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The team's roots lay in the New York Celtics team that disbanded during World War I. In 1918, James Furey assembled his own team around a nucleus of those truly "original" Celtics, adding other players mostly from the West Side of New York City, and defiantly called his new squad the Original Celtics.
The Celtics this time represented the city of New York. Joe Lapchick, Nat Holman, Pete Berry, Dutch Dehnert and Davey Banks led the New York Celtics to a 40–9 record. The playoffs saw Fort Wayne defeat Cleveland 2 games to 0, and New York defeated Philadelphia 2 games to zero. New York defeated Fort Wayne 3 games to 1 in the championship series.
The Celtics–Knicks rivalry is a National Basketball Association (NBA) rivalry between the Boston Celtics and the New York Knicks. The Celtics and Knicks are two of only three remaining charter franchises (the other being the Golden State Warriors) from the Basketball Association of America, which began operations in 1946. [1]
As a star center with the Original Celtics and other barnstorming teams, a college coach at St. John's, an NBA coach with the New York Knicks, and an ambassador of the sport, Lapchick cast a broad shadow across the game and its history. From star player to successful coach to popular author to respected dignitary, Lapchick played a variety of ...
View history; General ... Articles about the New York City-based Original Celtics of the American Basketball League (1925-1955). For the modern Celtics, see ...
"CELTICS CITY chronicles the history, cultural impact, and extraordinary tale of the NBA’s winningestand most storied franchise, the Boston Celtics, the current 2024 NBA Champion," HBO wrote in ...
Can you name the top-10 players in franchise history in terms of games played in the postseason? ... (19) is defended by New York Knicks forward Dave DeBusschere (22) at Madison Square Garden ...
In the Conference Finals, the Knicks faced the 68–14 Boston Celtics, who not only had the league's best record but also, to that point, the third-best won-lost record in NBA history. The Celtics routed New York, 134–108, Game 1 at the Boston Garden, but the Knicks returned the favor with a 129–96 rout in Game 2 at Madison Square Garden ...