The Original Celtics (Part I), 1949

[In March 1952, Red Auerbach was winding down his second season as head coach of the Boston Celtics. His Celtics were about to drop the division title to Syracuse, but things were looking up in Boston, and people were starting to ask questions about just how good Auerbach’s men in shamrock green really were. “How would the Boston Celtics fair against Ne…