As the Celtics attempt to win their second-straight NBA title, an unsung hero has given Boston's roster an extra boost.

BOSTON -- Bill Walton spent only one full season with the Boston Celtics. His impact was unforgettable. The franchise paid tribute to the sixth man on their 1986 championship team before Game 1 of ...

The Celtics handed out small tie-dye pins with Walton’s name on them to fans entering TD Garden for Game 1 of their NBA Finals series against the Dallas Mavericks, which made for the perfect ...

the late Bill Walton, who joined the Celtics just in time to win a championship in 1986. All of us experience rejection in our careers, whether from a coach or a boss, a team or a company ...

Tributes immediately began pouring in, and the NBA held a moment of silence to commemorate Walton’s life before Game 4 of the Boston Celtics-Indiana Pacers matchup in the Eastern Conference ...

In an NBA career in which he battled multiple injuries, Walton returned as a key player with the Boston Celtics in the mid-1980s. He helped Boston win the 1986 NBA Finals in a six-game series ...

Check out the best moments from Season 1 of Throw It Down with Bill Walton, exclusively on the NBA APP. Celtics legend Robert Parish eagerly shares how competitive it was behind the scenes with ...

Walton, a former member of the Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Clippers who was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1993, retired from the NBA in 1990 after suffering for years from back ...

Do the Showtime Lakers launch as smoothly if Portland is still red hot and rolling with Walton? Are the 1986 Celtics still in the argument for the greatest team ever without Walton as their supersub?

Following his death, national and local figures took to social media to pay tribute to Walton, who played for the Portland Trail Blazers, the then-San Diego Clippers and Boston Celtics.

On this day in Boston Celtics history, the newly-formed professional basketball franchise the Boston Celtics played their first home game in 1946 in the Basketball Association of America (BAA - a ...