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This is a list of seasons completed by the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association.It documents the team's season-by-season records, including postseason records, and also includes year-end awards won by the team's players and/or coaches.
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 1969–70 season was a rebuilding year, as the Celtics had their first losing record since the 1949–50 season. However, with the acquisition of Paul Silas and future Hall of Famers Dave Cowens [ 35 ] and Jo Jo White , [ 36 ] the Celtics soon became dominant again.
The 1970 season was a rebuilding year, as the Celtics had their first losing record since the 1949–50 season, the year prior to Auerbach's arrival. [19] However, with the acquisition of Dave Cowens, Paul Silas, and Jo Jo White, the Celtics soon became dominant again. [20]
This was the Boston Celtics' eighth consecutive NBA Championship, a feat unrivaled in North American professional sports. [15] Despite finishing second in the division standings for the first time in a decade, Boston would return to the Finals for a record tenth straight time . [21]
The Boston Celtics have won the most championships of any NBA team. Shown are the championship banners hanging in their home arena, TD Garden. The NBA Finals is the championship series for the National Basketball Association (NBA) held at the conclusion of its postseason.
The Boston Celtics will finish the season with the best record in the NBA. The team clinched the top overall seed of the NBA playoffs with a 135-100 blowout win over the Oklahoma City Thunder on ...
The Celtics finished the 1956–57 regular season with a 44–28 record, the team's second-best record since beginning play in the 1946–47 BAA season, which guaranteed Russell his first NBA playoffs appearance, [73] where the Celtics met with the Syracuse Nationals, a team led by Dolph Schayes, through the Eastern Division finals.