The 2008 NBA World Championship title-winning Celtics brought home banner No. 17 in a hard-fought postseason that saw Boston play at least six games in all four playoffs series. The 2008 NBA Finals MVP, Paul Pierce, and fellow Hall-of-Famers Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen all signed this basketball, along with their teammates.

Many observers believed the 2011-12 season would be the final together for the Big Three of Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen. In the 2012 NBA Playoffs, the Celtics defeated the Atlanta Hawks in the Eastern Conference First Round and won the seven-game semifinals against the Philadelphia 76ers. Boston faced the Miami Heat in […]

Big changes were in store for the Celtics in 2013 as Head Coach Doc Rivers departed for the Los Angeles Clippers, and Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce went to the Brooklyn Nets on a trade. In their stead, Director of Basketball Operations Danny Ainge brought in Butler University Coach Brad Stevens and filled the roster […]

In his final season with the team, Paul Pierce donned an all-green jersey as the Celtics traveled to Brooklyn for the 2012 Christmas Day game. While Pierce only had eight points and three made baskets, he distributed 10 assists as the Celtics defeated the Nets, 93-76. In Boston, Pierce shined in many holiday games over […]

After a disappointing defeat in the second round of the 2009 NBA Playoffs, the Celtics made a significant addition for the upcoming season by signing four-time All-Star Rasheed Wallace to beef up the bench. Boston got off to an amazing start and sported a 23-5 record after a win on Christmas Day. While the starting […]

With the encouragement of team patriarch Red Auerbach, the Celtics hired former player and Phoenix Suns Coach Danny Ainge as the new Director of Basketball Operations. Ainge wasted little time reshaping the roster, sending three-time All-Star Antoine Walker and starting guard Tony Delk to the Dallas Mavericks just a week before the 2003-04 season started. […]

On April 2, 2021, Evan Fornier had the quarter of his life as he made all seven of his shots, including six 3-pointers, to help the Celtics beat the Houston Rockets, 118-102. Fournier, a native of France, said after the game, “You know I’m going to enjoy my glass of wine tonight and you know […]

Celtics legend Red Auerbach passed away on October 28, 2006. When the Celtics opened the season four days later, the team wore jerseys adorned with a black shamrock patch dedicated to Auerbach. Paul Pierce said before the game: “It was a great honor for me to even know Red. As we move forward we’ve got […]

During Boston’s 2007-08 NBA World Championship title-winning season, Paul Pierce made a mistake. Once, during pregame warmups, he attempted a 360 dunk and missed. This infuriated teammate Ray Allen, who later said, “We were winning. Why would he change it up when we were winning?” Allen demanded Pierce make the same attempt during warmups, and […]

Following a forgettable 1998-99 season, Coach and Team President Rick Pitino continued to tinker with the team during the 1999-2000 campaign. He traded leading scorer Ron Mercer and two others to the Denver Nuggets for former college star Danny Fortson and Eric Williams, whom Pitino had previously traded away in 1997. Despite Fortson missing the […]