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  1.                                 After Bill Russell started 
  2.                                 playing pro basketball, the 
  3.                                 game was never the same.
  4.                                 The center dominated the
  5.                                 sport in the 1960ΓÇÖs by
  6. playing intense defense. No one had ever
  7. done that before. During the 13 seasons he
  8. played for the Boston Celtics, they won 11
  9. NBA titles!
  10.  
  11. Bill was the first player to take over a game 
  12. without scoring much. For a long time, 
  13. teams tried to win games by sinking as 
  14. many  baskets as possible. But Bill showed
  15. that rebounding and shot-blocking could win
  16. games, too. 
  17.  
  18. Bill, who grew up in Oakland, California
  19. attended the University of San Francisco.
  20.