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 […]

Ray Allen was in the holiday spirit while handing out Thanksgiving meals at the Boston Center for Youth & Families in Mattapan. Allen donated hundreds of meals over multiple Thanksgiving holidays in Boston through his Ray of Hope Foundation. “I think about my childhood and the things I didn’t have and I felt like I […]

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 […]

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 […]

The Celtics core of Kevin Garnett, Ray Allen, Paul Pierce, Kendrick Perkins and Rajon Rondo needed some help in order to keep their championship hopes alive in the 2010-11 season. The team added future Hall-of-Famer Shaquille O’Neal and six-time All-Star Jermaine O’Neal to the mix. Boston won 56 games and their fourth-straight Atlantic Division title […]

In one of the biggest comebacks in NBA Playoffs history, the Celtics took a 21-point first quarter deficit in Game 4 of the 2008 NBA Finals and turned it into a 97-91 win over the Los Angeles Lakers. Ray Allen had 19 points and nine rebounds on the night, including the final layup to seal […]

The Celtics traveled across the country to face the Los Angeles Lakers on Christmas Day 2008. Celtics guard Ray Allen sported these green and red shoes with Sugar Ray on the heel. His nickname was fitting as Allen’s 3-point shot was one of the sweetest in the league! Despite Allen’s 14 points, the Celtics could […]

Of his nearly two-decade NBA career, hot-handed shooter Ray Allen only spent five seasons in Boston but made an instant impact. The Hall-of-Famer helped the Celtics win the 2008 NBA Finals in his first season, and he made the All-Star team in three of his five seasons wearing the Green and White.

Hall-of-Famer Ray Allen wore this green and white warmup jacket during the 2008 NBA Finals, complete with the Finals logo on the left sleeve. Allen’s best game came in the decisive Game 6 blowout over the Los Angeles Lakers when he scored 26 points on 7-of-9 shooting from the 3-point line. The performance was even […]