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The Boston Celtics were formed on June 6, 1946, by Boston Garden-Arena Corporation president Walter A. Brown as a team in the Basketball Association of America. In 1948, the team earned its first playoff appearance, only to lose to the Chicago Stags 4–1. In 1949, the team missed the playoffs, fifth in the Eastern Division.
The Celtics' 18 NBA Championships are the most of any NBA franchise. Boston's first 13 championships were won as the Walter A. Brown Trophy (original trophy retired in 1976), and five recent championships were won as the Larry O'Brien Championship Trophy (introduced in 1977 as the second incarnation of the Walter A. Brown Trophy, renamed in 1984).
The Celtics finished the season by winning their eighth NBA Championship, defeating the Los Angeles Lakers in five games. In 1996, the team was named one of the 10 greatest teams in NBA history . In addition five players were inducted into the Hall of Fame - K. C. Jones , Sam Jones , Tom Heinsohn , Bill Russell , and John Havlicek .
The 2018–19 Boston Celtics season was the 73rd season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). In the playoffs , the Celtics swept the Indiana Pacers in the First Round. It was the first time since 2011 that the Celtics swept their opponent in the First Round.
Boston struggled with injuries in the 2020–21 season, with Walker, Tatum and Brown all missing games at different points in the season due to injury and COVID-19. Boston could not automatically qualify for the playoffs and were sent to the play-in tournament, where they defeated the Washington Wizards 119–100. In the playoffs, they lost to ...
The 1982–83 Boston Celtics season was the 37th season of the Boston Celtics in the National Basketball Association (NBA). [ 1 ] On March 30, 1983, Larry Bird scored 53 points against the Indiana Pacers , surpassing Sam Jones 's Celtics single game scoring record set in 1965 . [ 2 ]