TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAMPIONS AGAIN THE LEGEND BEGINS AMAZING MOMENTS CELTICS SUPERSTARS THE LEGEND CONTINUES Celtics Season Record Holders Glossary Index 4 9 15 19 25 28 30 31
4 5 Boston Celtics superstar Ray Allen left soars to the basket during the 2008 National Basketball Association Finals 20 LAKERS 18 LAKERS 24 CHAMPIONS AGAIN
FACTS AT A GLANCE BILL RUSSELL won 11 National Basketball Association NBA Championships with the Boston Celtics After retiring from playing Russell became the NBA's first Black HEAD COACH The NBA Championship trophy is named after former Celtics coach RED AUERBACH From 1959 to 1966 the CELTICS won eight straight NBA titles In 2008 the Boston Celtics and the Los Angeles Lakers squared off in the NBA Finals It was the 11th time the teams had faced each other in the series That year the longtime rivals were the top teams in the Eastern and Western Conferences NBA fans expected a classic series and they got one The best of seven series was close from beginning to end In Game 4 the Celtics stormed back from 24 points behind to win 97-91 Boston's victory was the biggest comeback in the NBA Finals in almost 40 years The win put the Celtics ahead three games to one They were just one win away from the championship The Celtics lost Game 5 in Los Angeles California Game 6 was back home in Boston Massachusetts That night the Celtics played their 5
