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On this day in Boston Celtics history, the storied franchise fell 96-90 to a determined Washington Wizards squad in the Disney bubble restart of 2020 hosted at the ESPN parent company’s Lake Buena Vista, Florida-located Wide World of Sports complex.
To be fair, it was not exactly the Celtics’ best players taking the floor that night with Boston choosing to rest their starters with a first-round playoff matchup with the Philadelphia 76ers already locked in place. But the Wizards big man put up 26 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists, and 4 steals for a career performance with teammate Troy Brown, Jr. turning in 17 points and 8 boards of his own.
The game was hard to watch for fans of both teams with neither shooting above 40% from the floor.
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The Celtics were led by guard Javonte Green’s 23 points, a season-high for the reserve wing.
“He played with great intensity on both ends of the floor, was trying to do all the right stuff, and obviously made a big impact offensively and did some really good things on the glass,” said then-head coach Brad Stevens after the game via the AP.
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Forward Semi Ojeleye added 13 points and 8 rebounds, and Grant Williams provided 7 points and 8 boards off the bench.
Boston’s next game would find the Celtics taking on the Sixers in the first round of the 2020 East playoffs.
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Finally, it is also the date that point guard Dennis Schroder signed a contract with the team in 2021.
The German floor general would sign what was then seen as a below-market deal after misreading the market and ending up agreeing to a mini-midlevel exception contract instead of a much larger offer he could have signed to return to the Lakers.
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Schroder’s tenure in Boston was a short one — just 49 games — before he’d be dealt to the Houston Rockets along with Enes Kanter Freedom in a trade bringing back old friend Daniel Theis.
He averaged 14.4 points, 3.3 rebounds, and 4.2 assists per game with the team.
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