Boston Celtics

On this day, former Boston Celtic big men Al Horford and Ramón Rivas were born; Boston also defeated the Miami Heat in OT in Game 3 of the 2012 ECF.

Today is also the anniversary of guard Cecil Hankins leaving us in 2002. June 3, 2012; Boston, MA, USA; Miami Heat shooting guard Dwyane Wade (3) missing the last shot of the game against the Boston Celtics in overtime in game four of the Eastern Conference finals of the 2012 NBA playoffs at TD Garden. David Butler II-USA TODAY Sports June 3, 2012; Boston, MA, USA; Miami Heat shooting guard Dwyane Wade (3) reacts after missing the last shot of the game against the Boston Celtics in overtime in game four of the Eastern Conference finals of the 2012 NBA playoffs at TD Garden. Boston won 93-91. It is also the anniversary of a 93-91 overtime win over the Miami Heat in the 2012 Eastern ConferencefFinals as a last-second shot by Heat guard Dwyane Wade failed to fall. A product of Oklahoma State, Hankins joined the (now defunct) St. Louis Bombers in the debut season of the Basketball Association of America (BAA – a predecessor league of the NBA) in 1947. After nine seasons with that franchise, he would sign with the Celtics in free agency in the summer of 2016, making the All-Star team twice with the team (in 2016 and 2018) before leaving in free agency in 2019, only to return to the team via trade from the Oklahoma City Thunder in 2021.