The Massachusetts native also created a Boston Celtics-themed basketball court on the 1.7-acre property.
On a Friday night in January Boston Celtics co-owner Wyc Grousbeck is a very happy guy.
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The New York Knicks had a three-game lead against the Boston Celtics in their first-round NBA playoff series and they have surrendered two games of it.
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Most recently a little-used reserve center for the Washington Wizards after a midseason trade from the Boston Celtics, the 7-foot Collins is a free agent who can sign with any team.
There are so many examples, but Larry Bird joined a Boston Celtics team that was 29-53 upon his arrival, but a year later the Celtics finished 61-21.
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Commissioner David Stern will have his high profile New York Knicks, Boston Celtics and LeBron James-led Miami Heat to kick things off on Christmas day.
Smith added 19, and New York took a 2-0 lead over the Boston Celtics with another dominant second half in an 87-71 victory Tuesday night.
In basketball lore the greatest offensive player was Wilt Chamberlain who averaged an astounding 50.4 points a game one year, but the defensive-minded Boston Celtics won 11 championships in 13 years.
Then Garnett had two baskets in an 8-0 run that gave Boston a 42-37 advantage, and the Celtics walked off at halftime to mostly stunned silence within Madison Square Garden with a 45-39 lead.
In their first meeting since a verbal clash led to Anthony's one-game suspension, New York's All-Star forward scored 28 points and the Knicks ended an 11-game losing streak in Boston with an 89-86 victory over the Celtics on Thursday night.
In 13 seasons with the Boston Celtics, he won 11 championships -- a record unmatched in any sport.
In the last game before Lin became a star, last Friday against the Boston Celtics, the Knicks ran nine pick-and-rolls.
The Lakers fell at the final hurdle last year when they were beaten 4-2 by the Boston Celtics in the finals, a loss which had an impact on all the players and provided inspiration for 2009's victorious run according to the 30-year-old shooting guard.
The Philadelphia 76ers share their facility (the Wells Fargo Center) with the Villanova Wildcats, and North Carolina, Michigan State and Connecticut all have professional basketball teams (Charlotte Bobcats, Detroit Pistons and Boston Celtics, respectively) within a 51-100 mile range from where they play their regular season home games.
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After the 2006-07 season, the Boston Celtics acquired Ray Allen from Seattle and Kevin Garnett from Minnesota.
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That mark includes a four-game split with the Nets, a 1-1 record with the Boston Celtics and two somewhat surprising losses to the suddenly resurgent Toronto Raptors.
Bill Russell, the great Boston Celtics center and later coach, was a one-man leadership college.
The fourth second round match-up is the juiciest of all with the new look Miami Heat and its three All-Stars squaring off against the Boston Celtics.
Things could hardly be better right now for the Knicks, who carried a 2-0 first-round series lead over the Boston Celtics after Tuesday's convincing victory at Madison Square Garden.
Chandler also made 72% of his shots near the rim last year, which is a significant improvement on the Knicks' low-post game: In last season's first-round playoff defeat to the Boston Celtics, the team took 17 shots while posting up near the basket and made just two of them.
On the local sports scene, even Larry Bird of the NBA champion Celtics took a backseat in 1984--Boston belonged to Doug Flutie.
The commercial will air tomorrow night on TNT when the NBA kicks off the season with a hugely anticipated match-up between the Miami Heat and Boston Celtics.
But the dismal December that culminated in a 93-76 Christmas Day loss to the visiting Boston Celtics nearly put that in jeopardy.
Anthony sustained the injury on April 14, in a regular-season game against the Celtics, when Boston forward Kevin Garnett appeared to grab Anthony's left arm.
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Anthony made a pullup jumper and then sank his first 3-pointer in 20 tries to help the New York Knicks turn back Boston's comeback attempt on Friday night, beating the Celtics 88-80 in Game 6 to win a playoff series for the first time since 2000.
Thompson, a star at Providence and a backup in the NBA to the great Bill Russell of the Boston Celtics before turning to coaching, had guided the Hoyas to a 71-70 victory over the Orange at the Kodak Classic in nearby Rochester, N.
During a win in Boston last month, they held the Celtics to 86 points by using a 3-2 zone for 44 possessions.
Celtics honcho Danny Ainge denied wanting to deal Rondo, but Boston looked to be first-round playoff roadkill at best.
Before Lin's emergence, the Knicks abandoned the pick-and-roll, only running it nine times earlier this month against the Boston Celtics, the night before Lin's star turn.
When I signed a free-agent contract with Boston last July, I decided to commit myself to the Celtics and not let my personal life become a distraction.
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