The Big Three in the ’08 Finals

The new Big Three, shown here during 2008 Eastern Conference Finals, made a big improvement on the team’s ability to win. The 2007-08 Celtics earned 66 regular-season victories, bettering their 24-58 record in 2006-07 with 42 more wins! That single-season turnaround was the best in NBA history. After the Celtics won the 2008 NBA World Championship, Ray Allen explained: “We just ignored the Big Three talk, and if people are going to place the stigma on the team after we won, everyone is going be fine with it because we did win.”