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"I admired Jerry West growing up in LA. But the real significance was that when l was drafted by the Celtics, they'd retired so many (numbers) that they didn't have any left. "-Paul Westphal, when asked why he wore No. 44.

Paul Westphal of the Seattle Supersonics Facts helped the Boston Celtics win an NBA championship in just his second year in the NBA (1973-74). What the well-rounded shooting guard is most remembered for, though, is his success in leading Phoenix to prominence in the late 1970s.
Actually, fans of California high school basketball remember Westphal for his accomplishments a decade earlier. Seattle Supersonics Tickets. No one could defend Redondo Beach Aviation High's scoring machine. His 32.5-point average as a senior in 1968 earned him Player of the Year honors in California. One publication went so far as to name him Los Angeles/Orange County "Prep Basketball Player of the Century."

Seattle Supersonics Facts :It was with much fanfare that Westphal arrived at USC, where he earned All-America accolades twice in three years and led the Trojans to a 24-2 record in 1970-71-with the only losses coming to rival UCLA. At 6-foot-4, he could swish picture-perfect jump shots over most opposing guards and his court awareness made everyone around him better. Those talents appealed to the mighty Celtics, who chose Westphal with the 10th pick in the 1972 NBA Draft. Westphal was a quality role player during the '74 title season, but a trade to Phoenix one year later thrust him into a starring role. Westphal and the Suns ran all the way to the their first Finals appearance in 1976, but they were defeated by his former team.

Westphal led the Suns in scoring for five consecutive seasons. He also played for New York and Seattle Supersonics Facts before returning to the Suns to close out a career in which he shot better than 50 percent from the field and 82 percent from the free-throw line. Seattle Supersonics Facts. In overcoming a broken foot with the Knicks, Paul Westphal won the NBA's 1983 Comeback Player of the Year Award. He returned to the Finals in 1993 as the Suns' head coach.