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Paul Pierce, Larry Bird, Bill Russell, Kevin McHale, and Bob Cousy are several Boston Celtics legends that don’t own the record of quickest Celtic to reach 5,000 career points.
Nope. That would be the 23-year-old Jayson Tatum, who added the accolade to his resume on Easter Sunday night in front of a limited capacity crowd at the TD Garden.
Certainly, in the age of the pandemic, the massive ovations for such feats are significantly muted, but there is a charm to earning these achievements during a demoralized time in our country.