A charter NBA franchise, the all-time leaders in championships and arguably the league’s quintessential team, with superstars like Bill Russell, Larry Bird, and Dave Cowens roaming the parquet floor at the Boston Garden
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Bird is the word: Ranking the 21 players who won a championship as Larry Bird’s Celtics teammate
As part of our Totally ’80s series, we rank the 21 players who won a championship in 1981, 1984, and/or 1986 as a teammate of Larry Bird on the Celtics.
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- Conference Finals upset loss to Knicks (1972)
- Conference Finals upset loss to Knicks (1973)
- Conference Finals upset loss to 76ers (1980)
- Conference Finals upset loss to 76ers (1982)
- Effect of Walter Brown’s ownership on franchise culture
- In game five of the 1976 NBA Finals
- In game five of the 1987 Eastern Conference Finals
- In game four of the 1987 NBA Finals
- In game seven of the 1957 NBA Finals
- In game seven of the 1962 NBA Finals
- In game seven of the 1969 NBA Finals
- In the 1967 Eastern Conference Finals (“Virtual NBA Finals”)
- In the 1975 Eastern Conference Finals (“Virtual NBA Finals”)
- In the 1981 Eastern Conference Finals (“Virtual NBA Finals”)
- Larry Bird’s debut game
- NBA Finals appearance to break playoff drought (2008)
- Overcoming 3-1 series deficit in 1968 Conference Finals
- Overcoming 3-1 series deficit in 1981 Conference Finals
- Playing home games at Hartford Civic Center
- Playing games in Boston Garden
- Postponing a game due to MLK assassination
- Ranking of players who won championships with (Bill Russell’s teammates)
- Rick Pitino tenure as coach
- Rivalry with Hawks
- Rivalry with Lakers
- Rivalry with Providence Steam Rollers
- Rivalry with 76ers
- Struggling in the regular season of their ’68-’69 championship season
- Struggling to defend their title in ’69-’70
- Trading Rajon Rondo to the Mavericks
- Trading with the Lakers
- Upsetting Lakers in 1969 NBA Finals