NOTE: Following is the third installment of a four-part blog series on the NBA Finals. The author, while working for newspapers in Olympia and Bremerton, covered three games in Portland during the ...

SEATTLE — Gus "The Wizard" Williams, a former Seattle Supersonics player who led the team to its only NBA championship in 1979, has died at age 71. Williams spent six seasons of his NBA career with ...

Lenny Wilkens, an NBA Hall of Fame player and coach, died at the age of 88 on Sunday, per Chris Daniels of KOMO News. According to Daniels, Wilkens died peacefully at his home and surrounded by his ...

Basketball taught Paul Silas how to be patient. As a player, he waited 10 years before winning his first championship. As a coach, he waited 15 years for a second chance at running a team. As a father ...

Former Spurs coach Doug Moe loved to laugh - often at his own expense. It was a trait that served him well in all aspects of his life. What truly mattered to Moe were his family and friends, as long ...

In 1979, the New York Knicks drafted Bill Cartwright, a 7'1" center from the University of San Francisco, third overall. And on October 12, Cartwright made his NBA debut against the Atlanta Hawks. The ...

The Sonics and legendary Head Coach Lenny Wilkens win their first NBA title, led by their stars Gus Williams (23 points) and Dennis Johnson (21 points).

Chris Ford as a member of the Celtics, knocks down the first 3-point basket in NBA History!