Celtics First Team Ever To Have 3 Playoffs Starters Score 0 Points
The Boston Celtics had a historic night in all the wrong ways.
Celtics First Team Ever To Have 3 Playoffs Starters Score 0 Points originally appeared on NESN . Add NESN as a Preferred Source by clicking here . Boston Celtics fans thought they were having hallucinations when they saw head coach Joe Mazzulla's truly inexplicable starting lineup in Game 7 against the Philadelphia 76ers.
The starting lineup, which had never started a game together, included Jaylen Brown, Derrick White, Ron Harper Jr. , Luka Garza and Baylor Scheierman. Harper, Garza and Scheierman worked together to accomplish something no other starting lineup in the history of the NBA could: the Celtics became the first team in postseason history to have three starters score zero points.
The Celtics are the first team to have three different starters (Luka Garza, Baylor Scheierman, Ron Harper Jr. ) with 0 points in a playoff game since starters were first tracked in 1970-71. pic.
twitter. com/qBBP1En2BZ ā ESPN Insights (@ESPNInsights) May 3, 2026 Harper made just the 4th start of his career in Game 7. For Garza, it was start number 7 of the season.