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The 1985–86 Boston Celtics season was the 40th season of the Boston Celtics in the National Basketball Association (NBA). They finished with the best record in the league at 67–15, including a 40–1 record at home (37–1 at the Boston Garden , 3–0 at the Hartford Civic Center ).
The Celtics entered the season as the defending NBA Champions, coming off an NBA Finals victory over the Los Angeles Lakers in seven games, and increasing their NBA Finals victories over the Lakers to 8. On March 3, 1985, Kevin McHale surpassed Larry Bird's Celtics single game scoring record when he netted 56 points against the Detroit Pistons. [1]
Denotes player who has been selected for at least one All-Star Game with the Boston Celtics x: Denotes player who is currently on the Boston Celtics roster: 0.0: Denotes the Boston Celtics statistics leader (min. 100 games played for the team for per-game statistics)
The Boston Celtics (/ ˈ s ɛ l t ɪ k s / SEL-tiks [a]) are an American professional basketball team based in Boston. The Celtics compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference.
Pages in category "Boston Celtics players" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 518 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Boston University: 1985: 1: 20 Sam Vincent: Michigan State University: 1985: 3: 70 Andre Battle: Loyola University Chicago: 1985: 4: 93 Cliff Weber: Liberty University: 1985: 5: 116 Albert Butts: La Salle University: 1985: 6: 139 Ralph Lewis: La Salle University: 1985: 7: 162 Chris Remly: Rutgers University: 1984: 1: 24 Michael Young ...
From 1999 to 2008, Bob Cousy appeared as a part-time analyst on Celtics games, calling about 10 games each season. [ 23 ] During the 1980 NBA Playoffs, Johnny Most split play-by-play duties with Gil Santos due to problems with Most's voice.
The Celtics' 18 NBA Championships are the most of any NBA franchise. Boston's first 13 championships were won as the Walter A. Brown Trophy (original trophy retired in 1976), and five recent championships were won as the Larry O'Brien Championship Trophy (introduced in 1977 as the second incarnation of the Walter A. Brown Trophy, renamed in 1984).