Relive The Celtics 17th Championship With The Blu-ray™ Hi-Def Release Of The “Boston Celtics 2007-2008 NBA Champions” On November 4, 2008 From Warner Home Video
(October 27, 2008 – Burbank, CA) – Over the past few years the Boston Celtics have taken a back seat to the Boston Red Sox and New England Patriots. That all changed in 2008 as the Celtics brought basketball back to life in Beantown capturing their franchise record 17th NBA Championship. Now, Warner Home Video (WHV) and the National Basketball Association (NBA) have teamed up to chronicle the Celtics amazing season on Blu-ray™ hi-def with the release of the “NBA Champions 2007-2008: Boston Celtics.” Watch all your favorite Celtics – Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett, Ray Allen and Coach Doc Rivers – as they lead an inspirational post-season run culminating with the return to championship glory. This 60 minute action-packed DVD will be available on November 4, 2008 for $34.99 SRP.
After winning just 24 games in 2007, the Celtics transformed their franchise overnight with the bold acquisitions of perennial All-Stars Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen, who joined the team’s long-time leader, Paul Pierce. Coming into the 2007-2008 season expectations were riding high and Boston didn’t disappoint. Led by the “Big Three,” Boston took the NBA by storm in the regular season, compiling a league-best 66 wins, the biggest single season turnaround in NBA history. In the playoffs, the Celtics re-affirmed their greatness with grueling 7-game victories over the pesky Atlanta Hawks and Lebron James-led Cleveland Cavaliers. Then after managing to fend off the battle-tested Detroit Pistons, an old rivalry was reborn with a Finals date against their long-time nemesis the Los Angeles Lakers and league MVP Kobe Bryant.
The “NBA Champions 2007-2008: Boston Celtics” Blu-ray™ hi-def will follow the Celtics through their historic regular season, dramatic playoff run and their ultimate victory in the Finals. Celtics fans will witness all the top Finals moments including their incredible 24 point comeback for the ages in Game 4, “The Truth’s” heroic 38 point performance in Game 5, and KG and Allen’s dominating finish in Game 6 as the Celtics routed the Lakers by 39 points. Watch it all from a courtside seat with spectacular highlights, exclusive interviews, and behind the scenes footage, all on one action-packed DVD, as the NBA’s most fabled franchise returns to basketball immortality.
“WHV is excited to release the ‘NBA Champions 2007-2008: Boston Celtics’ as the first ever Blu-ray™ hi-def release from a major sports league,” said Eddie Scannell, WHV Director, Sports Marketing. “This DVD brings the team to life: Kevin Garnett’s intensity, Ray Allen’s skill, Paul Pierce’s heart and the contributions of the entire team and coaches lead up to the big moment as the Celtics win their league-record seventeenth championship over the Lakers.”
DVD Features will include:
• 4th Quarter of Game 7 vs. Cleveland
• 4th Quarter of Game 6 at Detroit
• I am a Celtic
• Kevin Garnett’s 1st All-Star Weekend (1997)
• Paul Pierce – Soaring Above Los Angeles (2002)
• Robert Parish on the new ‘Big Three’
• KG talks with Bill Russell
• Inside the mind of KG
• Danny Ainge – Building a Champion
• Ray Allen – NBA Cares The Credits About Warner Home Video With operations in 90 international territories Warner Home Video, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company, commands the largest distribution infrastructure in the global video marketplace. Warner Home Video's film library is the largest of any studio, offering top quality new and vintage titles from the repertoires of Warner Bros. Pictures, Turner Entertainment, Castle Rock Entertainment, HBO Home Video and New Line Home Entertainment. About NBA Entertainment NBA Entertainment, the league's award-winning production and programming division, produces NBA TV, a 24-hour television network; exclusive content for each of the NBA's team Web sites; and content for the league's official Web sites: NBA.com, WNBA.com, and NBADLEAGUE.com. The NBA is also an established leader in sports marketing, currently maintaining its long list of fully integrated domestic and global marketing partnerships with the most recognizable brands in the world, including leading Internet content and technology providers that bring the game closer to fans around the world.# # #
• 4th Quarter of Game 6 at Detroit
• I am a Celtic
• Kevin Garnett’s 1st All-Star Weekend (1997)
• Paul Pierce – Soaring Above Los Angeles (2002)
• Robert Parish on the new ‘Big Three’
• KG talks with Bill Russell
• Inside the mind of KG
• Danny Ainge – Building a Champion
• Ray Allen – NBA Cares The Credits About Warner Home Video With operations in 90 international territories Warner Home Video, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company, commands the largest distribution infrastructure in the global video marketplace. Warner Home Video's film library is the largest of any studio, offering top quality new and vintage titles from the repertoires of Warner Bros. Pictures, Turner Entertainment, Castle Rock Entertainment, HBO Home Video and New Line Home Entertainment. About NBA Entertainment NBA Entertainment, the league's award-winning production and programming division, produces NBA TV, a 24-hour television network; exclusive content for each of the NBA's team Web sites; and content for the league's official Web sites: NBA.com, WNBA.com, and NBADLEAGUE.com. The NBA is also an established leader in sports marketing, currently maintaining its long list of fully integrated domestic and global marketing partnerships with the most recognizable brands in the world, including leading Internet content and technology providers that bring the game closer to fans around the world.