... David Stern is smiling, along with Larry Bird, Magic Johnson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Bill Russell, James Worthy and Kevin McHale. Celtics-Lakers, play it again, for an 11th time in Finals history, as Phil Jackson tries to pass Red Auerbach ...

... treatment will be added to the annals of Celtics-Lakers lore, taking a spot alongside Magic Johnson's baby sky hook and Kevin McHale's clothesline of Kurt Rambis. Kevin Garnett scored 24 points, Pierce finished with 22 11 after getting hurt and ...

... there or on Sunday back in Boston, the Celtics would advance to the NBA finals for the first time since Larry Bird, Kevin McHale and Robert Parish took them there in 1987. Chauncey Billups scored 26 and Richard Hamilton had 25 points for Detroit ...

... constant reminders of the past finally forced Rick Pitino to the breaking point, with his memorable rant that Larry Bird, Kevin McHale and Robert Parish "aren't walking through that door." But cheerleaders aside the new owners have embraced the history ...

... 1987, also Boston's most recent finals appearance. So while veterans such as Paul Pierce and Bryant can talk of Kevin McHale's hard foul takedown of Kurt Rambis in 1984, or Johnson's baby sky hook to pull out a victory in Boston in 1987 ...

... through 2012 there was no deal without the extension Ainge made an unprecedented 7-for-1 trade with Minnesota GM Kevin McHale to complete the new Big Three that won it all in its firs try. "It's a team that's easy to fall in love with ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. -- Kevin McHale, who won three NBA championships with the Boston Celtics, and Georgetown coach John Thompson were elected to the Basketball Hall ...

... away from the team and fining them $3.5 million. Possible suspensions for owner Glen Taylor and general manager Kevin McHale have not yet been decided, the NBA said in a statement. The penalty is one of the stiffest in league history. Stern ...

... Atlanta. Two draft picks were also exchanged, and the deal could have been even bigger. Minnesota vice president Kevin McHale said negotiations continued throughout the day Wednesday and were complicated when a fifth team, which he would not ...

... wives were at Sealy's home comforting his wife, Lisa, and young son, Malik Remington, said coach Flip Saunders and Kevin McHale, vice president of basketball operations. "This is a sudden and devastating loss to our team," McHale said ...