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(Archive November 2007) Celtics Going for Banner

By John Roche | Observer Contributor

The Boston Celtics have had their good seasons and their bad. The most memorable seasons were produced while under the di­rection of coaching guru Red Auerbach. The Celtics pro­duced three dynasties winning 16 World Titles from 1957 to 1986 with eight of the sixteen being consecutive wins. How­ever, in the years following, not as many positive things can be said about the Boston Celt­ics. The last glimpse of hope came in 2002 when they made an appearance in the Eastern Conference Finals. Although, there has been much talk of the 07’-08’ team bringing home another banner. With this being said, one must won­der what happened to the glo­ry days? What brought upon such a downfall and could this year really be a banner year? read more