Sportstudi
10-25-2013, 02:13 PM
"Hall of Famer Bill Sharman (http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/9878410/ex-boston-celtics-player-los-angeles-lakers-coach-bill-sharman-dies), a member of three Celtics championships as a player who then coached the Lakers to their first championship in Los Angeles, died Friday at age 87, his wife told the Los Angeles Times.
Sharman had suffered a stroke last week and died at his home in Redondo Beach, Calif., Joyce Sharman said.
An eight-time All-Star with the Celtics, Sharman averaged 17.8 points in an 11-year playing career.
He was on the 1958-59 Celtics team that won the first title of an eventual eight in a row. He stopped playing after the 1960-61 season at the age of 34.
He began coaching the Lakers in 1971. The Lakers had lost six times to the Celtics in the Finals between 1962 and 1970.
But everything clicked with that team. Led by Wilt Chamberlain, Jerry West and Gail Goodrich, the Lakers won a record 33 games in a row during the regular season. They beat Walt Frazier and the Knicks in the Finals 4-1.
Sharman was inducted into the Hall of Fame as a player in 1976 and as a coach in 2004."
Sharman had suffered a stroke last week and died at his home in Redondo Beach, Calif., Joyce Sharman said.
An eight-time All-Star with the Celtics, Sharman averaged 17.8 points in an 11-year playing career.
He was on the 1958-59 Celtics team that won the first title of an eventual eight in a row. He stopped playing after the 1960-61 season at the age of 34.
He began coaching the Lakers in 1971. The Lakers had lost six times to the Celtics in the Finals between 1962 and 1970.
But everything clicked with that team. Led by Wilt Chamberlain, Jerry West and Gail Goodrich, the Lakers won a record 33 games in a row during the regular season. They beat Walt Frazier and the Knicks in the Finals 4-1.
Sharman was inducted into the Hall of Fame as a player in 1976 and as a coach in 2004."