Boston Celtics News, standings, schedule and more... And more... Boston Celtics is one of the most famous NBA teams that is based in Boston, Massachusetts. The team was founded in 1946 and together with Boston Bruins, the team plays its home games at the famous TD Garden. Ever since then, the greatest rivals of Boston Celtics are Detroit Pistons, Los Angeles Lakers and Philadelphia 76ers. The team has enjoyed the limelight of tremendous success since the 50s until the mid 1980s. In fact, the team has become an 11-time champion within 13 years from 1957 to 1969. It has even dominated the league for 8 consecutive years since 1959 to 1966. Boston Celtics is actually considered as the cream of the crop and hall of famer when it comes to number of championships won. No other NBA teams have able to surpass the record of Boston Celtics that has 15 championship titles since the 50s.
One of the famous and globally renowned good players of Boston Celtics is Larry Bird. Other hall of famers in the team includes Bob Cousy, Bill Russell and John Havlicek. The team has continued to be a success because of its excellent players plus the superb supervision of their legendary coach. The coach, Red Auerbach, absolutely plays a major role in the success of the team especially during the struggling initial years of Bolton Celtics. "The Big Three" which is composed of Larry Bird, Kevin McHale and Robert Parish have contributed a lot in the success of the team during their era. The retirement of "the big three" had a significant effect in the performance of Boston Celtics but the formation of the "new big three" which is composed of Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen has been a great relief.
Together with Dave Cowens, Cousy, Russell and Bird were awarded as NBA MVP sometime between the 50s and mid 80s. Futhermore, Kevin Garnett was awarded as the defensive player of the year in 2008. Through the years of being in this business, Boston Celtics had been through a lot of ups and downs but until now it continues to be one of the raging and most powerful NBA teams.
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