BOSTON CELTICS
"The Boston Celtics are a National Basketball Association (NBA) team based in Boston,Massachusetts. They play in the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference. Founded in 1946, the team is currently owned by Boston Basketball Partners LLC. The Celtics play their home games at the TD Garden, which they share with the Boston Blazers (NLL), and the Boston Bruinsof the NHL. The Celtics' 17 NBA Championships are the most for any NBA franchise, with theLos Angeles Lakers following closely behind with 16. From 1957 to 1969, the Celtics dominated the league winning 11 championships in 13 years, and eight in a row (1959–1966), the longest consecutive championship streak of any North American pro sports team.
The Celtics have dominated the league during the late 50’s and through the mid 80’s, with the help of many Hall of Famers which include Bill Russell, Bob Cousy, John Havlicek, Larry Birdand legendary Celtics coach Red Auerbach, combined for a 795–397 record that helped the Celtics win 16 Championships. During that span the Celtics met the Lakers 12 times in the Finals during the mid 1950's and 80's with the Celtics winning nine and Lakers winning three. Before the retirement of the “Big 3” (Larry Bird, Robert Parish and Kevin McHale), and thanks to some creative maneuvering by Auerbach, the Celtics had drafted second overall pick Len Biasbut the team fell into decline as the college star died the day after he was drafted. Later, the team suffered another tragedy when their star player Reggie Lewis died of a heart attack in his prime.
The franchise returned to prominence during the 2007–2008 season when Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen joined Paul Pierce and the new "Big Three" led the team to its 17th championship. Four Celtics (Bob Cousy, Bill Russell, Dave Cowens and Larry Bird) have won the NBA Most Valuable Player Award for an NBA record total of 10 MVP awards."
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58 games
All-star
10 minutes
1st game:
BOSTON CELTICS: 70
PHILADELPHIA 76ERS: 59
*1st game was played with 5 minutes only.
The first game of the season was a solid game for the Celtics, who didn't disappoint with a convincing victory. The first quarter showed rust from the Celtics, who were trying to get some chemistry with their notable acquissitions from the free agency who were the 2 O'Neals, Shaq and Jermaine. While the Celtics where starting slow, the Sixers where playing solid, disciplined basketball, mainly because of Doug Collins. Collins, a veteran coach, is most known by coaching most of Jordan's late 80's and early 2000's. The first quarter ended in a tie, 16-16. The second and third quarter though, Ray Allen got hot and made 5 three pointers in the 2 quarter strech, helping the Celtics get those quarters with a total of 40-30. The 4th quarter mostly consisted of Rondo giving an amazing amount of assists to the rest of the starters with 15 overall. They scored enough that quarter to hold on to an 11 point victory.
STATS:
Rajon Rondo: 5 points, 15 assists, 6 steals
Ray Allen: 21 points, 2 steals
Paul Pierce: 15 points
Kevin Garnett: 12 points, 5 rebounds, 1 block, 3 steals
Shaquille O'Neal: 12 points, 7 rebounds, 3 blocks, 2 steals
BTW this is my first post. Lurked this site for a while before posting this.
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