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Arena:                            TD Garden
Origin:                           Boston Celtics(1946)
Birthdate:                        June 16, 1946
Colors:                           Green, Gold, and White 
Eastern Division titles:           9(57,58,59,60,61,62,63,64,65)
Eastern Division Championships:   11(57,58,59,60,61,62,63,64,65,68,69)
Atlantic Division titles:         25(72,73,74,75,76,80,81,82,84,85,86,87,88,91,92,05,08,09,10,11,12,17,22,23,24)
Eastern Conferance Championships: 11(74,76,81,84,85,86,87,08,10,21,24)
NBA Titles:                       18 (57,59,60,61,62,63,64,65,66,68,69,74,76,81,84,86,08,24)
Best Season:                      1972-73 (68-14)
Worst Season:                     1997-97 (15-67)

Most Career Points -    John Havlicek, 26,395
Most Career Rebounds -  Bill Russell, 21,620
Most Career Assists -   Bob Cousy, 6,945


Highest Single Season Points Per Game -   Jayson Tatum, 30.01 (2022-23)
Highest Single Season Rebounds Per Game - Bill Russell, 24.7 (1963-64)
Highest Single Season Assists Per Game -  Bob Cousy, 9.5 (1960-61) 

Most Points in a Single Game -   Larry Bird, 60 (1985)
                                 Jayson Tatum, 60 (2021)
Most Rebounds in a Single Game - Bill Russell, 51 (1960)
Most Assists in a Single Game -  Bob Cousy, 28 (1959)

In 1950, he was approached by Celtics owner Walter Brown, who was desperately short of cash. Pieri offered a lifeline, an investment to become minority owner in the Boston franchise. However, his offer came with conditions - that Brown hire Auerbach as the Celtics' head coach and that the Celtics play some games in Providence. Brown agreed and Pieri held an interest in the Celtics until 1964

The deal ended up being a saving grace for the Celtics and for Auerbach, who guided Boston to 9 NBA titles and is considered one of the greatest coaches in NBA History.

News paper clipping about the Celtics playing the Chicago Atomics. The Atomics were in actuality the Chicago Stags. This newspaper clipping is about the first ever Boston Celtics game.

Celtics vs Falcons.

Game Program from a game between the Boston Celtics and Indanapolis Jets on February 4, 1949.

St Patrick's Day ad.

Bob Cousy goes for a layup vs Rochester.


Bill Russell Fouls Wilt Chamberlain.

Bill Russell shooting a free throw


Bill Russell blocks a shot


Red Auerbach

Bill Russell and Wilt Chamberlain

1980s Celtics

Larry Bird throwing one down

Larry Bird and Bill Russell

Boston Garden before being demolished

Larry Bird wearing #42 in 1991.

Jaylen Brown raises his NBA finals MVP as Boston Wins its 17th NBA title.

The Oldest Continually Operated NBA Teams The NBA began in 1946 as the BAA, this is a fact most fans know. But what many fans do not know is that some of the leagues teams predate the formation of the NBA. Only three of the original 11 teams are still in existence today. The 1946-1947 had many teams fans are familiar today, they include: The Boston Celtics, New York Knicks, and Philadelphia Warriors. Those are the 3 oldest purely NBA teams, but what often gets left out of NBA history is the history of other leagues besides the NBA, most notable the NBL. The National Basketball League or NBL was a league born out of other Midwest leagues in the mid 1930s. The League was able to survive the Great Depression and World War II before it finally merged with the BAA to form the NBA. The NBA pretty much washed away the NBL's history and the history of the teams who joined. Still, most NBL and BAA teams from before 1960 did not make it. Of the 18 teams who were in the NBA during the 1949-50 season, only the Celtics, Knicks, Warriors, Minneapolis Lakers, Syracuse Nationals, Rochester Royals, Tri-Cities Blackhawks, and Fort Wayne Pistons are still around today. And there you have it, the oldest 8 teams in NBA history. But the age of a team does not tell its history, and in some cases a teams history goes way-way back. So here we go, the 10 oldest teams in the NBA. Complete Article