Chat Sports
Celtics news

Celtics Life · Dec 23, 2023

Celtics did something Wednesday not seen in 37 years

The Celtics minus Jayson Tatum and Al Horford not only blew out the Kings in Sacramento Wednesday night, but for the first time since the 1986-87 season, five Boston players scored 25+ points in a game. The five players 37 years ago were the reigning NBA champion starting 5 of Dennis Johnson, Danny Ainge, Larry Bird, Kevin McHale, and Robert Parish. This time around it was starters Jaylen Brown, Derrick White, Jrue Holiday, and Kristaps Porzingis as well as back-up guard Payton Pritchard.

In case you're curious here is the box score from that January 13th, 1987 game (via Basketball-Reference:

Full story at Celtics Life

Chat Sports show

Celtics Today

-

Subscribe

More Celtics news

Celtics finally starting to embody Mazzulla-ball ideals with margin dominance Fansided · 31m The story behind Mike Conley’s first Celtics start: “I thought they were joking” CelticsBlog · 31m Experts release Celtics vs. 76ers prediction as Tatum and Brown headline latest player props MassLive · 31m Mitchell Robinson finally looks like the player the Celtics wanted Fansided · 1h Sixers Notes: Brown, Tatum, Walker, LeBron Hoops Rumors · 1h 10 Takeaways from the Celtics Hunting Trip vs Bucks CelticsBlog · 2h All Celtics news