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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:

The Celtics defeated the New Jersey Nets 123 to 117 on that night.