The Boston Celtics are a National Basketball Association (NBA) team based in Boston, Massachusetts. They play in the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference. Founded in 1946, the team is currently owned by Boston Basketball Partners L.L.C. The Celtics play their home games at TD Banknorth Garden, which they share with, the Boston Blazers (NLL), and the Boston Bruins of the NHL. The Celtics' 17 NBA Championships are the most for any NBA franchise. From 1957 to 1969, the Celtics dominated the league winning 11 championships in 13 years, and eight in a row (1959–1966), the longest consecutive championship winning streak of any North American professional sports team.
The Celtics have dominated the league through the playoffs during the late 50’s and through the mid 80’s with help of Many Hall of Famers which include Bill Russell, Bob Cousy, Larry Bird, and legendary Celtics coach Red Auerbach, combined legendary 3 Hall of Famers and coach with a 795-397 record who have helped Celtics win 9 (consecutive) titles, The Celtics have won 16 Championship. Three of those championships during that span were against their rivals, the Lakers. Before the retirement of the “Big 3” (Larry Bird,Robert Parish,Kevin McHale,) Celtics had drafted second overall pick Len Bias the team fell into decline as the college star had died before appearing in Boston.
The franchise returned to prominence in 2007 when Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen joined Paul Pierce and led the team to its 17th championship. (Bob Cousy, Bill Russell, Dave Cowens, and Larry Bird) have won the NBA Most Valuable Player Award for an NBA record total of 10 MVP awards.
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