Here’s a description of Chiklis’ character, per HBO: As the coach of the Celtics, Red Auerbach won nine NBA championships. As general manager, he won seven more.

"The twenty-five-dollar fine he received was worth every penny" - When Red Auerbach backed Bill Russell for knocking out Ray ...

"If he wants it, the job is his" - Red Auerbach admitted Bob Cousy was offered the Celtics job before Bill Russell made ...

While Auerbach admired Bird for his uncompromising ability to motivate himself, "Larry Legend" once revealed that it was Red who had always been his greatest source of motivation.

It's almost like Red Auerbach smoking the cigar." Jackson's gamble almost cost the Lakers. The problem for the Lakers at the time was that the reserves played lackadaisically.

Red Auerbach - Biography #2 Just prior to the beginning of the 2006-07 season, Arnold ‘Red' Auerbach passed away in his hometown of Washington, DC on Oct. 28, 2006. He was 89 years old.

In reality, Arnold “Red” Auerbach was a competitive over-achiever. The son of immigrants who expected no more out of life than the opportunity to be a hard-working school teacher and coach.

Red Auerbach recognized that the Celtics' fortunes were soon going to change, however, when the Celtics used their sixth overall pick in the 1978 NBA draft to select a previously-unknown player ...

“Red Auerbach wouldn’t believe it,” Heinsohn said. Other attendees at Tuesday’s Auerbach Center grand opening oooh’d and ahhh’d throughout a tour of the gorgeous 70,000-square-foot ...

Red Auerbach in March 1987. Auerbach, who coached the Boston Celtics to nine championships in the 1950s and 1960s, died Saturday, Oct. 28, 2006. He was 89.

“Red Auerbach happens to be in there. Evidently, he took what Larry said as Larry being upset, like I was not a true Celtic,” Brown says.

Red Auerbach, the greatest coach in the history of the National Basketball Association, died last week. Auerbach led the Boston Celtics to nine NBA championships, including an amazing eight ...