When did Celtics die?

In last Thursday’s game against the Minnesota Timberwolves, the Boston Celtics went for a layup attempt in the closing seconds of regulation when the ball went into the hands of Tayshaun Prince, the young, 6-foot-9 power forward who is on the brink of becoming the Celtic franchise’s biggest star.

The Celtics would be in the playoffs.

So what?

Not only would the Celtics be in the playoffs, but Prince would go on to add aWhen did Celtics die?

Noah Graham

In late April 2012, a 17-year-old with cerebral palsy named Paul Pierce was watching a game of pick-up basketball with three friends. The group was in the gym at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, a small gym near campus where Paul had played basketball as a child and where he would later be recruited to coach. Paul and his friends were playing a pickup game with two other friends: Brandon Bass, 21, and his brother Tyler, 23When did Celtics die?

On Saturday night against the Hawks, Rajon Rondo’s first and only season in Boston ended just after midnight in the Boston Garden. The Celtics, who had a 10-game win streak snapped on Saturday night from their 10-0 start, finished with a franchise-worst 3-game losing streak. That’s the second time in three years that a Celtics team has gone winless during the regular season, losing games by an average of 5.9 points for the