2009 Boston Celtics

The Boston Celtics ended the 2008-09 season at the top of the Atlantic Division and made it to the Eastern Conference Semi-Finals before being knocked out by the Orlando Magic. The Celts are starting the 2009-10 season with their key players intact, but everyone is wondering how much more 34 year-old Ray Allen and 33 year-old Kevin Garnett have left in them, especially with Garnett’s recent knee surgery. Thankfully, the team picked up Rasheed Wallace and Marquis Daniels to back them up, so the 2009-10 season looks bright. If you want to be there to see how it all plays out for yourself, then there’s no time to waste. Get your TD Garden tickets and watch the Boston Celtics in action!

Celtics in the Basketball Hall of Fame include: Nate Archibald, Larry Bird, Walter Brown, Bob Cousy, Dave Cowens, Wayne Embry, John Havlicek, Tom Heinsohn, Bailey Howell, K. C. Jones, Sam Jones, Clyde Lovellette, Ed Macauley, Pete Maravich, Kevin McHale, Robert Parish, Andy Phillip, Frank Ramsey, Arnie Risen, Bill Russell, Bill Sharman, John Thompson, and Bill Walton.

In 1995, the Boston Celtics moved from the historic Boston Garden into their new home, then known as the Fleet Center, since renamed TD Garden, in Boston, Massachusetts. There hang the jerseys of Hall of Famers such as Larry Bird, Bill Walton, and Bill Russell. Also hanging from the rafters are a record seventeen NBA Championship banners, even more than Western Conference rivals the Los Angeles Lakers. Led by legendary coach Red Auerbach, the Celtics won eight consecutive NBA Championships between 1959 and 1966. To celebrate its 50th anniversary, the NBA came up with a list of the fifty greatest players of all time. Thirteen Celtics appeared on the list, more than any other team in the league.

Boston is also home of Major League Baseball's Boston Red Sox, who call Fenway Park their home. The Red Sox made a late run in the summer of 2003 and made it all the way to the American League Championship Series before losing in game seven to their archrival the New York Yankees, but they made up for it with World Series wins in 2004 and 2007. The Celtics share TD Garden with the National Hockey League's Boston Bruins, winners of five Stanley Cups. The football team of choice in Boston is the New England Patriots, playing in Gillette Stadium less than 30 miles outside of Boston. The Patriots were the Super Bowl champions in 2001, 2003 and 2004.