"And he was about the proudest man in the world," says Paul Silas about Red Auerbach on ESPN Classic's SportsCentury series. Red Auerbach's coaching philosophy was simple: Only one statistic mattered.

But a foot injury to starting forward Tommy Heinsohn left head coach Red Auerbach with a void to fill in the team's starting five against the St. Louis Hawks the following night. Auerbach had ...