When was celtics established

Louis Hawks along with the draft rights to Cliff Hagan in exchange for the Hawks' first round draft pick, the second overall. Russell and Heinsohn worked extraordinarily well with Cousy, and they were the players around whom Auerbach would build the Celtics for more than a decade. Russell, who delayed joining until the middle of the season in order to play for the U.

However, with the acquisition of K. Jones that year, the Celtics began a dynasty that would last for more than a decade. Still coached by Auerbach, the Celtics won seven more consecutive championships, extending their streak to eight in a row.

During that time, the Celtics met the Lakers in the Finals six times, starting an intense and often bitter rivalry. In , Auerbach made the Celtics the first team to have an all African American starting lineup. After the championship, Auerbach retired as coach and Russell took over as player-coach. Auerbach would remain the General Manager, a position he would hold well into the s.

The aging team managed two more championships in and , defeating the Lakers each time in the NBA Finals. Russell retired after the season, effectively ending a dominant Celtics dynasty that had garnered 11 NBA titles in 13 seasons. The streak of 8 consecutive NBA championships is the longest streak of consecutive championships in U. The season was a rebuilding year, as the Celtics had their first losing record since the —50 season, the year prior to Auerbach's arrival.

After losing in the Eastern Conference Finals in , the Celtics regrouped and came out determined in and posted an excellent 68—14 regular season record. But the season ended in disappointment, as they were upset in 7 games by the New York Knicks in the Conference Finals and became the team with the best record ever to have failed to make the Finals. The teams split the first four games, and after the Celtics won Game 5 in Milwaukee they headed back to Boston leading three games to two, with a chance to claim the title on their home court.

However, the Bucks won Game 6 when Kareem Abdul-Jabbar nestled in a hook shot with three seconds left in the game's second overtime, and the series returned to Milwaukee. But Cowens was the hero in Game 7, scoring 28 points, as the Celtics brought the title back to Boston for the first time in five years.

In , the team won yet another championship, defeating the Phoenix Suns in 6 games. With the series tied at two games apiece, the Suns trailed early in the Boston Garden, but came back to force overtime. In double overtime, a Gar Heard turn-around jumper at the top of the key sent the game to an unprecedented third overtime, at which point the Celtics prevailed.

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NBA Final Winner Celtics Primary Logo. Celtics Alternate Logo. Celtics Wordmark Logo. Celtics Concept Logo. Sports History. Baseball History. Basketball History. See the NBA's best plays and stay up to date with the latest news. The move to Boston helped secure the only thing missing from both of their illustrious CVs - a Championship ring. Still, on paper, it looked like exactly the sort of flashy trade Brooklyn were after, here it is in full:.

As ever in the NBA, it's not so much the playing staff, roster fillers in this case, as the future draft picks that the success or failure of the trade would be judged. If the Nets continued to struggle, the draft picks Boston received would be worth that much more as they were unprotected.

All started well for Brooklyn, they made the playoffs in and but then collapsed, leaving the Celtics with the third overall pick in and, after some wheeling and dealing, the third pick again the following year. Now as history shows us, a high draft pick doesn't guarantee success ever heard of Sam Bowie, Darko Milicic or Greg Oden?

You've definitely heard of the players drafted below them but it's a pretty good marker. In they used the third pick to select forward Jayson Tatum who went one better than Brown in his first season by making the NBA All-Rookie first team. In fact such was Tatum's impact as a rookie, LeBron James said he was "built of stardom".