Boston CelticsAmerican Professional basketball team based in Boston,, Massachusetts. One of the most successful franchises in the history of sport, the Celtics won 11 of 13 National Basketball Association (NBA) Championships from 1957 to 1969. Overall, they won 18 NBA titles.
Founded in Boston in 1946 by Walter BrownThe Celtics were charter members of the basketball association of AmericaA precursor of the NBA (established in 1949). At the time of the team foundation, Brown also managed the Boston Garden, on the distinctive parquet of the green and white Celtics, prospered until the franchise moves in a new arena, now known as TD Garden, in 1995-1996. The team posted a loser record in each of its first four seasons, which prompted the hiring of the head coach Red aterbach in 1950.
Celtic race as a sport dynasty started in the mid -1950s under Auerbach, who was then managing director and president of the team. The team won their first title during the 1956-1957 season after defeating the Hawks of St. Louis In a closely disputed final series, which included a double discovery match of the seventh game. With a range of future families who include Frank Ramsey, Ed Macauley,, Bill SharmanBall manipulation sorcerer Bob Cousy,, Tom Heinsohndominant center Bill Russell (five times the most useful player in the league), and later Sam Jones, KC Jones, and John HavlicekThe “Celts” won eight consecutive NBA titles between 1958-1959 and 1965-1966-a record for the four main North American team sports-and again triumphed in 1967-1968 and 1968-1969.
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Boston’s ascent coincided with the post-war proliferation of television sets in the United States, helping the team and its players to become iconic The figures for the national sport profile have increased. Among the strengths of the unprecedented Celtic championship race, Russell bringing together twice a final of the NBA-Record 40 rebounds in a game (1960, 1962) and the flight of the series of the series of Havlicek, which provoked the famous call of “Havlicek stole the ball!” by the advertiser Johnny most. The clashes between Russell, who was the Celtic player from 1966 to 1969 and Wilt Chamberlainfirst as a Philadelphia 76er And then with the Los Angeles Lakerswere at the center of some of the most dramatic matches in the history of the NBA qualifiers.
Havlicek was always a key contributor, with Dave Cowens, Paul Silas, and Jo Jo WhiteIn the teams trained by Heinsohn who won titles in 1973–74 and 1975-1976. The second of these championships included a spectacular victory for triple extension over the Phoenix Suns In the fifth game of the final. In 1978, the Celtics were involved in an unusual transaction After the NBA blocked the team owner, Irv Levin, to move the franchise to his native California. Instead, Levin and John Y. Brown, owner of Buffalo Bravesfranchises exchanged. That same year, Boston acquired one of the greatest players in the history of the league – and undoubtedly the most loved Celtic of all time – when they chose to scold forward Larry Bird in the NBA project.
The NBA has reached new popularity levels with the excitement generated by the Battle of Supremacy between the Lakers led by Magic Johnson And a team of Celtics led by Bird (who had a rivalry with Johnson dating from his college days), Parish of Robert, Kevin MchaleAnd Dennis Johnson This qualified for the NBA finals five times in the 1980s and won championships in 1980–81, 1983–84 and 1985-1986.
In the mid -1990s, the Celtics experienced the first prolonged drought of the playoffs in the history of the franchise – six consecutive years starting with the 1995-1996 season. When the Celtics returned to the playoffs, they often lost at the beginning. This changed during the 2007-2008 season when, under the head coach Doc riversThe Celtics have made the greatest turnaround in a season in the history of the NBA, ending with the best record of the League and displaying an improvement of 42 victories after the addition of superstars of the off -season Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen to a team that already understood perennial All-star Paul Pierce. They qualified for the NBA final, where they defeated the Rival Lakers for a ninth time and won the 17th title in the history of the franchise. The two franchises again won their respective conference championships and faced the NBA title in the 2009-2010 season, the Lakers winning the championship in seven games.
As the list of veterans of the Celtics aged, the team had reduced success in the field. Allen went to the free agency in 2012, and the team exchanged Garnett and Pierce after the 2012-2013 campaign for the purpose of spur A reconstruction process has been focused on young players. This effort bore fruit much faster than many observers expected it, while Celtics returned to the playoffs in 2014-2015. The team added the leader Isaiah Thomas during this season, and he exploded in a star, leading the team to the best record of the Eastern Conference in 2016-2017. The team season ended in the conference final after the Celtics lost four games against a against the Cleveland riders. The Celtics exchanged Thomas and other assets for Star Guard Kyrie Irving in the offseason and also signed All-Star Forward Gordon Hayward. The two players were limited by major injuries during the regular season, but the rest of the young Celtics surpassed expectations, leading Boston to the second best record of the Eastern Conference and during an unexpected eliminatory race which ended with a defeat of seven conference matches at the defeat against the defeat in the final of the conference at the end of the conference at the end of the conference at the end of the conference at the end of the conference at the end of the conference From the conference to the end of the conference at the conference final at the end of the conference at the end of the conference at the end of the conference at the end of the conference at the end of the conference at the end of the conference at the end of the conference at the final of the final at the final of seven games against the final to the the Riders.
Boston remained relatively healthy during the 2018-2019 season, but the team was easily eliminated from the playoff series in the second round. The team – now titable by the duo of Jayson Tatum And Jaylen Brown-Ratour at the conference finals during COVID 19-Ro launched the 2019-2020 season but followed with another release in the playoffs in the first round in 2020-20121, which led the Celtics to make changes to their front-office and coaches. After a slow start to the 2021-2022 campaign, Boston became hot and then published the best record in the League from the beginning of January at the end of the season, which the team followed with an obstinate eliminatory race which finally ended with a six-game defeat against the Golden State Warriors in the NBA final.
Another change of coach was made during the offseason, and the team entered the 2022-23 season under the direction of 34 years Joe Mazzulla, the youngest head coach in the League. The Celtics prosperousBeating their previous season record to finish 57 to 25 years. In the playoffs, they went to the final of the Eastern Conference, where they dropped from 0 to 3 against the Miami Heat Before returning to force a seven home match, which they lost. Boston recovered from this disappointing finish with a dominant performance in 2023-2024. They only lost 18 games in the regular season and 3 in the playoff series on the way to win their 18th NBA title.
