On this day in Boston Celtics history, the franchise won their first-ever playoff series versus the (then) Syracuse Nationals (now, Philadelphia 76ers) in 1953 at house behind a 50-point eruption from famous Boston point guard Bob Cousy in a 111-105, four-overtime affair.
The win was a most magnificent one, coming in a four-overtime triumph over the Syracuse Nationals at the old Boston Garden, and saw Cooz head to the totallyfree toss line for 32 tries in the pre-shot-clock contest, of which he handled to transform a extremely healthy 30 of them. Several records were set in the contest, consistingof Cousy’s 30 points at the line being the most in league history up to that point.
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Two gamers from the Nationals — Red Rocha and Paul Seymour — set the record for most minutes played in a playoff videogame at 67, with Cousy right behind them at 66.
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It is likewise the birthday of 2 previous Celtics, center Vitaly Potapenko and forward Norm Cook.
Cook was born this day in Chicago, Illinois in 1955, and was prepared 16th general in the 1976 NBA draft by Boston out of Kansas.
He played simply one season for the Celtics, balancing 2.5 points and 1.1 rebounds per videogame with the group.
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