One of history's greatest teams, the 1986 Celtics, claim the franchise's sixteenth title thanks to a Larry Bird triple-double and a deafening Garden crowd.

The action got rough as Ralph Sampson was ejected for fighting, but Hakeem Olajuwon dominated the Celtics with 32 points, 14 rebounds and 8 blocks, cutting the Celtics series lead 3-2.

∎ (Season he turned 40: 1986-87) 78 starts, 31.3 minutes*, .564 FG%, 17.5 points*, 6.7 rebounds*, 2.6 assists*, 1.2 blocks* Abdul-Jabbar won his fifth NBA championship at the end of the 1986-87 ...

Gus "The Wizard" Williams, a former Seattle Supersonics player who led the team to its only NBA championship in 1979, has ...

On June 17, 1986, the Boston Celtics, the reigning NBA champions, selected Len Bias as the second overall pick in the 1986 NBA Draft at Madison Square Garden. Although he was just 22 years old at ...