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No, this isn't a LOST plot spoiler.  These are the winning lottery numbers.

Celtics.com gave us each of the numbers that could come up to make the Celtics win the lottery on May 22nd.  (thanks Zarren!)

If the basketball gods have any sense of fate and destiny, the numbers that come up will match the retired numbers of several former Celtics:

2 - Arnold 'Red' Auerbach

3 - Dennis Johnson

6 - Bill Russell

14 - Bob Cousy

Sadly the number 15 (Tommy Heinsohn) is not one of the available numbers.  Nor was any number above 14, so that excludes several greats of the past but JoJo White might just come through for us with number 10.  Or maybe franchise founder Walter Brown (1) can lend a hand.  If you go with current numbers, someone might want to get Ryan Gomes (4), Gerald Green (5), Al Jefferson (7), and Rajon Rondo (9) involved, but that combination won't win us the lottery.  Dare I even bring up the number 8?  Play along at home if you like.  (hat tip to Jason for the heads up)

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Hey that’s my pin number…oops shouldn’t have said that.

by Mean Gerald Green on May 15, 2007 4:11 PM EDT reply actions  

that’s amazing I’ve got the same combination on my luggage!

by Biff on May 15, 2007 4:14 PM EDT reply actions  

Jojo couldn’t bring us any luck last year…even though he was wearing his “Lucky Underwear”.

by Maxwell Smart on May 15, 2007 5:19 PM EDT reply actions  

 i think our obsession with the lottery is getting a little pathetic.

by cons on May 15, 2007 5:28 PM EDT reply actions  

I think I’ll play those numbers in this weeks Mass Lottery Games ;)

by Ref10 on May 15, 2007 7:00 PM EDT reply actions  

cons,

we passed pathetic months ago

by jurrasic earl on May 15, 2007 8:27 PM EDT reply actions  

You’re talking Basketball Gods, now, my frien; be cautious…They exist…

by BoundingRounder on May 15, 2007 8:32 PM EDT reply actions  

Wow, I wonder what the 1001st combination is.

The math for choosing four balls out of 14 is:

144! or 14 factorial divided by both 10 factorial and 4 factorial
which works out to
14
13*12*11/4*3*2 = 77*13 = 770 231 = 1001

by CelticPride on May 16, 2007 2:10 PM EDT reply actions  

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