[NBC Sports Boston] - ‘Celtics City' beyond the episode: The Len Bias tragedy

The Boston Celtics expierienced the highest of highs and the lowest of lows in June of 1986. Just over a week after defeating the Houston Rockets in the NBA Finals to secure Banner 16, the C’s selected highly-touted Maryland forward Len Bias with the second overall pick in the draft. Two days later, Bias died from cardiac arrhythmia induced by a cocaine overdose. The tragedy was the subject of Episode 6 of Max’s Celtics City docuseries,” titled “Untenable Toll.” Lon