Bill Sharman, an All-Star guard for the Boston Celtics in the 1950s who became coach of the Lakers and led the team to its first NBA championship in Los Angeles in record-setting fashion, died Friday.

For four decades, members of the 1971-72 Los Angeles Lakers had few anxious moments. The closest anybody had gotten to their NBA-record 33-game winning streak was the 2007-08 Houston Rockets reaching ...