USA Sports.

NBA titles won

18

1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1974, 1976, 1981, 1984, 1986, 2008, 2024.

Key moments

• Won eight consecutive titles from 1959 to 1966, a run no team in any American sport has come near.
• Bill Russell became the first Black head coach in any major American league here in 1966, while still playing.

Controversy

• Russell described Boston as a deeply racist city, had his house broken into and defaced, and refused to attend his own number retirement.