We’re not far from the twelfth anniversary of the Boston Celtics’ Banner 17, and it materialized in Game 6 of the 2008 NBA Finals on the team’s home court.
For many fans, it was a moment indelibly burned in our memories, and certainly no less so for the players who hoisted the Larry O’Brien Trophy that evening.
Setting the record for the most playoff games played in one season, it was the Celtics’ 26th tilt of the 2008 NBA Playoffs, and both they and their foes, the Los Angeles Lakers were feeling the grind.
But the home crowd buoyed Boston to a blowout win, the 39-point margin of victory the largest in league history for a title game.
Watch the video above to hear big man Brian Scalabrine and Celtics legend Paul Pierce recount their memory of that fateful night. While injury and bad luck robbed the Big Three of another banner in their time together in Boston, they will always have this moment — and never will tire of remembering it.
