On this day in Boston Celtics history, Hall of Fame big man Dave Cowens took a leave ... in a season that saw friend Paul ...

Silas is a native of Prescott ... It was also on this date that Dave Cowens won the NBA's Most Valuable Player award in 1973. It wasn't even his first MVP award of the year, the Celtics center ...

With his fierce tenacity for the game and relentless work ethic, Dave Cowens was able to prove wrong the critics who said that at 6 9 he was too short to be a center in the NBA. Cowens made up ...

Check out Dave Cowens triple-double performance in Game 1 of the 1976 NBA Finals- 25 points, 21, rebounds and 10 assists!

From the home video, Centers: The NBAs Great Rivals, we see the great battle in the 1974 NBA Finals between Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Dave Cowens.

Mandatory Credit: Malcolm Emmons-USA TODAY Sports It was also on this date that legendary Celtics big man Dave Cowens was fired as coach by the team after going just 27-41 in the 1978-79 NBA season.