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Between 1971–72 and 1975–76 the Celtics, led by Dave Cowens and John Havlicek, won 294 of 410 regular season games and reached the conference finals in each of those five seasons, winning two more NBA championships, whilst between 1979–80 and 1987–88 led by the frontcourt of Larry Bird, Kevin McHale and Robert Parish the Celtics won 550 ...
The 1956–57 team that won the first championship for the franchise. The Celtics were formed in 1946 as a team in the Basketball Association of America, and became part of the National Basketball Association after the merger of the BAA and the National Basketball League to form the NBA in the fall of 1949. [1]
Drafted by the Celtics in 1998, Paul Pierce went on to star for the Celtics and later won the NBA Finals MVP Award when the team won the NBA championship in 2008. The following year in the 1998 NBA draft, the Celtics drafted Paul Pierce, [91] a college star who had been expected to be drafted much earlier than the Celtics' 10th overall pick.
The Boston Celtics have won the most championships of any NBA team. ... Year(s) won Year(s) lost Boston Celtics: 18: 5: 23 .783:
The Celtics became the first team in NBA Finals history to overcome a 2–0 series deficit to win the championship. They would later be joined by the Portland Trail Blazers in 1977, the Miami Heat in 2006, the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2016 and the Milwaukee Bucks in 2021.
At Tennessee, Williams was a two-time SEC Player of the Year and in his final season in 2019 he averaged 18.8 points, 7.5 rebounds, 1.5 blocks and 1.1 steals per game. He was also a unanimous ...
The 1974 NBA World Championship Series was the championship round of the 1973–74 National Basketball Association (NBA) season. The Eastern Conference champion Boston Celtics defeated the Western Conference champion Milwaukee Bucks 4 games to 3 to win the NBA championship. This would mark the last time the Celtics won a playoff game 7 on the ...
The Boston Celtics emerged victorious in the 2024 NBA Finals and made some basketball history along the way. Boston defeated the Dallas Mavericks 106-85 in Game 5 on Monday, June 17, earning the ...