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William Theodore Walton III was an American basketball player and television sportscaster. He played collegiately for the UCLA Bruins and professionally in the National Basketball Association for the
Walton with the Portland Trail Blazers in 1977
Bill Walton playing for UCLA
1973 UCLA yearbook, Southern Campus. 1973 UCLA basketball NCAA champions, Walton in back middle.
Walton during the 1974 season
1977 NBA Finals
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The 1977 NBA World Championship Series was the championship round of the National Basketball Association's 1976–77 season, and the culmination of the season's playoffs. The Western Conference champion
Bill Walton
…being selected as the first overall pick in the 1974 NBA draft, Walton led the Portland Trail Blazers to the team's first and only NBA championship in 1977, earning the NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award. The following season, Walton was the 1978 NBA Most Valuable Player (MVP). Walton's professional…
Finals MVP Bill Walton and Trail Blazers head coach Jack Ramsay holding the Larry O'Brien Trophy.