The Celtics won three championships in the '80s — 1981, 1984 and 1986 — and each time, Johnson's fingerprints were all over the wins.

Paramedics responding to the scene were unable to revive him. Johnson, a five-time All-Star and one of the top defensive guards, was part of the last Boston Celtics dynasty. He spent 14 seasons in the ...

Larry Bird gave Dennis Johnson the ultimate praise, saying the Celtics would’ve been “a mediocre team” without him. While Bird, McHale, and Parish formed Boston’s iconic Big Three, Bird ...

A five-time All-Star and three-time NBA champion, Dennis Johnson played 14 seasons of pro basketball, from 1976 until 1990. Following his departure from the game, he worked as a coach for teams ...

DJ would play seven seasons with the Celtics, wearing No. 3 that whole time, while he won two titles with Boston and earned two of five All-Star bids.

But one man who saw the team up close while writing for The Boston Globe, Bob Ryan, knew that without Dennis Johnson, the C's wouldn't have captured multiple titles or made it to four straight ...

"And Dennis Johnson's johnson is the star of the show." To further accentuate his point, Don mimed doing a wide-eyed double take at the point guard's lower half. "It was a statement," he added.

Don Johnson is looking back at the time he ran into NBA player Dennis Johnson — and saw his 'johnson' — in the Celtics' locker room: 'It was a statement.' ...