With a surprise video during Thursday night’s game against the Los Angeles Clippers, the Celtics announced they plan to retire Kevin Garnett’s No. 5 next season.
During the first timeout, the center-court video board abruptly showed the SMPTE color bars for a brief moment before the arena went dark. The screen then fritzed between the color bars and imagery of Garnett, and eventually cut to a collection of moments from Garnett’s six-season tenure in Boston. The two-minute clip concluded with his No. 5, which will soon fill the empty spot in the rafters next to Paul Pierce’s No.