بوسطن سلتكس
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Conference | Eastern | |||||
Division | Atlantic | |||||
تأسس | 1946 | |||||
التاريخ | Boston Celtics 1946–present[1][2][3] | |||||
الاستاد | TD Garden | |||||
الموقع | Boston, Massachusetts | |||||
Team colors | Green, white, black, gold, brown[4][5][6] | |||||
الراعي الرئيسي | Amica Mutual Insurance[7] | |||||
رئيس مجلس الادارة | Wyc Grousbeck[8] | |||||
الرئيس | Rich Gotham[9] | |||||
المدير العام | Brad Stevens[8] | |||||
المدرب الرئيسي | Joe Mazzulla | |||||
المِلكية | Boston Basketball Partners | |||||
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 | 11 (1974, 1976, 1981, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 2008, 2010, 2022, 2024) | |||||
Maurice Podoloff Trophy titles | 1 (2023-24) | |||||
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, 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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نادي بوسطن سلتكس ( Boston Celtics ؛ []ˈsɛltᵻks[] SEL-tiks[أ]) هو نادي كرة سلة من بوسطن، ماساتشوستس، الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية. تأسس عام 1946. The Celtics compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference. Founded in 1946 as one of the league's original eight teams, the Celtics play their home games at TD Garden, a shared arena with the NHL's Boston Bruins. The Celtics are commonly regarded as the most successful team in NBA history and hold the records for most NBA championships won, with 18, and most recorded wins of any NBA franchise.[11][12]
The Celtics' rise to dominance began in the late 1950s, after the team, led by coach Red Auerbach, acquired Bill Russell in 1956, later becoming the cornerstone of the Celtics dynasty. Led by Russell, Bob Cousy, and Tom Heinsohn, the Celtics won their first NBA championship in 1957. Russell, along with a talented supporting cast of future Hall of Famers including Heinsohn, Don Nelson, K. C. Jones, John Havlicek, Sam Jones, Satch Sanders, and Bill Sharman, would usher the Celtics into the greatest period in franchise history, winning eight consecutive NBA championships from 1959 to 1966. After Russell became the team's player-coach, as well as the first African American head coach in any United States sport, they won back-to-back titles in 1968 and 1969. The Celtics entered a period of rebuilding after Russell retired in 1969.
In the mid-1970s, the Celtics became contenders once again, winning championships in 1974 and 1976 under the leadership of head coach Tom Heinsohn with Dave Cowens, Havlicek, and Jo Jo White. In the 1980s, the Celtics returned to dominance. Anchored by the "Big Three" of Larry Bird, Kevin McHale, and Robert Parish, the team experienced a renewed rivalry with the "Showtime" Lakers and won championships in 1981, 1984, and 1986, the latter two with head coach K. C. Jones against the Lakers. After the retirements of Bird and McHale, the departure of Parish, and the untimely deaths of 1986 draft pick Len Bias and star player Reggie Lewis, the Celtics struggled through the 1990s and much of the early 2000s.
After another period of rebuilding, the Celtics assembled a new "Big Three" around team captain Paul Pierce by acquiring Ray Allen and Kevin Garnett in the 2007 offseason. Under the leadership of head coach Doc Rivers, the team defeated the Lakers to win their 17th championship in 2008, while also losing to the Lakers in the 2010 Finals. Allen, Garnett, and Pierce were no longer with the team by the start of the 2013–14 season, with Garnett and Pierce being traded to the Brooklyn Nets for four total future first round picks. With two of these first round picks, the team drafted Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum in 2016 and 2017, respectively. Led by "The Jays", the team returned to the NBA Finals in 2022, losing to the Golden State Warriors, and defeated the Dallas Mavericks in 2024 to secure their 18th championship.
The "Celtics" nickname and the team's mascot "Lucky the Leprechaun" are nods to Boston's historically large Irish population, and also to the Original Celtics, a barnstorming basketball team that played in the early 20th century.[13] The Celtics have a notable rivalry with the Los Angeles Lakers, who are second in NBA history with 17 championships. The teams' rivalry was especially pronounced in the 1960s and 1980s. The Celtics have played the Lakers a record 12 times in the NBA Finals and have defeated them nine times. 41 members of Basketball Hall of Fame have played for the Celtics at least once in their careers. Four Celtics players (Bob Cousy, Bill Russell, Dave Cowens and Larry Bird) have won the NBA Most Valuable Player award; overall, Celtics players have won an NBA-record 10 MVP awards.[14]
Season-by-season record
List of the last five seasons completed by the Celtics. For the full season-by-season history, see List of Boston Celtics seasons.
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, W–L% = Winning percentage
Season | GP | W | L | W–L% | Finish | Playoffs |
2019–20 | 72 | 48 | 24 | قالب:Winning percentage | 2nd, Atlantic | Lost in Conference Finals, 2–4 (Heat) |
2020–21 | 72 | 36 | 36 | قالب:Winning percentage | 4th, Atlantic | Lost in First Round, 1–4 (Nets) |
2021–22 | 82 | 51 | 31 | قالب:Winning percentage | 1st, Atlantic | Lost in NBA Finals, 2–4 (Warriors) |
2022–23 | 82 | 57 | 25 | قالب:Winning percentage | 1st, Atlantic | Lost in Conference Finals, 3–4 (Heat) |
2023–24 | 82 | 64 | 18 | قالب:Winning percentage | 1st, Atlantic | NBA champions, 4–1 (Mavericks) |
Records, retired numbers, and awards
The Celtics have won an NBA-record 18 championships.[15] Forty-eight members of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame are connected to the Celtics,[16] and the franchise has retired 23 jersey numbers, more than any other American sports team.[17] As of December 2023, the Celtics have won more NBA regular season games than any other team.[18]
Hall of Fame
37 people were inducted in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as players, 6 – as coaches, 6 – as contributors.[19]
Boston Celtics Hall of Famers | |||||||||
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Players | |||||||||
No. | Name | Position | Tenure | Inducted | No. | Name | Position | Tenure | Inducted |
22 | Ed Macauley | F/C | 1950–1956 | 1960 | 17 | Andy Phillip | G | 1956–1958 | 1961 |
14 | Bob Cousy | G | 1950–1963 | 1971 | 6 | Bill Russell 3 | C | 1956–1969 | 1975 |
21 | Bill Sharman | G | 1951–1961 | 1976 | 23 | Frank Ramsey | G/F | 1954–1964 | 1982 |
24 | Sam Jones | G/F | 1957–1969 | 1984 | 17 | John Havlicek | G/F | 1962–1978 | 1984 |
15 20 |
Tom Heinsohn 1 | F | 1956–1965 | 1986 | 20 | Bob Houbregs | C/F | 1954 | 1987 |
44 | Pete Maravich | G | 1980 | 1987 | 4 34 |
Clyde Lovellette | C | 1962–1964 | 1988 |
25 27 |
K. C. Jones | G | 1958–1967 | 1989 | 44 | Dave Bing | G | 1977–1978 | 1990 |
18 | Dave Cowens | F/C | 1970–1980 | 1991 | 7 | Nate Archibald | G | 1978–1983 | 1991 |
5 | Bill Walton | C | 1985–1988 | 1993 | 18 | Bailey Howell | F | 1966–1970 | 1997 |
19 | Arnie Risen | C | 1955–1958 | 1998 | 33 | Larry Bird 2 | F | 1979–1992 | 1998 |
32 | Kevin McHale | F | 1980–1993 | 1999 | 11 | Bob McAdoo | C/F | 1979 | 2000 |
00 | Robert Parish | C | 1980–1994 | 2003 | 12 | Dominique Wilkins | F | 1994–1995 | 2006 |
3 | Dennis Johnson | G | 1983–1990 | 2010 | 53 | Artis Gilmore | C | 1988 | 2011 |
20 | Gary Payton | G | 2004–2005 | 2013 | 10 | Jo Jo White | G | 1969–1979 | 2015 |
36 | Shaquille O'Neal | C | 2010–2011 | 2016 | 11 | Charlie Scott | G | 1975–1977 | 2018 |
40 | Dino Rađa | F/C | 1994–1997 | 2018 | 20 | Ray Allen | G | 2007–2012 | 2018 |
11 | Chuck Cooper | F | 1950–1954 | 2019 | 4 | Carl Braun | G | 1961–1962 | 2019 |
44 | Paul Westphal | G | 1972–1975 | 2019 | 5 | Kevin Garnett | F | 2007–2013 | 2020 |
34 | Paul Pierce | F | 1998–2013 | 2021 | 4 | Chauncey Billups | G | 1997–1998 | 2024 |
Coaches | |||||||||
Name | Position | Tenure | Inducted | Name | Position | Tenure | Inducted | ||
Doggie Julian | Head coach | 1948–1950 | 1968 | 2 | Red Auerbach | Head coach | 1950–1966 | 1969 | |
Rick Pitino | Head coach | 1997–2001 | 2013 | Tom Heinsohn 1 | Head coach | 1969–1978 | 2015 | ||
Bill Fitch | Head coach | 1979–1983 | 2019 | Bill Russell 3 | Head coach | 1966–1969 | 2021 | ||
Contributors | |||||||||
Name | Position | Tenure | Inducted | Name | Position | Tenure | Inducted | ||
1 | Walter A. Brown | Owner | 1945–1964 | 1965 | Bill Mokray | Executive | 1946–1969 | 1965 | |
28 | Wayne Embry | C | 1966–1968 | 1999 | Dave Gavitt | Executive | 1990–1994 | 2006 | |
16 | Satch Sanders 4 | F | 1960–1973 | 2011 | 17 | Don Barksdale | F | 1953–1955 | 2012 |
Additionally, Johnny Most and Mike Gorman were honored with the Hall of Fame's Curt Gowdy Media Award. Most was awarded in 1993 for his 37-year career as the Celtics radio announcer, while Gorman was awarded in 2021 for his 40-year career as the Celtics television announcer.
Notes:
- 1 In total, Heinsohn was inducted into the Hall of Fame twice – as player and as coach.
- 2 In total, Bird was inducted into the Hall of Fame twice – as player and as a member of the 1992 Olympic team.
- 3 In total, Russell was inducted into the Hall of Fame twice – as player and as coach.
- 4 Sanders also coached the team in 1978.
FIBA Hall of Fame
FIBA, the body which governs international basketball, has selected two players associated with the Celtics to the FIBA Hall of Fame for contributions to international basketball.
Boston Celtics FIBA Hall of Famers | ||||
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Players | ||||
No. | Name | Position | Tenure | Inducted |
6 | Bill Russell | C | 1956–1969 | 2007 |
36 | Shaquille O'Neal | C | 2010–2011 | 2017 |
Home arenas
Arena | Location | Duration |
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Boston Arena | Boston, Massachusetts | 1946–1955 |
Boston Garden | 1946–1995 | |
TD Garden | 1995–present |
Personnel
Current roster
Retained draft rights
The Celtics hold the draft rights to the following unsigned draft picks who have been playing outside the NBA. A drafted player is ostensibly either an international draftee or a college draftee who is not signed by the team that drafted him, is allowed to sign with any non-NBA teams. In this case, the team retains the player's draft rights in the NBA until one year after the player's contract with the non-NBA team ends.[20] This list includes draft rights that were acquired from trades with other teams.
Draft | Round | Pick | Player | Pos. | Nationality | Current team | Note(s) | Ref |
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2021 | 2 | 45 | Juhann Begarin | G | ![]() |
AS Monaco (Monaco) | [21] | |
2020 | 2 | 47 | Yam Madar | G | ![]() |
Hapoel Tel Aviv (Israel) | [22] |
Captains
All-time team captains | |
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Captain | Tenure |
Bob Cousy | 1950–1963[23] |
Frank Ramsey & Bill Russell | 1963–1964[24] |
Bill Russell | 1964–1966 |
John Havlicek | January 16, 1967[25]–1978 |
Jo Jo White & Dave Cowens | October 17, 1978[26]–November 14, 1978 |
Jo Jo White | November 14, 1978 – January 30, 1979 |
Dave Cowens & Chris Ford | January 31, 1979[27]–1979 |
Dave Cowens | 1979 – October 1, 1980[28] |
Larry Bird | 1983[29]–1992[30] |
Reggie Lewis | 1992–1993[30] |
Robert Parish | 1993–1994[31] |
Dominique Wilkins & Dee Brown | 1994–1995[32] |
Dee Brown | 1995–1996[33] |
Rick Fox | 1996–1997[34] |
Dee Brown & Antoine Walker | October 8, 1997[35]–December 2, 1997[36] |
Dee Brown, Antoine Walker, & Pervis Ellison | December 2, 1997[36]-February 18, 1998[37] |
Antoine Walker and Pervis Ellison | February 18, 1998 – 1998 |
Antoine Walker | 1998–1999 |
Antoine Walker & Dana Barros | 1999–2000[38] |
Antoine Walker & Paul Pierce | 2000[39]–2003 |
Paul Pierce | 2003–2013 |
Rajon Rondo | January 17, 2014 – December 19, 2014[40] |
Franchise leaders
Bold denotes still active with the team.
Italic denotes still active but not with the team.
Points scored (regular season) (as of the end of the 2023–24 season)[41]
- 1. John Havlicek (26,395)
- 2. Paul Pierce (24,021)
- 3. Larry Bird (21,791)
- 4. Robert Parish (18,245)
- 5. Kevin McHale (17,335)
- 6. Bob Cousy (16,955)
- 7. Sam Jones (15,411)
- 8. Bill Russell (14,522)
- 9. Dave Cowens (13,192)
- 10. Jo Jo White (13,188)
- 11. Bill Sharman (12,287)
- 12. Tom Heinsohn (12,194)
- 13. Jayson Tatum (11,852)
- 14. Antoine Walker (11,386)
- 15. Jaylen Brown (10,038)
- 16. Don Nelson (9,968)
- 17. Satch Sanders (8,766)
- 18. Frank Ramsey (8,378)
- 19. Cedric Maxwell (8,311)
- 20. Reggie Lewis (7,902)
- 21. Ed Macauley (7,882)
- 22. Dennis Johnson (6,805)
- 23. Danny Ainge (6,257)
- 24. Kevin Garnett (6,233)
- 25. Marcus Smart (6,141)
- 26. Ray Allen (5,987)
- 27. Bailey Howell (5,812)
- 28. Rajon Rondo (5,783)
- 29. Don Chaney (5,689)
- 30. Dee Brown (5,512)
- 31. Larry Siegfried (5,420)
- 32. K.C. Jones (5,011)
- 33. Avery Bradley (5,008)
- 34. Kevin Gamble (4,895)
- 35. Rick Fox (4,759)
- 36. Al Horford (4,683)
- 37. Tiny Archibald (4,550)
- 38. Isaiah Thomas (4,422)
- 39. Eric Williams (4,248)
- 40. Paul Silas (3,744)
- 41. Dino Radja (3,733)
- 42. Gerald Henderson (3,521)
- 43. Jeff Green (3,252)
- 44. Brandon Bass (3,216)
- 45. Chris Ford (3,194)
- 46. Jim Loscutoff (3,156)
- 47. Dana Barros (3,109)
- 48. Kyrie Irving (3,062)
- 49. Sherman Douglas (2,981)
- 50. Ricky Davis (2,940)
Other statistics (regular season) (as of the end of the 2023–24 season)[41]
Most minutes played | |
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Player | Minutes |
John Havlicek | 46,471 |
Bill Russell | 40,726 |
Paul Pierce | 40,360 |
Robert Parish | 34,977 |
Larry Bird | 34,443 |
Bob Cousy | 30,131 |
Kevin McHale | 30,118 |
Dave Cowens | 28,551 |
Jo Jo White | 26,770 |
Sam Jones | 24,285 |
Most rebounds | |
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Player | Rebounds |
Bill Russell | 21,620 |
Robert Parish | 11,051 |
Dave Cowens | 10,170 |
Larry Bird | 8,974 |
John Havlicek | 8,007 |
Kevin McHale | 7,122 |
Paul Pierce | 6,651 |
Satch Sanders | 5,798 |
Tom Heinsohn | 5,749 |
Antoine Walker | 4,782 |
Most assists | |
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Player | Assists |
Bob Cousy | 6,945 |
John Havlicek | 6,114 |
Larry Bird | 5,695 |
Rajon Rondo | 4,474 |
Paul Pierce | 4,305 |
Bill Russell | 4,100 |
Jo Jo White | 3,686 |
Dennis Johnson | 3,486 |
K. C. Jones | 2,908 |
Dave Cowens | 2,828 |
Most steals | |
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Player | Steals |
Paul Pierce | 1,583 |
Larry Bird | 1,556 |
Rajon Rondo | 990 |
Marcus Smart | 914 |
Robert Parish | 873 |
Antoine Walker | 828 |
Dee Brown | 675 |
Danny Ainge | 671 |
Dennis Johnson | 654 |
Dave Cowens and Reggie Lewis | 569 |
Most blocks | |
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Player | Blocks |
Robert Parish | 1,703 |
Kevin McHale | 1,690 |
Larry Bird | 755 |
Paul Pierce | 668 |
Kendrick Perkins | 646 |
Dave Cowens | 473 |
Al Horford | 465 |
Reggie Lewis | 417 |
Kevin Garnett | 394 |
Cedric Maxwell | 378 |
Most three-pointers made | |
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Player | 3-pointers made |
Paul Pierce | 1,823 |
Jayson Tatum | 1,296 |
Jaylen Brown | 1,028 |
Antoine Walker | 937 |
Marcus Smart | 911 |
Ray Allen | 798 |
Larry Bird | 649 |
Al Horford | 598 |
Avery Bradley | 520 |
Isaiah Thomas | 460 |
Coaches
Head coaches

There have been 18 head coaches in Celtics' history. Red Auerbach is the most successful franchise's head coach having won 9 NBA championships with the team. Celtics' legend Bill Russell took coaching duties from Auerbach and led them to 2 NBA championships while playing and coaching at the same time. The other two coaches that won 2 NBA titles with the team are Tom Heinsohn and K. C. Jones. Bill Fitch and Doc Rivers led the Celtics to 1 NBA championship apiece, as has current head coach Joe Mazzulla.[42]
Logos and uniforms
Logos

The Boston Celtics logo features a leprechaun spinning a basketball, named Lucky, originally depicted with a large basketball for a background. It was originally designed by Zang Auerbach, the brother of Celtics head coach Red Auerbach.[43] Through the 1995–96 season, the logo's only colors were green, white and black.[44] Then for the 1996–97 season, celebrating the club's 50th anniversary, the logo got a full-color treatment. Lucky's face and hands were both painted tan, while gold was included on the vest, bow tie and hat, as well as brown on the ball and shillelagh, and black on its pants and shoes.[45]
The Celtics also have various alternative logos, with the most popular being a white shamrock with the letters "Celtics" above it, wrapped in a green circle, which has been used since the 1998–99 season. The alternate logo is based on logos used by the Celtics before they used the Zang Auerbach leprechaun. For much of its history, the shamrock was trimmed in gold, as seen in the old team warmup jackets. A new secondary logo, unveiled in 2014, featured a variation of the leprechaun logo, in silhouette form.[5][46]
Uniforms
Primary uniforms
For much of their history, the Celtics wore green uniforms on the road and white uniforms at home. The basic template of the current Celtics' uniforms was formalized in the team's early years, and along the way they made a few adjustments in the lettering and stripes.[47]
Management
Ownership history
Ownership history | |
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Owner | Tenure |
Boston Garden-Arena Corporation | June 6, 1946 – July 31, 1950 |
Walter A. Brown/Lou Pieri | July 31, 1950 – September 7, 1964[48] |
Lou Pieri and Marjorie Brown, wife of team founder | September 7, 1964 – June 24, 1965 |
Marvin Kratter/Knickerbocker Brewing Company, subsidiary of National Equities | June 24, 1965 – 1968 |
Ballantine Brewery, subsidiary of Investors Funding Corporation | 1968–1969 1971–1972 |
Trans-National Communications | 1969–1971 |
Irv Levin and Harold Lipton | April 1972 – May 1972* November 1975 – 1978 |
Robert Schmertz/Leisure Technology | May 1972 – January 1975 |
Robert Schmertz/Leisure Technology, Irv Levin, and Harold Lipton | January 1975 – November 1975[49] |
John Y. Brown, Jr. and Harry T. Mangurian, Jr. | 1978–1979 |
Harry T. Mangurian, Jr. | 1979–1983 |
Don Gaston, Alan N. Cohen, Paul Dupee | 1983–1993[50] |
Paul Gaston | 1993–2002[51] |
Boston Basketball Partners L.L.C. | December 2002 – present[52] |
*Sale not approved by NBA[53]
Team presidents
All-time Team presidents | |
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President | Tenure |
Walter A. Brown | 1946–1963[54] |
Louis Pieri | 1963–1965[54] |
Jack Waldron | 1965–1967 1968–1970[54] |
Clarence H. Adams | 1967–1968[54] |
Red Auerbach | 1970–1997 2001–2006[55][54] |
Rick Pitino | 1997–2001[54] |
Rich Gotham | 2007–present[9] |
General managers
GM history | |
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GM | Tenure |
Walter A. Brown | 1946–1950[54] |
Red Auerbach | 1950–1984[54] |
Jan Volk | 1984–1997[54] |
Chris Wallace | 1997–2007[56] |
Danny Ainge | 2007–2021[57] |
Brad Stevens | 2021–present |
Other
Name | Position | Tenure |
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Dave Gavitt | CEO | 1990–1994 |
Larry Bird | Special assistant to front office | 1992–1997 |
M. L. Carr | Director of basketball operations | 1994–1997 |
Danny Ainge | President of basketball operations[57] | 2003–2021 |
Brad Stevens | President of basketball operations | 2021–present |
See also
- The Auerbach Center, official Celtics practice facility (opened June 2018)
- The Sports Museum (at TD Garden)
- Reebok Pro Summer League, a former summer league operated by the Celtics
- List of Boston Celtics head coaches
- Boston Celtics draft history
- Celtics–Lakers rivalry
- Celtics–Knicks rivalry
- Celtics–Pistons rivalry
- 76ers–Celtics rivalry
- Boston Celtics all-time roster
- Boston Garden
- TD Garden
- Boston Celtics Radio Network
- Sports in Boston
- Sports in Massachusetts
- List of NBA champions
Notes
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External links
Further reading
- Taylor, John. *The Rivalry: Bill Russell, Wilt Chamberlain, and the Golden Age of Basketball.* New York: Random House, 2006.
- Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame - Boston Celtics' Legacy - Profiles of legendary Celtics players such as Bill Russell, Bob Cousy, and Larry Bird from the official Hall of Fame website.
- NBA’s Official Celtics History Page - Overview of the Celtics’ achievements, notable players, and championships.
- Basketball-Reference: Boston Celtics Franchise Index - Comprehensive data on the Celtics’ season records, player statistics, and more.
- Russell, Bill. *Red and Me: My Coach, My Lifelong Friend.* New York: HarperCollins, 2009.
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