Boston Celtics Tickets

One of the most storied franchises in all of the NBA and all of sports, the Boston Celtics have been great at one thing for most of their history: winning. The Celtics have raised championship banners in several eras of the sport, riding some of the best players to play the game to repeated success against some of the league's top competition

It's hard to mention the Boston Celtics without mentioning the legendary coach Red Auerbach. During a period of time where basketball strategy wasn't nearly as complex as it was today, Auerbach modernized the sport. He brought the fast break into the equation and seemingly knew more about talent than other coaches in the game at the time.

A great example was the draft day trade he made to acquire Bill Russell, giving up Ed Macauley and Cliff Hagan to get the all-time great. Russell was one of many all-time greats to suit up in the green and white of the Celtics. John Havlicek, Tommy Heinsohn, and Bob Cousy were also legends of those early era Celtics teams that had plenty of success. More modern Celtics greats include Larry Bird and Kevin McHale.

The Celtics dynasty of the 1960s was the most successful in team history. Boston won nine out of the 10 championships in that decade, with the 1967 NBA Finals being the only time they didn't lift the trophy as Wilt Chamberlain and the 76ers ended their unblemished decade.