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Celtics in the NBA playoffs

  May 03, 2012

The Boston Celtics are in the midst of another playoff appearance, but with an NBA-record 18 banners hanging at the TD Garden, the past always looms. This selection from our archives looks back at the 1960s and 1970s, when Celtics championships seemed as expected as snow in December or fireworks on the Fourth of July.

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