The Boston Celtics have won more titles than any other organization based in the same city in which the franchise was started, and are tied with the Los Angeles Lakers for the most NBA championships in league history with 17 apiece. But the Celtics also won them more as a team effort and with more of their titles coming in the years when the playoffs had fewer rounds as well.
Thus, the list of total postseason series won by individual players in the history of the league put together by the staff of our sister site Hoops Hype has fewer Boston alumni on it despite the Celtics’ dominance of the sport for much of the history of the NBA.
But that list has more than a few Celtics alumni on it — let’s take a look at who won how many series among former Boston players.
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Kevin McHale: 23 series won (tied 28th)
Larry Bird: 23 series won (tied 28th)
Robert Parish: 25 series won (tied 22nd)
Dennis Johnson: 25 series won (tied 22nd)
Sam Jones: 25 series won (tied 22nd)
John Havlicek: 26 series won (tied 20th)
Danny Ainge: 27 series won (tied 16th)
Bill Russell: 27 series won (tied 16th)
Shaquille O'Neal: 32 series won (tied 8th)
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