Today in Boston Celtics history: Cs sign Dozier to two way, win G3 of bubble 1st round vs. 76ers

Today in Boston Celtics history, guard PJ Dozier signed a two-way contract with the storied ball club in 2018. An South Carolina alum, Dozier went unselected in the 2017 NBA Draft, signing with the Los Angeles Lakers for their summer league squad instead.

After a pair of stints with the Dallas Mavericks and Oklahoma City Thunder, the Columbia, South Carolina native signed with the Celtics on a deal for a single season. While playing for Boston, Dozier made the All-NBA G League team with the Maine Red Claws (the Celtics' developmental affiliate in the G League, now the Maine Celtics), what functions as the equivalent of the All-Star team in that league.

Boston declined to extend his contract at the end of the season, and Dozier moved on to the Denver Nuggets. He averaged 3.2 points and 2.8 rebounds per game with the Celtics.

Bubble history

It is also the date of Boston's 102-94 Game 3 win over the Philadelphia 76ers in the first round of the 2020 NBA Playoffs, held at Disney's Wide World of Sports Complex outside of Orlando, Florida. The Celtics were led by 24 points and 8 rebounds from point guard Kemba Walker and 21 points and 7 boards from forward Jaylen Brown.

Philadelphia big man Joel Embiid logged 30 points and 13 rebounds, but it was not enough because no other Sixer cracked 20 points. "I don't want to be swept," Embiid said via the AP at the time. "I don't want that in my resume. I'll be playing my butt off. I'm going to come in and do everything that I can to make sure we win a game."

Alas for Embiid, the Sixers were indeed swept.

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