Prime Cousy smoking you 999 to -1

[@franciscouribe1988]

His game style looks a lot like Magic Johnson or LeBron James one.

[@camcam6508]

More like Magic Johnson n LeBron James game style looks like his

[@FN2R-K20]

dantheman!

[@MFBOOM100]

Did they not have 3 point line in this era?

[@jamesmeuwissen7823]

Not until 1979

[@bluaway30]

None of those guys look like plumbers. Would someone send this to JJ Reddick?

[@crb4059]

MJ was born this year and wouldve been a few months old

[@zacf5643]

Why does Baylor always look down and check his shoes? Does he have some sort of fear that his laces are un done?

[@WiltChamberlainArchive]

He had a nervous twitch, is that what you're talking about?

[@zacf5643]

Yes! I figured it was something similar... wonder if it effected his game.

[@WiltChamberlainArchive]

Apparently the only thing it affected was his opponents, who said if they reacted to the head twitch he'd blow by them lol

[@zacf5643]

Perhaps it was simply a ploy to effect opponent game.

[@WiltChamberlainArchive]

He's admitted in interviews he never even knew he did it, that he went to a doctor about it after the players or coach told him and the doc said he was fine it was just a nervous tic

[@JB-mi3wb]

What year is this?

[@WiltChamberlainArchive]

Whoops forgot to put it in the title - 1963

[@illestofdemall13]

Back when they used to try to pass the ball to find the shooter in the best position to make the basket. Now days many players (especially high school and college) just hog the ball and take bad shots.

[@michealschnepper6977]

He may not be the best but there was no won any better

[@nohisocitutampoc2789]

The official could be Earl Strom, so clown as usual (but with dark hair)?

[@DrJohnnyJ]

This was a bad game for Elgin. He averaged twice as many rebounds.

[@billycharles]

Elgin is so cool