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The '''Boston Celtics''' are a [[National Basketball Association]] team based in [[Boston, Massachusetts]]. Their 16 NBA world championships are the most of any basketball franchise.
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|colspan=2|<font color=white>'''Boston Celtics'''
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|| <font color=green>'''Founded''' || [[1946]]
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||<font color=green>'''Arena''' || [[TD Banknorth Garden]] (formerly ''FleetCenter'')
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||<font color=green>'''Team History''' || '''Boston Celtics''' <br> ([[1946]]-present)
'''''Cygnus'''''<br>
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'''''Coscoroba'''''
||<font color=green>'''Team Colors''' || [[Green]] and [[White]]
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'''Swans''' are large water [[bird]]s of the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Anatidae]], which also includes [[goose|geese]] and [[duck]]s. Swans are grouped with the closely related [[goose|geese]] in the [[subfamily]] [[Anserinae]].
||<font color=green>'''NBA Championships''' || 16 ([[1957]], [[1959]], [[1960]], [[1961]], [[1962]], [[1963]], [[1964]], [[1965]], [[1966]], [[1968]], [[1969]], [[1974]], [[1976]], [[1981]], [[1984]], [[1986]])
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||<font color=green>'''Owner''' || [[Wycliffe Grousbeck|Wycliffe “Wyc” Grousbeck]]
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||<font color=green>'''Head Coach''' || [[Doc Rivers]]
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||<font color=green>'''Mascot''' || "Lucky"
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Swans usually mate for life, though "divorce" does sometimes occur, particularly following nesting failure or the death of a partner (this can be due to 'capsizing': overturned swans lack the ability to right themselves and therefore drown). The number of eggs in each clutch varies both within and among swan species, typically between 3–8 eggs.
Young swans are known as ''cygnets'', from the Latin word for swan, ''cygnus''. The male and female adults are known as ''cob'' and ''pen''.
==Franchise History==
The Celtics were formed in [[1946]] as a team in the [[Basketball Association of America]]. After the merger of the [[National Basketball Association|BAA]] and the [[National Basketball League]] to form the [[National Basketball Association]], the Celtics acquired rookie [[Bill Russell (basketball)|Bill Russell]] in [[1956]]. Russell had an immediate impact; that year, the Celtics advanced to the [[NBA Finals]] and defeated the then St. Louis [[Atlanta Hawks|Hawks]] in seven games, giving the Celtics the first of a record 16 NBA Championships. In [[1957]], the Celtics again advanced to the [[NBA Finals]], this time losing to the Hawks in 6 games. However, with the acquisition of [[K.C. Jones]], the Celtics began a dynasty that would last 8 seasons.
The [[Northern Hemisphere]] [[species]] of swan all have pure white plumage, but the [[Southern Hemisphere]] species are all patterned with various amounts of black. The [[Australia]]n '''Black Swan''' (''Cygnus atratus'') is black all over except for the white flight feathers on its wings, and the [[South America]]n '''Black-necked Swan''' has, as its name suggests, a black neck; finally, the '''Coscoroba Swan''', also from southern South America, has black tips to the primary feathers.
In [[1959]], with Russell and Jones, the Celtics won the [[NBA Championship]] with the sweep of the [[Minneapolis]] [[LA Lakers| Lakers]]. Under coach [[Red Auerbach]], the Celtics won another seven championships for eight championships in a row. During that timespan, the Celtics met the Lakers in the Finals six times, starting an intense- and sometimes bitter- rivalry. The Celtics would eventually meet the Lakers a total of 10 times in the NBA Finals. After the [[1966]] championship, though, Auerbach retired. Russell took over as a player and coach. However, that year the Celtics' string of NBA titles was broken. The aging team managed two more championships, though, in [[1968]] and [[1969]], each against the Lakers in the NBA Finals. Russell retired after the 1969 season, effectively ending a dominant Celtics dynasty that had garnered 11 NBA titles. The streak of 8 consecutive NBA championships is the longest streak of consecutive championships in [[U.S.]] sports history.
The legs of all swans are dark blackish grey, except for the two South American species, which have pink legs. Bill colour varies rather more; the three far northern species have black bills with varying amounts of yellow, and all the others varyingly patterned red and black. The Mute Swan and Black-necked Swan have a lump at the base of the bill on the upper mandible.
The next season was one of rebuilding as the Celtics had their first losing record in a long time. However, with [[Dave Cowens]], [[Paul Silas]], and [[Jo Jo White]], the Celtics became dominant again. In [[1974]] the team bested the [[Milwaukee Bucks]] in the NBA Finals, and in [[1976]] the team won yet another championship after defeating the [[Phoenix Suns]]. After the [[1976]] victory, though, Boston went into another phase of rebuilding.
==Species of swan==
The rebuilding phase only lasted two years. With the acquisition of NBA legend [[Larry Bird]], [[Robert Parish]], and [[Kevin McHale]], the Celtics yet again became a dominant team in the NBA, playing in 5 NBA Finals in the 1980s. The team won a title in [[1981]], and the following year [[K.C. Jones]] was named head coach. Jones led the Celtics to four consecutive NBA Finals appearances against the Lakers and the [[Houston Rockets]] between [[1984]] and [[1987]], winning championships in [[1984]] and [[1986]]. The three Finals where the Celtics played the Lakers featured the matchup of Bird versus NBA great [[Magic Johnson]].
Genus '''''Cygnus''''' <small>[[Johann Matthäus Bechstein|Bechstein]] [[1803]]</small>
After the retirement of Bird, the Celtics yet again went into rebuilding. In [[1994]] the Celtics moved from the [[Boston Garden]] into the [[Fleet Center]]. Under current general manager [[Danny Ainge]] and coach [[Doc Rivers]], the Celtics won the division championship in the [[2004]]-[[2005]] season, but lost to the [[Indiana Pacers]] in game 7 in the [[2005 NBA Playoffs|postseason]]. [[As of 2005]] the Celtics are the only team in NBA history to have never lost a [[Game 7]] in the NBA Finals. They are a perfect 7-0 in these games, winning in [[1957]], [[1960]], [[1962]], [[1966]], [[1969]], [[1974]], and [[1984]].
*'''[[Whooper Swan]]''', ''Cygnus cygnus'' breeds in [[Iceland]] and subarctic [[Europe]] and [[Asia]], migrating to temperate Europe and Asia in winter. Whooper Swan is [[Finland]]`s national bird.
*'''[[Trumpeter Swan]]''', ''Cygnus buccinator'' is a [[North America]]n species very similar to the Whooper Swan (and sometimes treated as a subspecies of it), which was hunted almost to [[extinction]] but has since recovered: it is one of the heaviest [[flight|flying]] animals, at up to 17 kilograms (38 pounds).
*'''[[Whistling Swan]]''', ''Cygnus columbianus'' is a relatively small swan which breeds on the [[North America]]n tundra, further north than other swans. It winters in the [[USA]].
*'''[[Bewick's Swan]]''', ''Cygnus bewickii'' is the Eurasian form which migrates from Arctic [[Russia]] to western Europe and eastern Asia ([[China]], [[Japan]]) in winter. The reserves of the [[Royal Society for the Protection of Birds]] and of the [[Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust]] in [[United Kingdom|Britain]] are important for Bewick's and Whooper Swans. It is often considered a subspecies of ''C. columbianus'', creating the species [[Tundra Swan]].
*'''[[Black Swan]]''', ''Cygnus atratus'' of [[Australia]], and introduced in [[New Zealand]]. The Black Swan is the official state emblem of [[Western Australia]], and is also the symbol of the [[Sydney]] beachside suburb of [[Dee Why]].
**'''[[New Zealand Swan]]''', ''Cygnus atratus sumnerensis'' {{StatusPrehistoric}}
*'''[[Black-necked Swan]]''', ''Cygnus melancoryphus'' of [[South America]], formerly ''Sthenelides melanocorypha''.
*'''[[Mute Swan]]''', ''Cygnus olor'', is a common temperate Eurasian species, often semi-domesticated; descendants of domestic flocks are naturalized in the United States and elsewhere.
Genus '''''Coscoroba''''' <small>[[Ludwig Reichenbach|Reichenbach]] [[1853]]</small>
=== Historical Rivalries ===
*'''[[Coscoroba Swan]]''', ''Coscoroba coscoroba'', also of South America
The Boston Celtics have had a longstanding rivalry, especially throughout the 80s, with the [[Los Angeles Lakers]]. At the height of the rivalry, the Lakers and Celtics would win 8 NBA Championships in the decade (The Lakers won 5 while the Celtics won 3), and would play each other in the [[NBA Finals]] 3 different times. The rivalry was cooled off as the Celtics slipped into mediocrity in the 90s, but Lakers-Celtics is considered by many NBA fans to be the league's greatest rivalry. The Celtics also have historical ties with the [[Philadelphia 76ers]], who played with the Celtics in tense playoff series in the 60s and 80s.
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== Players of note ==
Image:NPS Wildlife. Trumpeter Swan on Nest.jpg|Trumpeter Swan
==='''[[Basketball Hall of Fame]]rs:'''===
Image:flock-of-tundra-swans.jpg|Flock of Tundra Swans migrating near Alma, WI, USA
*[[Nate Archibald]]
Image:Black Swans.PNG|[[Black Swan]]s
*[[Larry Bird]]
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*[[Walter A. Brown]]
*[[Bob Cousy]]
*[[Dave Cowens]]
*[[Wayne Embry]] (inducted as a contributor, not as a player; was the first African-American to serve both as a general manager and team president in the NBA)
*[[John Havlicek]]
*[[Tom Heinsohn]]
*[[Bailey Howell]]
*[[K. C. Jones]]
*[[Sam Jones (basketball)|Sam Jones]]
*[[Clyde Lovellette]]
*[[Ed Macauley]]
*[[Pete Maravich]]
*[[Kevin McHale]]
*[[Robert Parish]]
*[[Andy Phillip]]
*[[Frank Ramsey (basketball)|Frank Ramsey]]
*[[Arnie Risen]]
*[[Bill Russell (basketball)|Bill Russell]]
*[[Bill Sharman]] (inducted both as a Celtics player and as a coach, most notably with the [[Los Angeles Lakers]])
*[[John Thompson (basketball coach)|John Thompson]] (only played in the NBA for two years; inducted for his coaching career at [[Georgetown University]])
*[[Bill Walton]]
==Trivia==
==='''Not to be forgotten:'''===
*Swans are revered in many religions and cultures, especially [[Hinduism]]. The [[Sanskrit]] word for swan is ''hamsa'' or ''hansa'', and it is the vehicle of many deities like the goddess [[Saraswati]]. It is mentioned several times in the [[Vedic]] literature, and some swans have also been said to have the knowledge of the Supreme Being [[Brahman]]. They are said to reside in the summers in the [[Lake Manasarovar|Manasarovar]] lake and migrate to [[India]]n lakes for the winter, eat pearls, and separate milk from water in a mixture of both. Hindu iconography typically shows the Mute Swan. It is wrongly supposed by many Historians that the word ''hamsa'' only means a goose, since today swans are no more found in India, not even in most zoos. However, [[ornithology|ornithological]] checklists like [http://www.wcmc.org.uk/igcmc/rl_anml/indbird.html this] clearly classify several species of swans as [[vagrant]] birds in India.
*[[Danny Ainge]]
*It is almost a [[taboo]] to kill a swan in some countries since they had been used as a symbols or weapon insignia for important families ([[England]] for example has a written law against killing swans), if a swan was deliberately killed that perpetrator will be seriously prosecuted.
*[[Don Chaney]]
*In the [[Greek mythology]] epic [[Helen of Troy]]. Helen is half swan half human due to that her parents was an union of a swan ([Zeus] in swan disguise) and a human female. Helen is said to be so beautiful that she was the reason a 10 year long siege war started in [[Troy]].
*[[Paul Silas]]
*One [[Chinese idiom]] about swan is ''"You are a scoundrel who wants to eat swan meat!"'' . This idiom refer to people who are rude and ask/demand a reward they shouldn't deserve.
*[[Tiny Archibald]]
*[[Antoine Walker]]
==='''Retired numbers:'''===
*00 [[Robert Parish]]
*1 [[Walter Brown]] (founding owner)
*2 [[Red Auerbach]] (legendary coach and executive)
*3 [[Dennis Johnson]]
*6 [[Bill Russell (basketball)|Bill Russell]]
*10 [[Jo Jo White]]
*14 [[Bob Cousy]]
*15 [[Tom Heinsohn]]
*16 [[Satch Sanders]]
*17 [[John Havlicek]]
*18* [[Jim Loscutoff]]
*18 [[Dave Cowens]]
*19 [[Don Nelson]]
*21 [[Bill Sharman]]
*22 [[Ed Macauley]]
*23 [[Frank Ramsey (basketball)|Frank Ramsey]]
*24 [[Sam Jones (basketball)|Sam Jones]]
*25 [[K.C. Jones]]
*31 [[Cedric Maxwell]]
*32 [[Kevin McHale]]
*33 [[Larry Bird]]
*35 [[Reggie Lewis]]
<nowiki>*</nowiki> Note: Loscutoff's 18 jersey was retired, but kept active for Dave Cowens
===Other notable figures===
*Broadcaster [[Johnny Most]]
*[[Len Bias]]
*[[Chuck Cooper]] (first [[African American|black]] player drafted by an NBA team)
== Current Roster (updated October 6, 2005) ==
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== 2004/2005 Season Coaching Staff ==
'''HEAD COACH:''' Doc Rivers <br>
'''ASSISTANT COACHES:''' Dave Wohl, Tony Brown, Jim Brewer, Kevin Eastman, Armond Hill and Paul Pressey<br>
==2005 Draft picks==
*18th overall: [[Gerald Green]], Gulf Shores Academy
*50th overall: [[Ryan Gomes]], [[Providence College]]
*53rd overall: [[Orien Greene]], [[University of Louisiana at Lafayette]]
==See also==
* [[Wildfowl]]
[[Lakers-Celtics Rivalry]]
* [[Waterfowl]]
[[Sixers-Celtics Rivalry]]
[[Pistons-Celtics Rivalry]]
==External links==
*[http://www.nba.com/celtics/ Boston Celtics official web site]
*[http://celticsblog.com/ CelticsBlog.com]
*[http://basketballboards.net/forum/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=34/ BasketballBoards.net Boston Celtics messageboard]
*[http://www.summerproleague.com/ Official Summer Pro League]
*[http://www.nbawire.com/roster/Boston-Celtics.html Boston Celtics Roster]
*[http://celtics.dedatheragecomputer.com Dr. Death's Boston Celtic World]
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