🏀On April 12, 1958 Bob Pettit scored 50 points and pulled down 19 rebounds as the St. Louis Hawks beat the Boston 110-109 in Game 6 of the NBA Finals to dethrone the Celtics as NBA champions. Pettit's 50 points set a new Finals record for most scored by a player in a Finals-clinching game, a record that was tied by Giannis Antetokounmpo in 2021. The 1958 Hawks were the last team to win an NBA championship without an African American player on the roster. The win gave the Hawks their only NBA Ch

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