Boston Blowout Hails Celtics

BOSTON — Bursting with pride and roaring their devotion, a green-tinted, beer-drinking throng of more than 1 million fans jammed city streets today to hail the Boston Celtics as the conquering heroes of the National Basketball Assn.

Responding to chants of “Larry! Larry!” team captain and three-time Most Valuable Player Larry Bird touched off pandemonium when he appeared on the City Hall balcony, waved to the crowd and held aloft the gold NBA championship trophy.