1995 ECSF Game 4 Boston Celtics Ticket Stub Orlando Magic Final Garden Game Shaq

Description: You are looking at a ticket stub for the 1995 Eastern Conference Semifinals game between the Boston Celtics and Orlando Magic which took place on May 5, 1995 at the Boston Garden. This was the final game at the Garden. The Fleet Center would be the Celtics' new home beginning with the start of the 1995-96 season. Check out the salty goodness from Red in the article below. Here is an account of the game from an excellent writer at AP: "The Orlando Magic made Boston Garden a thing of the NBA's past Friday night. Now some nagging questions about them are a thing of the past, too. They hadn't won a playoff series. They couldn't win on the road. With a 95-92 victory over the Boston Celtics on Friday night, Orlando claimed its first playoff series in franchise history. And the Magic did it by winning two games at one of the toughest venues in pro sports. "This building is the best building in the history of basketball," Magic guard Anfernee Hardaway said. "This will go a long way, because we were the last team to win here." Now comes the meeting everyone wants to see: Bulls vs. Magic, Michael vs. Shaq. The Eastern Conference semifinal series begins Sunday at Orlando. "We still have a long way to go," said Horace Grant, who left the Bulls to join the Magic this season. "I never want to compare this team to a Chicago team, but we still have so much to learn." The Magic will be in the Eastern Conference semifinals not because of Shaquille O'Neal, who had 25 points and 13 rebounds, but because of Grant's steady play. Grant had 23 points and 10 rebounds, and his two free throws with 15.3 seconds left sealed Orlando's victory. "I wanted to be in that position and lead the team," he said. The Magic held onto a slim lead most of the fourth quarter until Sherman Douglas hit an off-balance 3-pointer with the shot clock winding down and 2:37 to play, putting Boston ahead 91-90. Hardaway drove the lane and took a pass from O'Neal to move the Magic back into the lead. With a chance to tie the game with 16.2 seconds left, Dominique Wilkins missed the second of two free throws. "I've been in that position so many times," said Wilkins, a 12-year veteran. "I'm just so disappointed in myself for missing that last free throw." After Wilkins' miss, Dino Radja fouled Grant going for the rebound. Douglas put up a 3-pointer in the waning seconds, but it bounced off the rim. He finished with 21 points and Wilkins had 22 with 18 rebounds. Fans lingering after the last Celtics game in Boston Garden swarmed onto its famous parquet floor Friday night, popping champagne to commemorate another finale in the historic building. The Celtics were eliminated from the playoffs with a 95-92 loss to the Orlando Magic in Game 4 of an Eastern Conference series. The Boston fans weren't so easily eliminated. Several hundred milled around for about a half-hour after the game, working their way through the dingy yellow seats to floor level. After chanting "Hell no, we won't go," they rushed past a dozen or so security guards and took possession of the court. Some posed for pictures. Others tried to kiss the leprechaun painted on the center of the court. Finally, they were gently herded out an exit by an enhanced security force. Stadium workers and VIPs were still taking pictures an hour later, even as the "bull gang" was pulling up the floor for the last time. "I just wanted to say goodbye," said Jane Brunet, a beer vendor for 13 years who said her farewell in an orderly fashion. "It's just so sad." Former Celtics coach Red Auerbach, who watched the game from a loge seat near that of former star Larry Bird, was less nostalgic. "(Expletive) the building," Auerbach said. "We lost a ballgame." The Celtics have hung 16 NBA championship banners from the rafters since first playing in the building on Nov. 16, 1946. On Friday night, a fan in the balcony brought a banner of his own: "Legends were made here. Thanks for the memories `Gaahden."' Several of those legends were on hand. With less than a minute to play and the Celtics still in the game, the crowd chanted for Bird. Team vice president M.L. Carr motioned for them to save it for the current players. One fan wearing a Larry Bird jersey had his head covered by a sheet. "I'm the ghost of Celtics past," said Don Zollo of Saugus, Mass. Joan Meissner found the perfect way to say goodbye to the Garden. She paid a scalper $40 for an obstructed-view seat and planted herself behind one of the Garden's ever present support poles. "It's perfect," she said. "I got to my seat and said, `This is awesome, there's a big yellow pole.' That's the best part, because you know you're in the old Boston Garden when you can't see." 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Price: 199.99 USD

Location: Sherman Oaks, California

End Time: 2024-11-27T20:00:01.000Z

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