How Boston Celtics Milestones is played

Every card in this deck carries a hidden value on the same scale — release years and dates — and the run is one long sorting problem. The first card is dealt face up. Each card after it goes into the gap where you think it belongs, and the value only shows once it lands. Get it wrong three times and the run ends with whatever you had placed.

This deck can also be shuffled together with any other deck measured in release years and dates — tick several on the deck tree to build one longer timeline out of them.

What's in the deck

25 of the 25 cards you could be dealt. The values stay hidden until you place them.

Franchise founded A charter member of the new Basketball Association of America
Hired Red Auerbach and added Bob Cousy The coach who would build a dynasty arrived alongside the 'Houdini of the Hardwood'
Acquired Bill Russell on draft day Traded with St. Louis to land the defensive center out of San Francisco
Won first NBA championship Beat the St. Louis Hawks in a double-overtime Game 7
Began run of eight straight titles Opened the longest championship streak in North American pro sports
Won a record eighth consecutive title as Russell turned player-coach Capped the streak while the star center added head-coaching duties
Won title in Russell's coaching debut season Rallied past the 76ers and beat the Lakers with the center as player-coach
Won Bill Russell's final championship The center retired after a Game 7 upset of the Lakers in Los Angeles
Drafted Dave Cowens Landed the undersized center who became co-Rookie of the Year
Won championship over the Bucks Cowens led a seven-game Finals win against Kareem's Milwaukee
Won title after the triple-overtime Finals classic Beat Phoenix in a series featuring a famous three-overtime Game 5
Drafted Larry Bird Used a pick on the Indiana State junior a year before he could sign
Acquired Robert Parish and drafted Kevin McHale A draft-day trade with Golden State completed the frontcourt
Won championship over the Rockets Bird's first title came against Houston
Won a Finals classic against the Lakers Beat Magic's Lakers in seven games for the crown
Won championship over the Rockets again A 67-win team beat Houston for banner number sixteen
Reggie Lewis collapsed and died The young captain's sudden death shook the franchise
Drafted Paul Pierce Landed 'The Truth' with the tenth pick out of Kansas
Traded for Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen Built a new Big Three in one blockbuster summer
Won championship over the Lakers Beat Kobe's Lakers in a Finals rout for banner seventeen
Lost the Finals rematch to the Lakers Fell in a seven-game Finals to Los Angeles
Traded Garnett and Pierce to Brooklyn Sent the aging Big Three core to the Nets in a haul of picks
Drafted Jayson Tatum Traded down and still landed the Duke wing at third overall
Reached the Finals in Tatum's fifth season Lost a six-game Finals to Golden State
Won a record eighteenth championship Beat Dallas in five games for a banner that broke a tie with the Lakers