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A Real Hall-of-Fame Jacket
When Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall-of-Famers are inducted at Springfield, they receive an orange jacket to symbolize their achievement. For Celtics fans, this off-the-rack jacket with its original tags might be more valuable. Ten members of the Hall of Fame signed the jacket along with seven more Celtics favorites from the 1950s, ’60s, ’70s and ’80s.
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Bird and Maxwell Net Title No. 14
In the inaugural season of the Big Three era, the Celtics were already in championship form. After sweeping the Chicago Bulls in the Eastern Conference First Round, Boston engaged in a seven-game semifinals thriller against the Philadelphia 76ers, which ESPN once ranked the best NBA playoff series of all-time. Boston stormed back from a 3-1 […]
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Bird Takes Flight in ’81
A new championship era in Boston began in the 1980-81 season with the additions of Robert Parish and Kevin McHale to a young team that already featured Larry Bird, Gerald Henderson and Cedric Maxwell. The roster combinations worked out for Coach Bill Fitch as the Celtics captured their 14th NBA World Championship title. Bird had […]
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Celtics Pride on a Basketball
The early 1980s Celtics didn’t have “Showtime” (that belonged to their rivals in Los Angeles), but they did have the original Big Three of Larry Bird, Robert Parish and Kevin McHale. Joining the trio were running mates like future Hall-of-Famer Nate “Tiny” Archibald and 1981 NBA Finals MVP Cedric Maxwell. Together, these five Celtics players […]
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Cowens Stands Alone
The Celtics and Dave Cowens hoped to return to championship form during the 1977-78 season, but injuries took their toll as Jo Jo White and Charlie Scott missed significant time. The C’s ended up winning just 32 games. But there were upsides in that campaign: former Celtics star and Washington Bullets Head Coach K.C. Jones […]
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Downed By Dr. J
The Celtics looked primed to repeat as NBA World Champions in 1982. The plan was on course after they dispatched the Washington Bullets in five games to open the playoffs. But then Boston ran into Julius “Dr. J” Erving, Maurice “Mo” Cheeks and second-year guard Andrew Toney of the Philadelphia 76ers in the Eastern Conference […]
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Fighting for 15
After defeating the Washington Bullets in four games in the 1984 Eastern Conference First Round, the Celtics faced the New York Knicks in the playoffs for the first time in 10 years. The physical semifinals went seven games, but Boston came out on top. In the Eastern Conference Finals, the Celtics took revenge on the […]
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Green With Envy
The Celtics returned to the mountaintop with the 1981 NBA World Championship title, their first in five seasons. NBA Finals MVP Cedric Maxwell led the way, averaging more than 17 points and nearly 10 rebounds per game in the NBA Finals against the Houston Rockets.
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He’s More than a Logo
Lucky might have been just a mascot for some, but for many Celtics players he was a symbol of “Celtic Pride” and the tradition of the franchise. When a rival player maliciously stepped on the Lucky logo after a playoff game, Celtics players from Cedric Maxwell to Kevin Garnett cried foul. Glen Davis, a member […]
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Maxing Out on Cedric
Boston’s first-round pick of the 1977 NBA Draft, Cedric Maxwell had a prolific career with the Celtics. Over eight seasons, Maxwell averaged double-digit point totals every year except for his rookie campaign. He went on to become a two-time NBA World Champion and named Most Valuable Player of the 1981 NBA Finals. The Celtics honored […]