On this day, point guard Terry Rozier and Greg Monroe led the Boston Celtics to a 92-83 win over the Orlando Magic with 17 points each as the stretch run unfolded in 2018.
Filling in for an injured Kyrie Irving, Scary Terry was in the beginning stages of the run that would eventually see him and Boston’s young wings Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum lead this team to the brink of the Eastern Conference Finals.
The win came without Brown, who was still recovering from a concussion, and saw center Al Horford score 15 points as well.
“It wasn’t pretty,” head coach Brad Stevens said at the time (via the Associated Press). “We obviously didn’t make a ton of shots, but our defense was pretty darn good.”
Today is also the birthday of former Celtic forward Bob Harris, who played for the team between 1950 and 1954. A product of Oklahoma State, Harris was drafted in 1949 by the Pistons, when they were still in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
He would be traded to Boston the following year for big man Dick Mehen, and average 6.7 points and 7.1 rebounds per game over four seasons with the Celtics.
Harris would be traded back to the Pistons in 1954, but never played again in NBA.
