Exactly 50 seasons ago: Celtics – Sixers IV

No Math this time, a little History instead (and kinda by request) ...

Ever hear the one about the NBA playoff series in which both teams won three games in a row? Curiously, the scheduling for this match-up would include a five-day break.

Indeed, it was precisely a half-century ago -- albeit a month earlier on a calendar and a round closer to a championship -- when this odd set of circumstances aligned itself into existence during the Eastern Division Final between Bill Russell's Boston Celtics and Wilt Chamberlain's defending champion Philadelphia 76ers.

Here's a brief capsule of that season and series, culled from the Abacus Archive:

1967-68

Never one to miss a potential windfall, Wilt…