Miami Shows Philly How Far They Still Have to Go : February 04, 2012

The Philadelphia 76ers have been one of the surprise teams this season. On Friday they had a chance to show that they were for real with a home game against...

Celtics Top Wizards; Heat Loses to Bucks in Eastern Conference Action : January 23, 2012

No Rondo? No problem. Ray Allen goes down in the first half? That's OK too. Because Paul Pierce showed up on Sunday for the Celtics. Pierce led the C's with...

NBA Atlantic Division Update: Nobody Taking Charge So Far : December 31, 2011

1-2, 1-2, 1-2, 1-3 and 1-3: Those are the records of the teams in the Atlantic Division thus far. It's early yet, but clearly not the start these teams wanted. The...

Bird vs Magic: Who was better? : September 09, 2011

Let's take a trip to the wayback machine shall we? Let's go back to the 80s which I like to refer to as the "Golden Age" of basketball. To get...

Larry Brown to Play Second Fiddle to Rivers in Boston? : July 23, 2011

All signs are pointing to Lawrence Frank, a current assistant coach with the Celtics, becoming the head coach of the Detroit Pistons. When this finally comes to pass, it is...

Shaq Retires via Twitter After 19 Seasons : June 01, 2011

When Shaquille O’Neal came into the NBA, it was with great fanfare. When he announced he was leaving, it was as quiet as a tweet. O’Neal, who has won the NBA...

Celtics Deal Perkins, Robinson to Thunder for Green, Krstic : February 24, 2011

According to WBZ-TV, The Boston Celtics have agreed to trade their center, Kendrick Perkins to the Thunder of Oklahoma City. The Thunder will give center Nenad Krstic and forward Jeff Green...

Ray Allen Becomes NBA’s All-Time Three-Point Leader : February 10, 2011

Ray Allen set the 3-point record in a loss to the Los Angeles Lakers on Thursday. Kobe Bryant made 20 of his 23 points after halftime and the Lakers went...

boston celtics History

The NBA team Boston Celtics are based out of Boston, Massachusetts and play in the Eastern Conference of the Atlantic Division of the National Basketball Association. The team was founded in 1946. Their current owner is Boston Basketball Partners LLC. The home games of the Celtics are played at TD Garden, which is also the home of NHL's Boston Bruins and NLL's Boston Blazers. The 17 NBA Championships won by the Celtics is more than any other NBA franchise. The Los Angeles Lakers, their rival from the Western Conference, has won 16 titles. The Celtics from 1957-1969 dominated the NBA. In 13 years, Boston won 11 championships and from 1959-1966 won eight consecutive titles, which is the longest championship consecutive streak for any professional sports team in North America.

During the latter part of the 1950s and middle 1980s, Boston dominated the NBA. They were helped by several Hall of Famers including Larry Bird, John Havlicek, Bob Cousy and Bill Russell along with Red Auerbach, their legendary coach. They combined for a record of 795-397 which led the Celtics to winning 16 Championships. The Celtics during that span competed against the Lakers in the Finals 12 times during the middle 1950s and 1980s. The Celtics won nine times and the Lakers won three times.

Before the “Big 3” retired (Kevin McHale, Robert Parish and Larry Bird) and thanks to Auerbach's creative maneuvering, Boston was able to draft Len Bias as second overall pick. However the day after Bias was drafted he died and the Celtics fell into decline. The team later suffered another tragedy. Reggie Lewis, a star player for the Celtics, died while still in his prime, from a heart attack.

In 2007-2008, the Celtics returned to prominence when Ray Allen and Kevin Garnett joined Paul Pierce. Boston's new “Big Three” helped to lead the Celtics to their 17th championship. Four different Celtic players (Larry Bird, Dave Cowens, Bill Russell and Bob Cousy) have won the NBA's Most Valuable Player Award and hold the NBC record with 10 MVP awards total.