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Bringing Celtics Style to Los Angeles
In 1971, former Celtics great and new Los Angeles Lakers Coach Bill Sharman needed to elevate the team: the Lakers had lost seven NBA Finals in 10 years, including six to the Celtics. One of Sharman’s first hires was his former teammate K.C. Jones as an assistant coach. Jones brought Boston’s fast break system to […]
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Celebrating the Good Guys
The Celtics wore special warmup shirts highlighting the 30th, 40th and 50th anniversaries of three of Boston’s NBA World Championship title teams on April 13, 2016. Given the occasion, the Celtics pulled off an inspiring comeback from a 24-point halftime deficit to beat the Miami Heat, 98-88. A galaxy of Boston stars attended the special […]
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Celtics of the Seventies
The Celtics faced a transitional period during the 1970s, but they didn’t suffer from lack of success. As Boston’s first dynasty came to an end with Bill Russell’s retirement in 1969, newcomers Dave Cowens and Jo Jo White along with veteran leaders like John Havlicek, Don Nelson and Head Coach Tommy Heinsohn worked to get […]
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Champion of the Little People
Bill Russell went to Mississippi at the request of the NAACP just weeks after the infamous “Mississippi Burning” murders of three civil rights workers. Russell, who had just won his sixth straight NBA World Championship title with the Celtics, hoped to sponsor integrated basketball camps in the state. “Any kids, black or white, who want […]
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Changing of the Guard With Hondo
With colorful graphics and a striking image, John Havlicek graced the cover of Boston’s 1967-68 team yearbook. By that season, star players such as Tommy Heinsohn and K.C. Jones retired and the careers of veterans like Bill Russell and Sam Jones stretched a decade, resulting in a changing of the guard within the locker room. […]
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Clash of the Titans
The two most dominant NBA players of the era battled often. Usually Wilt Chamberlain would score a lot of points, but Bill Russell and the Celtics would win the game. That was the case on January 27, 1965 – Chamberlain led his team with 28, but Boston won by 17 points, with a final score […]
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Coach Russell on the Floor
When Red Auerbach moved on to a front office role, he turned to Bill Russell to replace him as the new Celtics head coach and the NBA’s first Black head coach. Here, in his role as player-coach, Russell talked with John Havlicek and Larry Siegfried during a game. In his three seasons simultaneously coaching and […]
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Cooz Leads the C’s in ’59
The 1958-59 Celtics posed ahead of another NBA World Championship title-winning season. The team swept the Elgin Baylor-led Minneapolis Lakers in the 1959 NBA Finals behind star player Bob Cousy’s 16.8 points and 12.8 assists per game in the series. He set a record at the time for most assists in the NBA Finals, recording […]
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Cousy Scores for 15,000
Members of the 1961-62 Celtics signed a basketball for Bob Cousy after he became only the second player in NBA history to score 15,000 career points. On November 25, 1961, Cousy met the mark on a 20-foot push shot just 1:47 into a game held at Boston Garden. He went on to score 22 points […]
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Crowning Cowens As MVP
Third-year center Dave Cowens took center stage in the 1972-73 season when he was not only MVP of the NBA season but also the MVP of the All-Star Game. He joined Bob Cousy (1957) and Bill Russell (1963) as the only Celtics players to receive both awards in the same year. “I haven’t even thought […]