Four months after green and white confetti rained down onto TD Garden’s parquet floor, the Boston Celtics crowned their 18th championship by raising another banner into the rafters.
Ahead of tip-off for their title defense during the 2024-25 season, the Celtics celebrated their latest title with a banner-raising and championship ring ceremony in front of a raucous home crowd.
Be it multiple video tributes, Celtics legends making appearances on the parquet and, of course, Boston’s flashy hardware, there were several noteworthy moments from Tuesday’s ceremony.
Here are five highlights:
A re-telling of Boston’s title run
After the Celtics — donning gold-accented jackets — took to the parquet floor for warmups as Drake and Future’s “Big Rings” blared over the Garden speakers, the video board above the hardwood retold the tale of how the 2023-24 Celtics established themselves as world champions.