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The Boston Celtics (/ ˈ s ɛ l t ɪ k s / SEL-tiks) are an American professional basketball team based in Boston. The Celtics compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference.
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Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Lewis attended high school at Dunbar High School, where he played basketball alongside future NBA players Muggsy Bogues, Reggie Williams and David Wingate. The 1981–82 Dunbar Poets finished the season at 29–0 during Lewis' junior season and finished 31–0 during his senior season, and were ranked first in the nation by U...
Lewis attended Northeastern University in Boston. Over his four years at Northeastern, Lewis scored 2,708 points, still the all-time record at the university. His Northeastern teams won the ECAC North all four seasons and played in the NCAA men's basketball tournament every year. The 1983–84 Huskies advanced to the second round of the NCAA tourname...
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Lewis was drafted in the first round, 22nd overall, by the Boston Celtics in the 1987 NBA draft. The Celtics were looking to add some youth to the team, especially for the aging "Big 3" of Larry Bird, Kevin McHale, and Robert Parish. This need became more urgent after Len Bias, the 2nd overall pick in the 1986 NBA draft, died of a cocaine overdose. As a rookie, Lewis played sporadically, averaging 8.3 minutes per game under coach K. C. Jones. By his second season, thanks in part to a new coac...
On July 27, 1993, during off-season practice at Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts, Lewis suffered sudden cardiac death on the basketball court at the age of 27 years old. Two Brandeis University police officers found Lewis and attempted to revive him using mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, but they were unsuccessful. One of the officers was...
Career statistics and player information from NBA.com and Basketball-Reference.comMar 13, 2022 · Updated Mar 13, 2022 at 11:30am. Police reports Chris Watts (l) and a crime scene photo (r). The Chris Watts murders are horrific. The Colorado father and oil worker was convicted of murdering...
The Boston Celtics are an American professional basketball team based in Boston. Founded in 1946 as a charter member of the Basketball Association of America, the Celtics then moved into the National Basketball Association (NBA) in 1949, as said league was formed by the merger of the BAA and the National Basketball League.
Jul 31, 2022 · Boston Celtics legend Bill Russell has died at the age of 88, his family said in an announcement Sunday.
Apr 26, 2019 · Havlicek, the Celtics' all-time leading scorer (26,395 points) and one of the most decorated players to ever don a Celtics uniform, passed away on Thursday. He was 79.
6 days ago · The Boston Celtics are an American professional basketball team based in Boston that plays in the National Basketball Association. One of the most successful franchises in sports history, the Celtics won 11 of 13 NBA championships from 1957 to 1969. Overall, they have won 18 NBA titles.
