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 (not too shabby company to be in, if you ask us). 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.