The Celtics defeated the Wizards 132-122 in the final game of the regular season behind another monstrous performance by Payton Pritchard, but the biggest story was NBC Sports Boston play-by-play announcer Mike Gorman, who gave a deeply emotional farewell to the Celtics franchise as he called his last regular-season game before retirement.
Here are the takeaways.
1. The Celtics pulled out all the stops for Gorman in a well-deserved tribute that resulted in numerous well-deserved standing ovations throughout the game. The team extended halftime, and the ownership brought Gorman out to honor him. Steve Pagliuca spoke for a couple of minutes, then called for Celtics fans in attendance to yell “GOT IT” — Gorman’s signature catchphrase — on the count of three.