Throwback Thursday: "The '86 Celtics" documentary

For today's throwback here's a two hour documentry that NBC Sports Boston produced in 2016 on the World Champion Boston Celtics 1986 squad.

  • A summary of how Celtics legend Red Auerbach assembled one of the greatest teams in NBA history.
  • A look back from Bill Walton and Cedric Maxwell on how Auerbach made the trade with the Clippers to bring Walton to the Celtics.
  • Player interviews and insight on how their dynamic roster -- which included five future Hall of Fame players --were able to mesh to become one of the most prolific teams in NBA history.
  • A plethora of Celtics nostalgia as the film takes viewers back inside the original Boston Garden to the glory days of the Bird era.
  • A retrospective on how the Celtics battled Michael Jordan in one of the greatest playoff games in NBA history.
  • A recount of the Celtics supremacy in the Playoffs over the Hawks and Bucks, culminating in a showdown with Rockets in the NBA Finals.

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