Banner 17: Boston Celtics Return to Glory in a Magical Championship Season
by Boston Globe
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| Product Description: In Banner 17: Boston Celtics Return to Glory in a Magical Championship Season, the editors of The Boston Globe bring you all the drama and action-filled photography capturing the 2008 championship run, and they also reach back for a full history of championships past. The Globe's deep and talented staff provides the recap of every gripping court moment, compiled in a uniquely told book that is sure to become a classic keepsake for any fan. |
Top of the World: The Inside Story of the Boston Celtics' Amazing One-Year Turnaround to Become NBA Champions
by Peter May
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| Product Description: “I’m on top of the world,” shouted NBA Defensive Player of the Year Kevin Garnett after the Boston Celtics clinched their 17th NBA championship over their arch rival, the Kobe Bryant-led Los Angeles Lakers. Indeed he was on top as were his teammates as the most illustrious franchise in NBA history won their first championship in over twenty years. Peter May, who has covered the Boston Celtics for nearly 25 years for the Boston Globe and the Hartford Courant and the author of the bestselling The Last Banner- an account of the Celtic’s last championship season-chronicles the remarkable 2008 championship run of the team in green. Tracing the biggest single-season turnaround in NBA history of this storied franchise, who went from having the second-worst record in the NBA last year to the best record this year, May charts, both the highs and lows of the season. From losing out on the Number 1 and Number 2 pick in last year's draft lottery to swinging trades for future Hall of Famers, Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen, from compiling the best record in the NBA and winning Game 4 in the Finals with the greatest come-from-behind victory in NBA Finals history to capping off their remarkable season with the league-leading 17th championship, it’s all here. Drawing on interviews with Defensive Player of the Year, Kevin Garnett, Captain and NBA Finals MVP and captain, Paul Pierce, Ray Allen, and Coach Doc Rivers, among others, May serves up an behind-the-scenes account of the Celtics spectacular return to glory. Finally, May will also profile one opposing player from each playoff series, including LeBron James and Kobe Bryant. |
Dynasty: The Rise of the Boston Celtics
by Lew Freedman
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| Product Description: The behind-the-scenes story of one of professional basketball's most respected and beloved teams. |
Boston Celtics: Where Have You Gone?
by Mike Carey; Michael D. McClellan
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| Product Description: When the Boston Celtics were running-and-gunning their way to 16 world championships, New England fans displayed their approval of the team's effort and heart by rooting especially hard for the bench players. It didn't matter whether a particular favorite was the sixth man or the twelfth. As long as the \"chosen\" player possessed determination, guts, emotion and, above all, hustle, the Celtics faithful would reward that player with cascades of applause and chants. Fringe players-don't call them scrubs-became cult heroes. Yes, the Garden crowds were in absolute heaven when subs such as \"High Henry\" Finkel, Greg Kite, Eric Fernsten, Terry Duerod, Kevin \"Oscar\" Gamble, Wayne Kreklow, and Charles Bradley shed their warm-ups and scampered down to the scorer's table to enter a game. Seldom did these players spend more than a couple of years in green-and-white uniforms before they were either waived or nabbed in an expansion draft. Still, to this day, their names and contributions have not been forgotten. Likew | | |
