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Kemba Walker and the Boston Celtics opened up their first-round playoff series on Monday with a 109-101 victory in Game 1 over the Philadelphia 76ers.
Jayson Tatum scored a playoff-career-high 32 points and 13 rebounds while Jaylen Brown added 29 points. Walker scored 11 of his 19 total points in the fourth quarter as the Celtics outscored the 76ers by 12 in the period to seal the win.
While the Celtics started off their postseason run with an impressive win, a photo of Walker began to go viral afterward. The 6-foot-1 Walker was photographed by Garrett Ellwood of Getty Images trying to high-five the 7-foot-5 Tacko Fall and he didn’t quite reach him.
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— Kyle George (@kyoo) August 18, 2020
Fall set the record last year during the NBA Draft Combine for the longest wingspan (8 feet, 2.25 inches), standing reach (10 feet, 2.5 inches) and height with shoes (7 feet, 7 inches). He is officially listed as 7-foot-5 since the NBA mandated players needed to be measured without shoes on.
Fall didn’t play on Monday but cheered his teammates on from the sidelines and made sure to get Walker up to his 10-foot-2.5 standing reach for a high-five prior to the start of the game.
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