Expert: Alessandro - 5/10/2008

Question
I'm trying to find a copy of this audio version about the Celtics history. I believe it went along with some old clips of video the person talking has that deep voice and I can remember at least one line in his audio. He says "The Boston Celtics in the Boston Garden where the improbable becomes the inevitable" It's probably 20 years old. Thanks

Answer
I found this article written by Bill Simmons:

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmons/cowbell/041119

Could this be what you're thinking of:

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When I was watching the DVD, I couldn't help but compare it to some of my favorite Celtics shows from the 80's, back when NBA Entertainment would produce those elaborate season recaps for the champion every season. Recently they released a DVD set called "Ultimate Celtics," which features complete telecasts of 7 of the great games in Celtics history, as well as a number of documentaries and shows about the team ... including their four "recap" shows from the 80's. When I plowed through the DVD last week, I was delighted to find my favorite NBA Entertainment moment of all-time -- from the '87 recap, when a banged-up Celtics team limps into a seventh game against the hated Pistons.

Here's what happens: Out of nowhere, they start showing scenes of Boston and the empty Garden, interspersed with Johnny Most's play-by-play and the instrumental beginning of Elton's John song "Funeral for a Friend." And it keeps going... and it keeps going ... and the narrator is rambling about the heart of the team ... and the game starts just as the piano part of the song kicks in...and everything leads to a minute-long sequence in the fourth quarter, the key sequence of the game, when the Celts missed something like 6 shots and kept crashing the offensive boards, culminating in Ainge's back-breaking three as the song crests. I'm telling you, it's an amazing piece of work. My favorite moment in any of these shows.
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Hope that helps,

Alessandro
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