Celtics Life · Oct 17, 2019
Re-Claiming Excellence: No. 15 Returns … No.29 Arrives
In the annals of Boston Celtic lore, that evening’s festivities at the Old Boston Garden seem a lot like a New Year’s Eve, with its “midnight” striking just prior to the Opening Night’s Tip-off.
It was indeed exactly half a century ago before a Garden gathering of 13,755 that Red Auerbach and company were raising their 11th championship banner and kicking off their 24th season of play.
Lewiston (ME) Daily Sum, 10/18/69 No less than nine members of the 1968 NBA champions suited up for the home team that night. All nine players – three of whose numbers would reach the building’s rafters – would contribute at least 57 games and 13 minutes per game in 1969-70.