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Bill Walton, who helped UCLA win national titles during John Wooden's career and later won two NBA titles, has died after a cancer battle. Bill Walton, UCLA legend, NBA star and Pac-12 advocate ...
Hall of Famer, who won championships with the Portland Trail Blazers and Boston Celtics after starring at UCLA, lost his fight with cancer. Bill Walton, who won 2 NBA championships, 2 college ...
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Walton's most famous game was the 1973 NCAA title game, UCLA against Memphis, in which he shot 21 for 22 from the field and led the Bruins to another national championship. “One of my guards said, ’Let’s try something else,'” Wooden told The Associated Press in 2008 for a 35th anniversary retrospective on that game.
UCLA finished 26–4 and 12–2 in the Pac 8 Conference, with Walton playing alongside Keith Wilkes, David Myers, and Marques Johnson. [43] In the 25 team 1974 NCAA tournament, UCLA defeated Dayton 111–100, in a game where Walton had 27 points and 19 rebounds. UCLA next defeated San Francisco 83–60 in the Western Regional Final to reach the ...
The Elite Eight of this year’s NCAA men’s basketball tourney is shaping up to be a Bill Walton fever dream. The Pac-12 is on fire. With UCLA’s upset of No. 2 seed Alabama, Walton’s beloved ...
NBA Hall of Famer and UCLA graduate Bill Walton is known for his often more than slightly exaggerated takes when he provides basketball analysis during Pac-12 college basketball games.
From calling John Wooden twice a week to pretending to be NBA players on voice messages left for his son, Bill Walton was an eternally kind and quirky soul. Plaschke: Bill Walton's kindness and ...