When did the Celtics begin?
1946
Buffalo Bills, Baltimore Orioles, Boston Celtics, Boston Red Sox, and the Binghamton Bearcats.
The Celtics go by the nickname "Celts" and play in the city of Boston
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The Celtics have 17 The Lakers have 15.
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The Boston Celtics are from Massachusetts.
The Celtics settled there.
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It is likely that they were named the Celtics because of Boston's large Irish-American population.
The origional owner of the team, Walter Brown, wanted to increase attendance at the games. At the time Boston had a very large Irish population. In hopes that the Irish population would begin attending more, Brown named the basketball team the Celtics.
Maybe, maybe not! Listen the Cavs and the Celtics are both good but you never know the Celtics might beat the Cavs, and the Cavs might beat the Celtics!