Today in Boston Celtics history: Cs end pandemic-interrupted season, sign Dennis Schroder

Today in Boston Celtics history, played their last game of the pandemic-interrupted 2019-20 NBA regular season. The tilt was a 96-90 loss to an underdog Washington Wizards ball club, played at the so-called 'Orlando bubble' in the ESPN parent company’s Lake Buena Vista, Florida-located Wide World of Sports complex.

In fairness to all involved, however, the Celtics had elected to rest a number of their best players in order to give them some rest heading into the first (and thankfully, only) Orlando bubble postseason in history. With a bit of a touch first round series already locked in that had Boston facing the Philadelphia 76ers, such a move made sense for the Celtics even if it did end up with a mostly meaningless loss to the Wiz.

Neither club shot over 40% from the floor, making for something of a tough watch at the end of perhaps the most tumultuous regular seasons in league history.

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“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 of Boston's leading scorer, Javonte Green, after the game via the AP.

Green led all Celtics with a season-high 23 points.

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It is also the date that point guard Dennis Schroder signed a contract with the team in 2021. The German floor general signed what was then seen as a team-friendly deal after misreading the market. He would end up agreeing to a mini-mid level exception contract with Boston instead of a much larger offer he could have signed to return to the Los Angeles Lakers.

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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