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During the 1926–27 season, the team replaced the Brooklyn Arcadians after five games and took the name Brooklyn Celtics. By the next season, they had returned to the name, New York Celtics. After winning back-to-back ABL championships in 1926–27 and 1927–28, the team was broken up.
The Celtics have had 13 separate seasons where they won 60 or more regular season contests, the highest number for any franchise. Between 1993–94 and 2006–07 the Celtics had their single sustained period of failure, with an overall win percent of .423 and only twice getting beyond the first playoff round.
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 Boston Celtics have had or tied for the best regular season record a record 19 times. They won the Eastern Conference 11 times, while the Los Angeles Lakers won the Western Conference 19 times. The Celtics have won 18 NBA championships, the most in NBA history. The Lakers also have a record 32 Finals appearances. The Celtics and the Lakers ...
Boston Celtics' Kevin McHale leaps in the air in an effort to block a shot by Philadelphia 76ers' Charles Barkley as Celtics Danny Ainge looks on during first quarter NBA playoff action in ...
The Celtics trailed 3–0 to the New York Knicks in the first round of the 2013 NBA Playoffs, before losing the series in six games. In Game 6, the Celtics nearly completed a comeback when they went on a 20–0 run to cut the lead to 4, but that was the closest they got as the New York Knicks would take over to win. [69]
The Celtics had started the season 20-0 at home and were carrying a 27-game home win streak dating back to last season. Boston's last home loss had been a double-overtime loss to the New York ...
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).