That day at Boston Celtics Historically, the team lost Game 3 of its 2020 NBA Playoffs Eastern Conference Semifinals series with the Toronto Raptors 104-103 to fall to a 2-1 lead after winning the first two games of the series.
The loss came on a last-second three-pointer from the Toronto forward. OG Anunoby than a pass as long as a tennis court from the leader Kyle Lowry made possible despite the efforts of the great man from Boston Tacko FallThe 7-foot-5 center was brought in to make things difficult for Lowry. The loss came despite 29 points from the Celtics’ veteran point guard Kemb WalkerBoston’s first playoff game in the Disney bubble.
The Celtics also saw the forward Jaylen Brown add 19 points and 12 rebounds and swingman Jayson Tatum 15 more points, 9 rebounds and 6 assists. “It hurts and it stings to lose,” Celtics coach Brad Stevens said. linked after loss via AP. “But we’ll get back to it and get ready for Saturday.”
“You have to give those guys credit,” Walker said. “That was an unbelievable shot.”
It is also the date in 1898 when the Tremont Street subway would be extended from Park Street to Causeway Street to create North Station. It would be another 30 years before the original Boston Garden was built on the site of 150 Causeway Street.
Happy Birthday in Heaven Woody Sauldsberry. As a Philadelphia Warrior, you have the distinction of being the lowest draft pick to ever win Rookie of the Year. But more importantly, as a Boston Celtic, you have the distinction of being a world champion. pic.twitter.com/ScNFss89ma
— Honest☘️Larry (@HonestLarry1) July 11, 2021
Today is unfortunately also the date of the death of the former Boston the great man Woody Sauldsberry in 2007.
Born in rural Winnsboro, Louisiana in 1934, Sauldsberry would play his college football with the Texas Southern University Tigers. He would be drafted in the eighth round of the 1957 NBA draft (there were many more rounds at that time by the (then) Philadelphia Warriors (now Golden State).
He would play a total of seven seasons in the NBA with the Warriors, (then) The St. Louis Hawks (NOW, Atlanta), the deceased Chicago Packersand the Zephyrs before leaving the NBA for two seasons beginning in 1963 to play in other leagues. Sauldsberry would briefly return to the NBA with the Celtics in the 1965-66 season, playing 39 games for the team and helping them win a title in a reserve role.
Finally, it is also the date the Celtics sent Juancho Hernangomez At San Antonio Spurs as part of a three-team deal that brought Bowl Bowl And PJ Dozier in Boston since Denver Nuggets.
The star of the Netflix film “Hustle” also saw his tenure with the team he ended up with in the film, averaging just 1.1 points and 1.4 rebounds per game with the Celtics.
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