It was a night of celebration for the Boston Celtics, as they received their championship rings and raised banner No. 18 into the rafters at TD Garden before hammering the New York Knicks, 132-109.

The Boston Celtics raised their championship banner Tuesday night before blowing out the Knicks, 132-109, at TD Garden.

In August, Celtics president of basketball operations Brad Stevens sat in the lobby of a Paris hotel as he prepared to go watch three of his players compete in the Olympics. Even though his team won an NBA title less than two months earlier, his focus had squarely shifted to the future, to trying to do it all again.