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With 18 NBA championships, the Celtics have the most amongst all NBA franchises, while the 1959-to-1966 domination of the NBA Championship, with eight straight titles, is the longest consecutive championship winning streak of any major North American professional sport team to date. Following this, the Celtics had two major periods of success ...
At 21 years and 197 days, Durant is the youngest scoring leader in NBA history, [12] averaging 30.1 points in the 2009–10 season. Stephen Curry led the league with an average of 30.1 points in the 2015–16 season and became the first player to win the title shooting 50–40–90 in a season.
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 have won an NBA-record 18 championships. [191] Forty-eight members of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame are connected to the Celtics, [192] and the franchise has retired 23 jersey numbers, more than any other American sports team. [193] As of December 2023, the Celtics have won more NBA regular season games than any ...
But Cowens was the hero in Game 7, scoring 28 points, as the Celtics brought the title back to Boston for the first time in five years. In 1976, the team won yet another championship, defeating the Phoenix Suns in 6 games. The Celtics advanced to the 1976 NBA Finals, which featured one of the greatest games in the history of the NBA. With the ...
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 ...
Most paint points per game since tracking began in 1996–97, season; 22.5 by Shaquille O'Neal, 1999–2000 [281] Most points off turnovers per game since tracking began in 1996–97, season; 6.8 by Allen Iverson, 1998–99 and 2002–03 [281] Most second chance points per game (min. 10 games played) since tracking began in 1996–97, season
Los Angeles Lakers Wilt Chamberlain (13) and Boston Celtics Bailey Howell (18) and Sam Jones (24) move to gain control of a loose ball in the fourth period of their NBA playoff game at Boston ...