Paul Westphal, N.B.A. Hall of Famer and Coach, Dies at 70

Paul Westphal, the Basketball Hall of Fame guard who played for the Boston Celtics’ 1974 N.B.A. champions, became a four-time All-Star with the Phoenix Suns and coached them to the league playoff final in 1993, died on Saturday. He was 70.

Westphal, whose death was confirmed by the Suns, was found to have brain cancer in the summer of 2020. The team did not say where he died.

Westy will not be immortalized for just playing basketball. He will be remembered for how he lived his life, and how he treated others.

Rest In Peace, Westy

Danny Ainge

I’m so sad to hear that we lost Paul Westphal. I loved watching him play at USC and in Boston and Phoenix! I was blessed to have known him as Coach and as a man of God. He was one of my all time favorite people I’ve met in this business
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God bless Cindy and her family