The Bounce: Can anybody close out a playoff series?
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The Bounce Newsletter | This is The Athletic’s daily NBA newsletter. Sign up here to receive The Bounce directly in your inbox.How do you trade for two Hall of Famers, win a title with them — and still lose the trade? On this day in 1956, the St. Louis Hawks acquired Ed Macauley and Cliff Hagan from the Boston Celtics. They’d go on to help the Hawks take the 1958 championship, but they gave the Celtics the No. 1 draft pick. Boston selected Bill Russell with it. Case closed.Advertisement





