Boston Celtics

April 28th, 1990 - Celtics Score Playoff Record 157 points!

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On April 28th, 1990 the Boston Celtics routed the New York Knicks in Game 2 of their first round playoff matchup, 157-128. The 157 points is the most points scored by one team in a single playoff game. The 285 combined points between them is tied for 3rd in all time highest scoring playoff contests. The Knicks did get the last laugh though. They would come back to win the next three games to advance to the next round.

Boston Celtics Retire the # 00 For The Chief

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On January 18th, 1998 The Boston Celtics raised the # 00 to the rafters of the Boston Garden, in honor of Center Robert Parish. Chief owns the distinction of having played the most games in NBA History with 1, 611. Did you know there is only one other team that has retired the # 00 Jersey. Can you name the team & player. Free Blaze up for grabs. Let’s have a killer week dudes!!

Burn of The Week - Larry Bird Torches Hawks

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Our newest installment of the Blaze ‘Burn of the Week’ honors one of the best; Mr. Larry Legend. It was back on March 12th, 1985 when Bird torched the Atlanta Hawks for a career high 60 points!! He went 22 of 36 from the field and 15 of 16 from the line while scoring a Celtics record 37 points in the 2nd half. If you come across videos of this game, it’s so funny to watch the Hawks bench going nuts while Larry was knocking down jumpers left and right.