Willis Reed, cov lus dab neeg uas coj New York Knicks rau ob qhov kev yeej kev sib tw hauv xyoo 1970s thiab leej twg tau txais txiaj ntsig los ntawm kev muab New York City ntaus pob ncaws pob ib qho ntawm nws lub sijhawm nco tshaj plaws, tau dhau mus rau hnub Tuesday. Thaum muaj hnub nyoog 80 xyoo, nws yog.
Thaum Lub Peb Hlis 21, 2023, thaum 3:45 teev tsaus ntuj, Knicks tweeted ib daim duab ntawm Reed nkag mus hauv lub tsev hais plaub nrog nws nraub qaum rau lub koob yees duab, ntsib nws cov phooj ywg thaum lawv sov so rau xyoo 1970 kev sib tw, yog ib lub sijhawm tseem ceeb tshaj plaws hauv NBA. thiab Madison Square Garden keeb kwm.
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Txawm hais tias muaj cov leeg pob txha tawg hauv Game 5 ntawm NBA Finals ntawm New York Knicks thiab Los Angeles Lakers, Reed tau koom nrog thawj ib nrab ntawm kev sib tw ua si tom qab zaum tawm Game 6 tawm tsam Los Angeles Lakers. Thaum lub Tsib Hlis 8, 1970, Reed tau tawm tsam kom nws mus rau hauv lub tsev hais plaub ntaus pob rau tus yeej-tau-tag nrho Game 7 thaum raug qhuas los ntawm Madison Square Garden pawg neeg. Thiab tom qab ntawd tau mus ua nws thawj ob qhov kev txhaj tshuaj, txhawb nqa nws pab neeg thiab cov neeg coob coob. Txawm hais tias nws raug mob nws thiab tus thawj coj Knicks, nrog rau Walt Frazier tau pab coj pab pawg mus rau 113-99 romp thiab lawv thawj lub npe NBA. Ntxiv rau Michael Jordan qhov kev sib tw yeej-yeej dhia rau nws lub npe thib rau xyoo 1998 thiab Khawv koob Johnson tau tawm ntawm nws txoj kev sib tw rookie los ntawm kev ua haujlwm ntawm qhov chaw hauv Kev Ua Si 6 ntawm 1980 qhov kawg los coj Lakers mus rau yeej, qhov kev ua yeeb yam yog nquag hais raws li ib qho ntawm cov xwm txheej tseem ceeb tshaj plaws hauv keeb kwm kev ua si. Xyoo 1971–72, nws tsuas muaj peev xwm ua si hauv 11 qhov kev ua si, tab sis nws tau rov qab rau xyoo tom ntej los coj Knicks mus rau qhov kev sib tw thib ob hauv nws lub caij kawg.
Leej twg yog Willis Reed?
Willis Reed Jr. yug hauv Hico, Louisiana, thaum Lub Rau Hli 25, 1942, los ntawm Willis Sr. thiab Inell Reed. Sib tw hauv Bernice, Louisiana, Nws yog Asmeskas tus kws tshaj lij NBA player, kws qhia, thiab tus thawj tswj hwm. Nws tau tas sim neej thaum Lub Peb Hlis 21, 2023. Thaum ntxov, Reed tau qhia nws cov txuj ci kis las thiab koom nrog ntaus pob hauv Lillie, Louisiana's West Side High School. Nws txoj hauj lwm hauv tsev kawm qib siab tau siv nyob rau hauv Grambling State University (tom qab ntawd hu ua Grambling College), qhov chaw sab laug sab laug. Nyob ntawd, nws tau pab Tigers yeej xyoo 1961 NAIA kev sib tw, peb lub npe Southwestern Athletic Conference, thiab thib peb hauv 1963. Hauv 2022, lub tsev kawm ntawv tau txiav nws tus lej thiab hloov npe Reed lub tsev hais plaub.
Nws ua si rau New York Knicks rau lub sijhawm ntawm nws txoj haujlwm kev ntaus pob ncaws pob (1964-1974). Nws pib khiav ntawm All-Star tshwm sim, tau txais NBA Rookie ntawm Lub Xyoo Khoom Plig, tau raug xaiv rau NBA All-Rookie First Team, thiab ua nws thawj zaug ntawm ntau qhov All-Star tshwm. Lub Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame inducted Reed hauv 1982. Nws tau suav nrog "50 Tus Neeg Ua Si Zoo Tshaj Plaws hauv NBA Keeb Kwm" hauv xyoo 1996. Reed tau raug lees paub tias yog ib tus neeg zoo tshaj plaws hauv qhov kev ua si thaum nws raug xaiv rau NBA. Pab Pawg 75th Ib Xyoo Lub Kaum Hli 2021.
Tom qab nws txoj hauj lwm ua si tas lawm, Reed tau siv sij hawm yuav luag kaum xyoo ua tus thawj coj thiab tus kws qhia ntawv nrog ntau pab pawg (Ntawm 1981 txog 1985, nws tau ua tus thawj coj hauv Creighton University thiab ua tus pab qhia ntawm St. John's University. Tsis tas li ntawd, Reed pab Sacramento Kings thiab Atlanta Hawks hauv NBA) kom txog rau thaum tau nce mus rau txoj haujlwm tswj hwm thiab tus lwm thawj tswj hwm kev ntaus pob (1989-1996) rau New Jersey Nets. Hauv nws lub peev xwm ua tus lwm thawj coj ntawm cov txheej txheem ntaus pob, nws tau pab lawv hauv 2002 thiab 2003 hauv kev mus txog NBA Finals.
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