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Justin Quinn

On this day: Kevin Garnett scores 20,000th point; Don Barksdale passes

On this day in Boston Celtics history, Hall of Fame big man Kevin Garnett scored the 20,001st point of his career in a road game with the Celtics against the Memphis Grizzlies.

In what was then the 13th season of his NBA career, KG broke the 20,000 point mark with a layup in the first half’s final five minutes of play, giving the Celtics a 45 – 27 lead in the process. Only Shaquille O’Neal, Allen Iverson, and Kobe Bryant were in that elite scoring club with him as active NBA players at the time who had also hit that lofty plateau.

With the feat, The Big Ticket (as Garnett is sometimes called) became the 32nd player in league history to score 20,000 points in their career.

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