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On this day: triple OT win vs. Suns in G5 of ’76 Finals; Chaney drafted

The Boston Celtics outlasted the Phoenix Suns in a 128-126 triple-overtime Game 5 of the 1976 NBA Finals.

On this day in Boston Celtics history, the team survived a 128-126 triple-overtime slugfest with the Phoenix Suns in Game 5 of the 1976 NBA Finals for what was at that time the longest Finals game in league history.

Point guard Jo Jo White of the Celtics led Boston with 33 points, and forward John Havlicek would nail a 15-foot bank shot to send the game to its second overtime. At the end of that extra period, Phoenix forward Gar Heard scored a buzzer-beating trey to force the third extra period, with Heard setting a record for minutes played in a Finals game at 61 minutes. That record would stand until 1993 when the Suns and Chicago Bulls would go to triple-overtime and Phoenix’s Kevin Johnson playing 62 minutes.

Boston would go on to win the series two days later and secure their 13th banner.

Ranking every No. 46 pick made in the NBA draft by the Boston Celtics

Our 11th installment of ranking every pick from Nos. 1 to 60, we compare the five picks the Boston Celtics have made 46th overall.

We have arrived at the 11th edition of this series ranking the picks made by the Boston Celtics Nos. 1 through 60 by the number they were drafted at, landing at pick No. 46, which the team has drafted at five times in their seventy-year history the Celtics have been a franchise.

The selections  made here began in 1918 and continued to the 1982 NBA draft, the most recent draft Boston selected 47th overall.

There were no stars in this group, though there was a role-playing champ among the five prospects taken at this late point in the draft.

There are no familiar faces to be found among the players we’re considering here save for the biggest Celtics history buffs.

As with earlier iterations of this series, we employ a rubric that focuses on what players have done while a Celtics above all else, with achievements coming before or afterward an extra way to rank prospects when the difference is slight.

With that said, who are the greatest Celtics drafted 47th overall?

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On this day: triple OT win vs. Suns in G5 of ’76 Finals; Chaney drafted

The Boston Celtics outlasted the Phoenix Suns in a 128-126 triple overtime Game 5 of the 1976 NBA Finals.

On this day in 1976, the Boston Celtics survived a 128-126 triple-overtime slugfest with the Phoenix Suns in Game 5 of the 1976 NBA Finals for what was at that time the longest Finals game in league history.

Point guard Jo Jo White of the Celtics led Boston with 33 points, and forward John Havlicek would nail a 15-foot bank shot to send the game to its second overtime.

At the end of that extra period, Phoenix forward Gar Heard scored a buzzer-beating trey to force the third extra period, with Heard setting a record for minutes played in a Finals game at 61 minutes.

That record would stand until 1993, when the Suns and Chicago Bulls would go to triple-overtime and Phoenix’ Kevin Johnson playing 62 minutes.

Boston would go on to win the series two days later, and secure their 13th banner.

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