On this day, Red names Bill Russell head coach; Sam Jones drafted

On this day in 1966, Boston Celtics legend Red Auerbach named Bill Russell his successor as head coach, nine years after they drafted shooting guard luminary Sam Jones.

It is the anniversary of four wins since the season of the Celtics’ last NBA championship in 2007-08, the first of which being a 2010 victory over the Miami Heat in Game 1 of the first round of that season’s East Playoffs.

Boston won 85-76 despite Kevin Garnett getting hit with a double-technical for a late altercation and subsequently being ejected.

“I am smarter than that. I have to keep my composure in a situation like that,” offered KG via the Associated Press.