“I can honestly say — to the best fans in the world: Let’s do it again.”
Four months after green and white confetti rained down onto TD Garden’s parquet floor, the Boston Celtics crowned their 18th championship by raising another banner into the rafters.
Ahead of tip-off for their title defense during the 2024-25 season, the Celtics celebrated their latest title with a banner-raising and championship ring ceremony in front of a raucous home crowd.
Be it multiple video tributes, Celtics legends making appearances on the parquet and, of course, Boston’s flashy hardware, there were several noteworthy moments from Tuesday’s ceremony.
Here are five highlights: A re-telling of Boston’s title run
After the Celtics — donning gold-accented jackets — took to the parquet floor for warmups as Drake and Future’s “Big Rings” blared over the Garden speakers, the video board above the hardwood retold the tale of how the 2023-24 Celtics established themselves as world champions.
Starting with the trade of the “Big 3” grouping of Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce, and Ray Allen in 2013 and the subsequent hiring of Brad Stevens as head coach, the video mapped out how the entire championship roster was assembled.
From the drafting of Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum in back-to-back years to the offseason trades of Kristaps Porzingis and Jrue Holiday in 2023, the hype video mapped out how Boston developed an elite roster that won 64 games last season.
After the video shifted toward previous Celtics’ titles won over the last few decades, it moved back toward Boston’s most-recent conquest, ending with the team’s lopsided Game 5 victory over the Mavericks in the 2024 NBA Finals.
With each player and coach showcased on the videoboard drawing plenty of cheers, it was just the start of a rowdy night on Causeway Street.
