The Boston Celtics are a professional basketball team based in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, founded in 1946 as one of the original members of the Basketball Association of America, which became the NBA, and the most decorated franchise in NBA history, having won a league-record number of NBA championships, including eight consecutive titles from 1959 to 1966 under coach Red Auerbach and center Bill Russell. Playing in green and white at TD Garden, the franchise's storied history also includes the 1980s rivalry between forward Larry Bird's Celtics and the Los Angeles Lakers, widely credited with helping drive a major surge in the NBA's national popularity.
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Which league and division do the Boston Celtics play in?
The Atlantic Division of the NBA Eastern Conference.
The Boston Celtics compete in the National Basketball Association as a member of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference. The franchise was founded in 1946 as one of the original members of the Basketball Association of America, which became the NBA.
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Larry Bird, Athletes Spent his entire NBA career with the Celtics (1979-1992), winning three championships.
The most decorated rivalry in NBA history, with the two franchises meeting in the NBA Finals more often than any other pair of teams.
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The Celtics compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference.
Introduction
Russell, along with a talented supporting cast of future Hall of Famers including Heinsohn, Don Nelson, K. C. Jones, John Havlicek, Sam Jones, Satch Sanders, and Bill Sharman, would usher the Celtics into the greatest period in franchise history, winning eight consecutive NBA championships from 1959 to 1966. After Russell became the team's player-coach, as well as the first African American head coach in any United States sport, they won back-to-back titles in 1968 and 1969.
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The Celtics compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference.
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