Paul Westphal, Hall of Famer and NBA champion, dies at 70 The Hall of Fame basketball player Paul Westphal has diedPaul Westphal, a Hall of Fame player who won a championship with the Boston Celtics in 1974 and later coached in the league and in college, died Saturday. He died in Scottsdale, Arizona, according to a statement from Southern California, where Westphal starred in college. He led the Suns to the NBA Finals in 1993, and also was head coach of Seattle and Sacramento. In 1976, Westphal helped the Suns reach their first NBA Finals against the Celtics. That led to a sequence in which the Suns scored to take a 110-109 lead.

Source: ABC News January 02, 2021 21:06 UTC