 Boston Celtics tickets have been available since 1946 when the team took to the court at the Boston Garden. Over six decades later, the NBA basketball franchise moved to the TD Garden and has 17 championship banners hanging from the rafters. Families have passed down Celtics season tickets as this team has time and again inspired lifelong devotion from the Boston sports faithful. The Boston Celtics knew perhaps the franchise's greatest dynasty from 1957 to 1969, when the legendary head coach Red Auerbach coached Celtics rosters with such esteemed names as Bob Cousy, Bill Russell, Tommy Heinsohn, K.C. Jones, to 11 NBA championships in 13 seasons, including eight straight from the 1958-59 season to the 1965-66 season. By the end of this era Auerbach had handed the head coaching reigns to Russell and limited himself to front office operations. Auerbach's eye for talent quickly returned the Boston Celtics to competition following the natural lull after the end of a dynasty. In the 1970s the Boston Celtics took team's led by John Havlicek, Dave Cowens, Paul Silas, and Jo Jo White won two more NBA championships, one in 1974 and one in 1976. Once again, the Celtics feared fading away and residing in the locker, but Auerbach struck gold again, trading for Robert Parish and drafting Larry Bird. Bird, Parrish, and eventually Kevin McHale would become a frontline for the ages with unsung heroes Cedric Maxwell, Tiny Archibald, and Dennis Johnson arming the team for a decade long rivalry with Magic Johnson and the Los Angeles Lakers. Celtics tickets of the era were there for three more NBA championships from 1981 to 1990. Eventually even an NBA franchise as well run as the Boston Celtics has to have its low points. For the Celtics, this struggle followed the deterioration of Larry Bird's back and the tragic death of Reggie Lewis, Bird's heir apparent at small forward. The Celtics were absent from the NBA playoffs from 1996 to 2001, until power forward Antoine Walker and shooting guard Paul Pierce could bring Boston back from the brink in a weak Eastern Conference. Celtics tickets would not be good for a team truly representative of the franchise's many successes until 2007. General Manager Danny Ainge had one season to turn things around before he would be fired and took a chance, using eight players in to separate deals to trade for Ray Allen and Kevin Garnett. Boston filled out the roster with role and players, journeyman veterans in search of a ring, and one upstart point guard by the name of Rajon Rondo and posted the best record in the NBA thanks to a team defense far more concerned with defense than offense. Allen and Pierce would excel when necessary and the Cs added another title to the banner count, beating the Lakers in six games in the 2008 NBA postseason. The Boston Celtics have been back to the NBA playoffs every year since, reaching the NBA Finals once, but losing to the Lakers. Boston Celtics tickets to TD Garden remain highly valued, as this Big Three appears ready to play together until retirement or injury force the group to break up. Be prepared to get your Celtic tickets for the 2011 season, for this could be the season Boston adds another title to the count.
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