Russell nabbed 51 boards, Hondo played his last All-Star game, and Pierce played his 1st and last games in the Garden.

Amid the pressure, Bill Russell, player-coach for the latter ... of celebrating the title victory in what would be his last NBA game alone, "Russ" then shared the microphone with then-Celtics ...

To be the greatest champion in your sport, to revolutionize the way the game is played, and to be a societal leader all at once seems unthinkable, but that is who Bill Russell was. Bill was a ...

Bill Russell -- the prototypical defensive center -- was a champion from his rookie season until his last game in his last championship series. Before he arrived, the Celtics had never won a ...

As the NBA retires #6 across the league, several legends of the game share their most intimate conversations from Bill Russell. As the NBA retires #6 across the league, several legends of the game ...

Bill Russell was the ... In 1961, he led a boycott of a game in Lexington, Kentucky, to protest a restaurant's refusal to serve several Black players. Russell, who died this week at 88, continued ...

On this day in Boston Celtics history, Hall of Fame Boston big man Bill Russell pulled down an ... small forward John Havlicek’s last All-Star Game in 1978. Doug Collins of the Philadelphia ...