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Jayson Tatum scored 22 points, Kristaps Porzingis had 18 and the Boston Celtics handed the Golden State Warriors their most lopsided home loss in 40 years with a 125-85 victory on Monday. The ...
The 1979–80 Boston Celtics season was the 34th season of the Boston Celtics in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Bolstered by the play of 23-year-old rookie Larry Bird, the Celtics improved from 29–53 the previous year, to 61–21, at the time the best NBA single season turnaround ever, and would cruise to the Eastern Conference finals but lose to the Philadelphia 76ers 4–1.
In the Finals, the Celtics faced their long time rival, the Los Angeles Lakers, the first time the two teams faced off against each other since 1969 in which the Celtics won 4–3, and the first time the two teams met in the Finals in the 1980s. The Celtics would go on to defeat the Lakers in seven games, winning their fifteenth NBA ...
Without Bird, the Celtics struggled and played .500 basketball, holding a 23–23 record at the All-Star break. [15] At mid-season, the team traded Danny Ainge , and second-year forward Brad Lohaus to the Sacramento Kings in exchange for Ed Pinckney , and Joe Kleine .
The 1984–85 Boston Celtics season was the 39th season of the Boston Celtics in the National Basketball Association (NBA). 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.
That means the three players signed to 10-day contracts earlier this week — Matthew Hurt, Tosan Evbuomwan and Trey Jemison — will probably be needed to fill out the rotation.
The Memphis Grizzlies led in the final two minutes, but the Boston Celtics won in the final seconds 102-100.
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 ).