The Luck Of The Irish - A Boston Celtics Journal

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- Division: Atlantic Division
- Skill Level: Starter
- Quarter Length: 7 Min
- Sliders: Default
- Sim Quarter Length: 12 Minutes


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History:
One of the most successful and celebrated franchises in professional sports, the Celtics have captured 16 NBA championships since their founding in 1946. From 1959 through 1966, they won eight titles to establish the longest streak of consecutive championships in United States sports history. The Celtics have faced the Los Angeles Lakers ten times in the NBA Finals, establishing one of the best-known rivalries in professional basketball.

Under coach Red Auerbach, Celtic lineups featured early NBA greats such as guards Bob Cousy, K.C. Jones, Sam Jones, and Bill Sharman; forwards John Havlicek and Frank Ramsey; and center Bill Russell. Coach Tommy Heinsohn led the franchise to two more titles in 1974 and 1976 with a lineup featuring center Dave Cowens, forward Paul Silas, and guard Jo Jo White.

During the 1980s the Celtics appeared in five NBA Finals, winning titles in 1981, 1984, and 1986. Led by head coach K.C. Jones, the Celtic lineups in the 1980s starred forward Kevin McHale, center Robert Parish, and three-time NBA most valuable player (MVP), forward Larry Bird.

The Celtics entered the newly formed Basketball Association of America (BAA) in 1946. In 1949 the BAA and the National Basketball League (NBL) merged to become the NBA, and the next year the Celtics picked up two key players—center Ed Macauley and rookie Bob Cousy—after their teams had folded. Before the 1951-52 season, the franchise acquired Bill Sharman.

Rookie Bill Russell joined the Celtics in 1956 and brought the team overnight success. Boston defeated the St. Louis Hawks in 1957 for their first NBA championship in a dramatic double-overtime seventh game. With the addition of K.C. Jones before the 1958-59 season, the Celtic dynasty was in place. That year Boston swept the Minneapolis Lakers to capture the NBA championship. The Celtics and Lakers met in six more NBA Finals during the 1960s.

Auerbach coached the Celtics to seven more NBA championships from 1960 through 1966 as Cousy, Havlicek, Tom Heinsohn, Frank Ramsey, Russell, and Sharman dominated the league. The 1964 finals featured an exhilarating matchup of Russell and center Wilt Chamberlain of the San Francisco Warriors.

In the seventh game of the 1965 finals against the Lakers (now located in Los Angeles), Havlicek stepped in front of an inbounds pass for a steal with five seconds left, securing the Celtics’ victory and inciting announcer Johnny Most to utter a cry that would become legendary, “Havlicek stole the ball! Havlicek stole the ball!” Auerbach retired after the 1966 victory over the Lakers. Russell took over as player-coach, becoming the first black head coach in major league professional sports.

In 1967 the Celtics’ string of eight championship victories was finally broken, but the aging team put together two more championship victories against the Lakers in 1968 and 1969. Russell retired before the 1970-71 season, and Heinsohn took over as head coach. Boston finished the season with its first losing record in 20 years. Two seasons later a new Celtics era began, led by Dave Cowens, Paul Silas, and Jo Jo White, although the team fell to the New York Knicks in the division finals. The next season, 1973-74, the Celtics bested the Milwaukee Bucks for the NBA championship. A victory over the Phoenix Suns in 1976 gave the franchise its 13th NBA crown.

The Celtics entered a rebuilding phase following the 1976 victory. A new wave of talented players included Larry Bird, who won the rookie of the year award in the 1979-80 season and energized the team with his talented shooting and passing. With the addition of Robert Parish and Kevin McHale, the Celtics again became the dominant force in the league and appeared in five NBA Finals during the 1980s.

The Celtics captured the 1981 NBA championship, but they failed to win the conference title the next two years. Former star K.C. Jones was named head coach and guided the team to three NBA championship battles against the Lakers from 1984 through 1987. The rivalries between the Celtics and the Lakers and between Bird and Laker great Magic Johnson revitalized professional basketball during the 1980s. After losing to the Lakers in the 1985 NBA Finals, the Celtics secured another NBA title by defeating the Houston Rockets in 1986. In their next finals appearance the injury-plagued team was bested by the Lakers.

The Celtics were no longer a dominant force in the 1990s. Bird retired before the 1992-93 season, and young star forward Reggie Lewis died of heart failure in 1993. During the 1994-95 season, the Celtics moved from the Boston Garden, where they had played since their founding, to a new home at the FleetCenter.

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Current Roster

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Pos   Name                    Ovrl     Age
PG    Gary Payton             70       36
PG    Marcus Banks            59       22
PG    Delonte West            55       21
SG    Paul Pierce             89       27
SG    Tony Allen              54       22
SF    Jiri Welsch             56       24
SF    Ricky Davis             70       25
SF    Justin Reed             49       22
PF    Walter McCarty          61       30
PF    Tom Gugliotta           56       34
PF    Raef LaFrentz           62       28
PF    Al Jefferson            56       19
C     Mark BLount             53       28
C     Michael Stewart         35       29
C     Kendrick Perkins        45       19

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Great Games

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All-Star Weekend

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Transactions

11/11/04 The Celtics trade T. Gugliotta, R. LaFrentz, K. Perkins to the Bobcats for E. Okafor, P. Brezec, J. Sampson

11/9/04 The Hawks sign S. Williams for 11.04 M for 5 year(s)

11/9/04 The Heat sign A. Emmett for 385K for 1 year

11/4/04 The Heat release M. Freije

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Playoffs

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Yearly Recap

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Celtic Awards

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The Draft

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Celtics Dominate Sixers


Left: Al Jefferson gets his first NBA point
Right: Ricky Davis goes in for the slam late in the 3rd Quarter.

The Boston Celtics looked to open up the 2004-2005 season with a bang. They did that and more by dominating the Philadelphia 76ers 90 to 66.

The game was close up untill mid third quarter when the Celtics went on a 15-0 run and the 76ers never came back.

Team leaders
Celtics
Pts: W. McCarty 20
Rebs: 2 Tied 7
Ast: 2 Tied 4

76ers
Pts: A. Iverson 39
Rebs: K. Thomas 9
Ast: 3 Tied 2
Sorry for the not so detailed report. I played the game last night and don't remember a lot.

[cocobee]

Nice start, but isn't that Al Jefferson on the left? I like your set up too. The Celts have a lot to live up to now that the Red Sox won the World Series! Good Luck

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yes, al jefferson.

WHen I typed up the report it was late. let me change it.

[Wormy10]

Looks nice
This is another dynasty that will be pretty good this year looks like

[HuskiesCeltics]

Thanks guys. Expect an update soon, if my father will ever get off the computer.

[Seraph]

Really solid dynasty, good luck

[-BHZMAFIA-]

This is a nice dynasty. As for the pics, you must've turned your lighting off because the players look dull?

[Wormy10]

Lighting looks better off in some pics close up but it looks a little bit worse when its off in distant pics

[HuskiesCeltics]

I didn't fool around with any of the settings except min/quarter so I don't know what the default lighting setting is. It could ust be my crap vid card.

[Jackal]

Yeps, the lighting is off. If your graphics card is a bit old, it won't turn on the lighting.

Nice dynasty none the less.

[Sauru]

i am gonna follow this dynasty extra close seeing as i am running the celts also. i have made a few trades so my team is a little different from yours but not too much. basicly i got dwight howard as my starting center and tony battie as my back up. the rest of the team is formed of original celtics and looks like,

howard
jefferson
davis
pierce
payton

battie
mccarty
welsch
west
banks

i only use 10 man lineups so whoever else i got wont ever see any playing time and i think 4 of them are all expiring anyway. one thing i noticed so far with my dynasty is that walter is amazing. this guy is gold off the bench and i have seriously considered starting him over jefferson but since i like jefferson so much and want a spark from the bench i wont mess with anything. i see this guy easily taking 6th man in my dynasty.

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next game I am starting McCarty at Center. I had subbed him in for blount early in the Pacers game (haven't posted it yet) and it worked out well. I am going to start Jefferson over LaFrentz and am looking to get rid of his salary.