The Portland Path Blazers can have a particular Invoice Walton Tribute Night time sport on March 9 when the Blazers tackle the Detroit Pistons.
The sport serves as a particular night time to have fun the life and accomplishments of Walton, who handed away from most cancers on Might 27, 2024, on the age of 71.
Followers attending the sport will obtain a particular Invoice Walton tie-dyed headband.
Walton can be honored all through the night time with in-game movies wanting again on his Corridor of Fame profession and influence on and off the court docket.
Members of the Walton household can be in attendance and concerned in varied in-game moments, in addition to Path Blazers alumni, together with members of the 1977 NBA championship group.
The 100-Stage concourse can have particular memorabilia on show from Walton’s profession.
Rip Metropolis Clothes can have particular Walton gadgets on sale, together with the jersey patch that the Path Blazers have worn all season lengthy and a tie-dye wristband set, with all web proceeds going to the Maurice Lucas Basis.
There may even be a particular halftime efficiency from Grateful Lifeless tribute band the Garcia Birthday Band.
Walton earned the NBA Most Useful Participant award in 1978, was chosen All-NBA First Crew that very same yr and All-NBA Second Crew in 1977. He was named to the All-Defensive Crew in back-to-back seasons (1977 and 1978) and was awarded the NBA Finals MVP in 1977.
He was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Corridor of Fame in 1993.
His quantity 32 jersey was retired by the Blazers in 1989.