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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_celticsIn 1985, the Lakers and Celtics met again, but this time the Lakers took the championship.[49] This was the first time the Lakers had defeated the Celtics for a championship, as well as the only time that the Celtics lost a championship at Boston Garden. During the following off-season the Celtics acquired Bill Walton from the Los Angeles Clippers in exchange for Cedric Maxwell.[50] Walton was a big star with the Portland Trail Blazers, but injuries had kept him from living up to expectations. He was willing to come off the bench, deferring to the three big men already with the team. Walton, considered the best passer of all NBA centers in history, stayed healthy and was a big part of the Celtics' success in 1986.In 1985–86 the Celtics fielded one of the best teams in NBA history. The 1986 Celtics won 67 games, going 40–1 at the Boston Garden. Bird won his third consecutive MVP award and Walton won the Sixth Man of the Year Award. They won the franchise's 16th championship and last of the 20th century, defeating the Houston Rockets in the NBA Finals 4 games to 2.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Walton#Later_careerWalton spent more time on the disabled list than on the court with his hometown San Diego Clippers. He only played 14 games for the Clippers during the 1979-80 season before missing all of the next two seasons, undergoing several reconstructive surgeries on his injured foot. After going through extensive rehabilitation, Walton's foot began to improve; after playing only 14 games from 1979-82, he played 33 games in 1982-83, 55 games in 1983-84, and a then-career high 67 in 1984-85. After the 1984–85 campaign, Walton called on two of the league's premier teams, the Boston Celtics and the Los Angeles Lakers. After several players on the Celtics said they liked the idea of having Walton as a teammate backing up Robert Parish and Kevin McHale, Red Auerbach made the deal happen. One anecdote that particularly illustrates Walton's decision to choose the Celtics over the Lakers involves Larry Bird, who happened to be in Auerbach's office when Walton called. Bird said that if Walton felt healthy enough to play that it was good enough for him, as opposed to Lakers GM Jerry West, who was hedging his interest in Walton pending a doctor's report. Boston acquired Walton by sending popular forward Cedric Maxwell to the Clippers along with a first-round draft pick. Providing a reliable backup to McHale and Parish, Walton played in a career-high 80 games and received the NBA Sixth Man Award that season en route to the NBA Championship, becoming the only player to have ever won an NBA Finals MVP, Sixth Man Award, and regular season MVP.
I heard some garbage about Michael Jordan and sex on TV so it made me decide to look up his fellow former NBA player, the AIDS infected Magic Johnson. It says his wife was pregnant from him at the same time he announced he has AIDS and neither she nor the baby had it. How is that possible? I was wondering if she had it and how they could stay married. Also, their son is now homosexual and they support it. He said he knew his son was even before he "came out". He said he knew it so he "had the talk" when his son was only 13. I guess he learned nothing from AIDS. He should talk against the life styles that cause AIDS if he is serious about being a spokesman on preventing it.
He has HIV, which is a retro-virus, which by all legitimate accounts, do nothing. I think that AIDS and HIV are different.
If he had AIDS he would have been dead by now.
I am not any kind of Basketball fan but I remember the Celtics in the 80s had a run of champoinship wins... I remember Bill Walton who happened to also be a vocal DeadHead at the time:
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