NBA Champion Boston Celtics Prepare For An Opener Against Rival New York Knicks
Boston Celtics cruised through the NBA regular season last year, finished with the best record in the Eastern Conference by 14 games and went 16 – 3 in the playoffs.
The league’s most decorated franchise will raise its 18th banner to the TD Garden rafters before the season opener against the New York Knicks.
Players will also receive their championship rings in the pre-game ceremony.
Coach Joe Mazzulla indicated that he doesn’t feel any pressure to win the league this season but an opportunity to carry the organization forward, to double down on the tradition and history of what the organization has.
The Celtics won 16 NBA titles from 1957-86, with Bill Russell claiming 11 in 13 years.
The 1970s teams of Dave Cowens and John Havlicek won a pair, and the Big Three of Larry Bird, Robert Parish and Kevin McHale won three more in the 1980s.
When Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen won it all in 2008, they ended the franchise’s longest-ever title drought.
They made it back to the NBA Finals two years later, but lost to the Lakers.
(The period from 2008-24 was the second-longest drought.)
Story by : Salifu Zakari Zeba . Ahotor FM
