Boston Celtics
| Boston Celtics | ||||
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| Conference | Eastern | |||
| Division | Atlantic | |||
| Founded | 1946 | |||
| History | Boston Celtics 1946–present[1][2] | |||
| Arena | TD Garden | |||
| Location | Boston, Massachusetts | |||
| Team colors | Green, gold, black, brown, white[3][4][5] | |||
| Main sponsor | General Electric[6] | |||
| President | Rich Gotham | |||
| General manager | Brad Stevens | |||
| Head coach | Joe Mazzulla | |||
| Ownership | Boston Basketball Partners (Wyc Grousbeck, CEO/Governor)[7] | |||
| Affiliation(s) | Maine Celtics | |||
| Championships | 18 (1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1974, 1976, 1981, 1984, 1986, 2008, 2024) | |||
| Conference titles | 23 (1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1974, 1976, 1981, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 2008, 2010, 2022, 2024) | |||
| Division titles | 34 (1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1991, 1992, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024) | |||
| Retired numbers | 23 (00, 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 10, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, LOSCY) | |||
| Website | www | |||
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The Boston Celtics are an American professional basketball team. They play their home games in the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. They are a part of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and play in the Atlantic Division. The Celtics are one of the most successful teams in the history of the NBA and have won 18 NBA championships, the most in NBA history.
History
The Celtics were one of the first NBA teams. Since their start in 1946, they have been the most successful teams and won 17 NBA championships, including eight championships in a row at one point.[8] The Celtics' 17 championships is more than any other team. The Celtics play their home games at the TD Garden.
From 2007 to 2013, they were led by the Big Four (Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce, Ray Allen, and Rajon Rondo) to the 2008 championship and made the finals in 2010 both times against the Lakers. However, in July 2012, Allen was traded to the Miami Heat (where he won his second championship in 2013) and in July 2013, Garnett and Pierce were traded to the Brooklyn Nets.[9] Rondo remained with the Celtics until the beginning of the 2014-15 season. Today, they are led by "The Jays" (Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown); they got to the 2022 and 2024 finals and won the latter.
Rivalries
Celtics-Lakers
The rivalry between the Boston Celtics and the Los Angeles Lakers is between two most of the best franchises in NBA history. It has been called the NBA's best rivalry.[10] The two teams have met a record twelve times in the NBA Finals, starting with their first fnals meeting in 1959. They would go on to win the league in the 1920s and the 1980s by playing each other six times in the 1960s and three times in the 1980s.
The rivalry had been less known since the retirements of Magic Johnson and Larry Bird in the early 1990s, but in 2008, it rekindled when the Celtics and the Lakers met in the Finals for the first time since 1987, with the Celtics winning the series in six games. They played once again in the 2010 NBA Finals, which the Lakers won in seven games. The two teams have the highest number of championships; together, the 35 championships account for almost half of the 74 championships in NBA history.
References
- ↑ "NBA.com/Stats–Boston Celtics seasons". Stats.NBA.com. NBA Media Ventures, LLC. Archived from the original on September 15, 2017. Retrieved January 10, 2017.
- ↑ "History: Team by Team" (PDF). 2018-19 Official NBA Guide. NBA Properties, Inc. October 8, 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 11, 2019. Retrieved April 28, 2019.
- ↑ "Creation of a Logo". Celtics.com. NBA Media Ventures, LLC. Retrieved March 4, 2018.
- ↑ Snow, Taylor C. (September 21, 2017). "Celtics Showcase New Nike Uniform System". Celtics.com. NBA Media Ventures, LLC. Retrieved November 26, 2017.
- ↑ "Boston Celtics Reproduction and Usage Guideline Sheet". NBA Properties, Inc. May 2, 2018. Retrieved May 9, 2018.
- ↑ "Celtics, GE Announce Multi-Year Partnership". Celtics.com (Press release). NBA Media Ventures, LLC. January 25, 2017. Retrieved December 17, 2017.
- ↑ "Boston Basketball Partners Assume Ownership of Celtics Franchise". Celtics.com. NBA Media Ventures, LLC. December 31, 2002. Retrieved May 31, 2019.
- ↑ Team Index Archived 2012-05-01 at the Wayback Machine, basketball-reference.com. Retrieved August 5, 2013.
- ↑ "Celtics rebuild, trade Garnett and Pierce to Nets". National Basketball Association.
- ↑ "NBA;s Best Rivalries". Sports Illustrated. Archived from the original on February 23, 2012. Retrieved August 5, 2013.
