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About Me

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The Celtics came into being on June 6, 1946. On that day 11 men (all of whom owned either professional hockey teams, large arenas in major cities, or both) met to discuss the formation of a new professional basketball league. They christened the new league the Basketball Association of America and modeled its season-which featured a 60-game schedule and a series of playoffs-after the National Hockey League's. The game itself was based on college basketball, but with the contests lengthened to 48 minutes rather than the 40 played in college.
A driving force behind the BAA was Celtics owner Walter Brown, who ran the Boston Garden and was part of the NHL's Boston Bruins organization. Brown hired John "Honey" Russell as his first coach, and the Celtics' maiden home game was played on November 5, 1946. The contest began an hour behind schedule because Boston's Chuck Connors (later the star of television's The Rifleman) splintered a wooden backboard with a practice dunk before the game. Boston lost to the Chicago Stags, 57-55, but the 4,329 fans in attendance not only got to see the Celtics' first-ever home game but also witnessed the first broken backboard in professional basketball history. ____________________________________________________________ ______

My Interests

Links

- Chat about the Celtics all day on this message board.

- Celtics Blog

- Celtics official homepage.

- The Boston Herald

- The Boston Globe

- Stats to all Celtics; past and present.

I'd like to meet:

This is a new video on the wonderful 2008 season. Outstanding music. Every Celtics fan should see this.

This one is on Larry Bird.

Music:

"Welcome to the Jungle," "Crazy Train," and whatever else music they have that make the crazy, single, middle-aged white men dance at the games.

Television:

Fox Sports Net.

Heroes:

Walter Brown, Arnold "Red" Auerbach, Bob "Cooz" Cousy, Kevin "Black Hole" McHale, Bill Russell, Robert "The Chief" Parish, Larry "Legend" Bird, John Havlicek, "DJ" Dennis Johnson, Dave Cowens, Don "Nellie" Nelson, JoJo White, Tom "Satch" Sanders, "Easy" Ed Macauley, Cedric "Max" Maxwell, Reggie Lewis, Sam "Mr. Clutch" Jones, Jim "Loscy" Loscutoff, K.C. Jones, Paul "The Truth" Pierce

My Blog

Game 5: Round 2 vs. Cleveland Cavaliers

Well, the best news we can all take from this year in the playoffs is that if Boston can win all their home games, they will win the championship. So the regular season DOES matter, doesn't it?B...
Posted by Boston Celtics on Thu, 15 May 2008 10:35:00 PST

Round 2: Game 4 vs. Cleveland Cavaliers

The Celtics once again came through with a disappointing performance looking out of sync and sluggish trailing much of the game and ultimately losing by 11 to the Cleveland Cavaliers. Lebron Jam...
Posted by Boston Celtics on Tue, 13 May 2008 11:21:00 PST

Round 2: Game 3 vs. Cleveland Cavaliers

The playoffs have been bittersweet for the Boston Celtics, as they are undefeated at home, but apparently cannot win on the road; bringing their road record now to 0-4 in the playoffs.This loss to Cle...
Posted by Boston Celtics on Sun, 11 May 2008 10:42:00 PST

Second Round: Game 2 vs. Cleveland Cavaliers

The Celtics shut down Lebron for the second night while Ray Allen and Paul Pierce redeemed themselves of a horrible game 1, and Leon Powe came up strong off the bench to win big against the Cavaliers ...
Posted by Boston Celtics on Fri, 09 May 2008 11:24:00 PST

Second Round: Game 1 vs. Cleveland Cavaliers

The Celtics won a dogfight tonight versus Lebron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers, 76 to 72 as a team, neither really performed well offensively. It was rather a defensive struggle the Celtics had to...
Posted by Boston Celtics on Wed, 07 May 2008 10:33:00 PST

First Round: Game 7 vs. Atlanta Hawks

The Atlanta Hawks once again tried to make the game into a wrestling and football match rather than a basketball game, but this time the refs didn't put them on the line all game, and the end result w...
Posted by Boston Celtics on Mon, 05 May 2008 05:08:00 PST

Game 6 1st Round: More Home Cooking

The Atlanta Hawks won game 6 by 3 points even though they were given a 47 to 25 free throw attempt advantage by the officials in this game. Boston had a lead through most of the game, but Paul P...
Posted by Boston Celtics on Sat, 03 May 2008 11:19:00 PST

First Round: Game 5 vs. Atlanta Hawks

The Atlanta Hawks tried hard to fight rather than play basketball for much of the game, and the refs called some doozies against the Celts, but Boston stayed on their course, got back to the style of ...
Posted by Boston Celtics on Thu, 01 May 2008 09:44:00 PST

First Round: Game 4 vs. Atlanta Hawks

The Atlanta Hawks, with a huge game from Joe Johnson and a little help from the officials, won game 4 97-92 and have tied the series at 2-2. Paul Pierce was fined 25,000 dollars before the game ...
Posted by Boston Celtics on Tue, 29 Apr 2008 08:48:00 PST

First Round: Game 3 vs. Atlanta Hawks

After being dominated in the first two games, the Hawks showed signs of life with a spirited and emotional effort over the Boston Celtics to win 102-93.BreakdownPG: Mike Bibby actually played a very s...
Posted by Boston Celtics on Sun, 27 Apr 2008 07:38:00 PST