Photos: Basketball legend Bill Walton dies

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Photos: Basketball legend Bill Walton dies

Photos of basketball legend Bill Walton, who has died of cancer at age 71.

Former NBA star Bill Walton waves to the crowd before throwing the ceremonial first pitch before the Padres game against the Rockies at Petco Park on Thursday, August 8, 2019 in San Diego, California. Walton has died of cancer at age 71. (Hayne Palmour IV/The San Diego Union-Tribune/TNS)

Legendary UCLA basketball coach John R. Wooden, right, hugs his former player Bill Walton after UCLA defeated Texas A&M, 65-62, at the John R. Wooden Classic college basketball game in Anaheim, Calif., Saturday, Dec. 9, 2006. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)

UCLA center Bill Walton (32) shoots for two of his record 44 points against Memphis State in the final game of the NCAA college basketball tournament in St. Louis, March 26, 1973. Walton's performance against Memphis State is still one of the greatest individual games in history. (AP Photo, File)

Trail Blazers' Bill Walton blocks a shot by Atlanta's Armond Hill during their game in Portland, Ore., Feb. 15, 1978. (AP Photo/Jack Smith)

Bill Walton of the Portland Trail Blazers shoots for the basket during their game with the New York Knicks at New York's Madison Square Garden, Nov. 18, 1975. (AP Photo/Ray Stubblebine)

UCLA center Bill Walton poses for a photo in 1972. (AP Photo)

Portland Trail Blazers center Bill Walton blocks this shot by Denver Nuggets center Dan Issel during first half action in Denver, April 20, 1977. (AP Photo)

UCLA's Bill Walton (32) and Dave Meyers (34) reach high to bring down rebound following a shot by North Carolina State's Tommy Burleson (24) during the first period Saturday, Dec. 15, 1973 at St. Louis. (AP Photo)

UCLA's Bill Walton, right, and Dayton's Joe Fisher battle for the ball in the NCAA West Regional playoffs in Tucson, Ariz., March 22, 1974. (AP Photo/Robert Houston)

Bill Walton, 6' 11" rookie of the Portland Trail Blazers, maneuvers for position, attempting to block out 7' 2" center Kareem Abdul-Jabbar of the Milwaukee Bucks in their game at Milwaukee, Wisc., Jan. 19, 1975. (AP Photo)

Denver Nuggets' Dan Issel, left, and Portland Trail Blazers' Bill Walton are eyeball to eyeball as Walton moves towards the basket during their game in Portland, Ore., Feb. 12, 1978. (AP Photo/Jack Smith)

Bill Walton (32) of UCLA goes over the head of Eric Fernston (41) of the University of San Francisco during the NCAA West Regional playoff at the University of Arizona in Tucson, March 22, 1974. (AP Photo/Robert Houston)

Bill Walton, UCLA's All-American center, talks to newsmen after it was announced he was the winner of the James E. Sullivan Award as the nation's outstanding amateur athlete in Los Angeles on Feb. 5, 1974. (AP Photo/Dick Strobel)

Fans congratulate Trail Blazers' Bill Walton after he and his teammates defeated the Philadelphia 76ers, 109-107, to win the NBA crown in Portland, Ore., June 5, 1977. (AP Photo)

Television announcer Bill Walton acknowledges fans at an NCAA college basketball game between UCLA and Colorado on Saturday, Jan. 22, 2022, in Boulder, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Bill Walton, UCLA's center, is aided by Memphis State University's Larry Finch as he walks off the basketball court after he was injured just before the end of the final game of the NCAA tournament in St. Louis, March 26, 1973. UCLA won the game, 87-66, their 75th consecutive win and eighth NCAA championship. (AP Photo)

San Diego Clipper Bill Walton sits with his left foot in a cast at a press conference while team owner Irv Levin tells the press that doctors conservatively estimate that Walton will miss four more weeks of the season, in San Diego, Oct. 24, 1979. (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi)

Bill Walton packs his ankle in ice during a break in a recent NBA game between Walton's Portland Trail Blazers and New Orleans, in Portland, Ore., March 19, 1977. (AP Photo/Jack Smith)

Bill Walton, right, and Lori Matsuoka arrive at the NBA Awards on Monday, June 24, 2019, at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, Calif. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)

Bill Walton of the Portland Trail Blazers and the NBA's leader in rebounding and blocked shots, sits on the bench and watches his teammates play the Milwaukee Bucks in Milwaukee, Dec. 31, 1976. Early in the first quarter Walton fell after missing a lay up and injured his right knee. Trainers heavily taped the knee and the 6-foot-11 Walton stayed on the bench as his team lost, 127-107. (AP Photo/Steve Pyle)

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver, left, and Bill Walton speak in the audience at the NBA Awards on Monday, June 24, 2019, at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, Calif. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

Boston Celtics' Larry Bird, left, and Bill Walton are looking relaxed during a practice at the Boston Garden on May 29, 1987, as they get ready for game-7 against the Detroit Pistons on Saturday afternoon in Boston. (AP Photo/Carol Francavilla)

Hall of Fame basketball player Bill Walton, left, talks with Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry before Game 3 of an NBA basketball Western Conference playoff semifinal between the Warriors and the Memphis Grizzlies in San Francisco, Saturday, May 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Portland Trail Blazers Bill Walton (32) goes high in the air to block a shot by Philadelphia's Julius Erving during their NBA championship game in Portland, Ore., May 29, 1977. (AP Photo/Jack Smith)

Bill Walton does commentary on NBC Sports Chicago for the Chicago White Sox's baseball game against the Los Angeles Angels on Friday, Aug. 16, 2019, in Anaheim, Calif. Walton was calling the game on an invitation from the White Sox and announcer Jason Benetti, right. (AP Photo/Joe Reedy)

Bill Walton, center, gets some help holding up his jersey from Boston Celtics General Manager Jan Volk, left, and K.C. Jones during a press conference in Boston, Sept. 13, 1985. (AP Photo/Dave Tenenbaum)

Retired NBA champion player Bill Walton takes part in the television broadcast in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Saturday, Jan. 13, 2024, in Boulder, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

FILE - UCLA's Bill Walton grabs a rebound against the University of San Francisco during the final game at the NCAA college basketball West Regionals in San Francisco, Saturday, March 20, 1973. (AP Photo/David F. Smith, File)

UCLA center Bill Walton goes to the basket against Indiana during the semifinal game of the Final Four NCAA college basketball championship in St. Louis, March 24, 1973. At left foreground is UCLA's Dave Meyers, and Indiana center Steve Downing is at right. UCLA won, 70-59. (AP Photo/File)

Basketball Hall of Fame legend Bill Walton laughs during a practice session for the NBA All-Star basketball game in Cleveland, Feb. 19, 2022. Walton, who starred for John Wooden's UCLA Bruins before becoming a Basketball Hall of Famer and one of the biggest stars of basketball broadcasting, died Monday, May 27, 2024, the league announced on behalf of his family. He was 71. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

FILE - Former UCLA NCAA college basketball coach John Wooden, center, is flanked by UCLA alumni stars Bill Walton, left, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar during a birthday party for Wooden in Los Angeles, Oct. 20, 1980. (AP Photo/File)

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Former NBA star Bill Walton waves to the crowd before throwing the ceremonial first pitch before the Padres game against the Rockies at Petco Park on Thursday, August 8, 2019 in San Diego, California. Walton has died of cancer at age 71. (Hayne Palmour IV/The San Diego Union-Tribune/TNS)

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