"The only ball I ever really wanted was in 1986 because we won that championship by beating Bill Fitch and his Houston team, and to me, that really meant something," explained Bird. "But when the ...

Entering the 1985-86 season, Boston had a stacked roster comprising Bird, Ainge, McHale, Parish, Walton and Dennis Johnson.

Episode VI of HBO’s “Celtics City” documentary that aired Monday night covers the time between the Celtics’ 1986 championship to Larry Bird’s 1992 retirement.