The Boston Celtics is an American basketball league club based in Massachusetts. The Celtics play as a member of the nba, the NBA's Eastern Conference Atlantic Division. The Celtics play their home games at TD Garden, which they share with the Boston Bruins National Hockey League, founded in 1946 as one of the league's first eight members. The Celtics are known to be the most successful basketball team in NBA history; with 17, the franchise has won the most League titles, and is currently holds the record for the most recorded victories by any NBA club. The Celtics are one of two BAA franchise franchises that continue to compete in their original city today. The Celtics are in famous competition with the Los Angeles Lakers who won 16 NBA titles, second behind the Celtics. The rivalry was heavily emphasised in the 1960s and 1980s. The team played the Lakers a record twelve times in the NBA Playoffs, nine times won by the Celtics. Four Celtics stars with a League record of 10 MVP awards in total earned the NBA Most Valuable Player Award. Often a nod to the comparatively large Irish community in Boston are the acronym "Celtics" as well as their nickname "Lucky the Leprechaun" In the late 1950s, the Celtics 'rise to dominance began with the addition of the Bill Russell centre in 1956 in a draught day trade, which would become the foundation of the Celtics dynasty. The Celtics, led by Russell and iconic point guard Bob Cousy, captured their first NBA championship in 1957. Russell, along with a legendary support cast of the future Hall of Famers including John Havlicek, Tom Heinsohn, K. C. Jones, Sam Jones, Satch Sanders and Bill Sharman, helped lead the Celtics to the finest time in franchise history, winning eight consecutive NBA titles in the 1960s. The Celtics began a rebuilding period after Russell's retirement in 1969. Led by JoJo White, Dave Cowens centre and point guard, the Celtics returned to championship status in 1974 and 1976 and won two NBA titles. The Celtics reclaimed dominance again in the 1980's. The Celtics won the Championships in 1981, 1984 and 1986, led by the "Big Three" including Larry Bird, Kevin McHale and Robert Parish. Since winning 16 championships in the 20th century, the Celtics soared again in 2008 to earn a championship with the help of Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce, and Ray Allen in what was known as the new "Big Three" era after losing in the 1990's. The Celtics advanced to the NBA Finals in 2010 only to lose to the Lakers in a seven game series. By the outset of the 2013 season, neither of the "Big Three" were already signed — Ray Allen had already ended a season guiding the franchise into a new era. The team, with the aid of newly hired head coach Brad Stevens, started rebuilding. In his second season Stevens led the Celtics on a trip to the playoffs in 2015. During the next season, the Celtics clinched the top seed at the Eastern Conference but were beaten at the Conference Finals. That prompted an ambitious overhaul in 2017, during which the franchise signed All-Stars Kyrie Irving and Gordon Hayward. Nonetheless, the pair struggled with suspensions during the 2017–18 season, and the team was vanquished again in the Eastern Conference Finals, despite pushing the Cleveland Cavaliers to seven matches. NBC Sports Boston is the Boston Celtics 'official television partner, which has been broadcasting the games since 1981, when the network was PRISM New England branded. In 1983 it was rebranded as SportsChannel New England. As the other SportsChannel networks, after its owner Cablevision joined Liberty Radio and News Company in 1998 to form a alliance, the New England centre was rebranded as Fox Sports New England. In 2001, Comcast bought Cablevision's original network stake and acquired the remaining share in what was now FSN New England 2007, which rebranded the network to Comcast SportsNet New England. In 2017 all CSN networks were partnered as NBC Sports Regional Networks, a nod to Comcast's recent acquisition of NBCUniversal.
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Chicago Bulls
The Chicago Bulls is a professional American basketball team based in Chicago. The Bulls play within the National Basketball Association as members of the league's Eastern Conference Central Division. On 16 January 1966, the team was founded and played their first game during the 1966–67 NBA season. The Bulls are playing their home games at the United Center, a facility on Chicago's west side shared by Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League. The Bulls achieved their biggest success in the 1990s as they played a significant role in popularising the worldwide NBA. We are known for becoming one of the NBA's greatest dynasties, winning six NBA titles between 1991 and 1998, and two tri-peats. All six of their Championship teams were led by Hall of Famers Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen and coach Phil Jackson. The Bulls were the first NBA franchise to win multiple titles in their history, while never losing an NBA Finals series. The Bulls won 72 games in the 1995–96 NBA season, setting an NBA record which stood until the Golden State Warriors played 73 NBA games in the 2015–16 season. The Bulls were the first team to win 70 or more games in a single season in NBA history, and the last NBA franchise to do so until the Warriors in 2015–16. Michael Jordan and Derrick Rose both won the NBA Most Valuable Player Award when they starred for the Bulls, for a total of six MVP awards. The Bulls are sharing rivalries with the Cleveland Cavaliers, Detroit Pistons, Miami Heat and The New York Knicks. Competition between the Bulls and the Pistons was heavily stressed during the late 1980s and early 1990s. Dick Klein wanted a name to represent Chicago's old meat packing business, and the similarities between the Chicago Stadium and the Union Stock Yards. Klein proposed names such as Matadors or Toreadors, but refused them, claiming, "If you think about it, no team with as many as three syllables in its nickname has ever had any success except one." Klein decided on Bulls after exploring alternate names with his father when his son Mark said, "Father, that's a lot of bulls!" The famous emblem is a red bull riding mask. The logo was designed by renowned American graphic artist Dean P. Wessel in 1966, and introduced. The Bulls had an alternate version to the same Bulls version at one time during the early 1970s, featuring a cloud that said "Windy City" behind the bull's nose. The Bulls now wear three different uniforms: a white uniform, a red uniform and a black replacement uniform. The original uniforms were aesthetically similar to what the Bulls wear today, with the shorts and block lettering around the Bulls logo getting the prominent diamond around. What distinguished the original uniforms was the black drop shadows, red or white side stripes with black borders and white lettering on the red uniforms. The red jerseys for the 1969–70 season were modified to incorporate the town name. The official mascot for the Chicago Bulls is Benny The Bull. This was first introduced in 1969. Benny is the no 1 holding pit bull. Benny is one of the oldest and most well recognised mascots in all professional sports. The Bulls also had a mascot which was nicknamed Da Bull. Benny's high-flying cousin, known for his dunking skills, was unveiled in 1995, and listed as being on the team website. In 2004 the man who was playing Da Bull was seized from his car for possession and selling of marijuana. The case Da Bull was shot shortly after. Although Benny has a family friendly look, Da Bull is built to be a more realistic animal. According to Benny Da Bull was diamond. There was also a cynical grin on his face, and he wore number 95. As of February 3, 2018, the team's games are broadcast on Entercom's WSCR. Between October 2015 and January 2018, games were broadcast on Cumulus Media's WLS in an deal which was expected to continue until the 2020-21 season, which was nullified in the middle of the 2017-18 season when Cumulus filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and annulled its major play-by-play and talent contracts.
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