On this day in Boston Celtics history, Celtics fans had the ill fortune — or perhaps pleasure, depending on your feelings about such things — to watch Phoenix Suns guard Devin Booker put up a 70-point game while his team lost 130 – 120 to Boston in 2017.
The then-20-year-old guard joined an elite group of players who have scored at least 70 points in a game, including Elvin Hayes, Wilt Chamberlain, David Thompson, David Robinson, and Kobe Bryant. It wasn’t enough for the Kentucky product to have a historic night for his Suns, though.
Somehow, the Celtics managed to weather the offensive eruption from Booker to come away with the win.