The Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Lakers played some heated, tightly-contested NBA Finals games throughout the 1980s.
Game 1 of the 1985 NBA Finals was not one of them.
Wednesday marks the 35th anniversary of the "Memorial Day Massacre," in which the Celtics absolutely eviscerated the Lakers with a 148-114 win at the Boston Garden.
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Danny Ainge scored 15 points in the first quarter to set the tone, but backup forward Scott Wedman was the hero in this one, going a perfect 11-for-11 from the floor to score 26 points off the bench.
As for the Lakers? Star big man Kareem Abdul-Jabbar scored just 12 points and actually apologized to his teammates after the 34-point rout, which at the time was the most lopsided result in Celtics-Lakers history.
The Celtics only have one other victory on this date (they're 2-3 on May 27) but it also came in the NBA Finals:
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May 27, 1976: A 20-2 run in the third quarter powers the Celtics to a 105-90 win over the Phoenix Suns, giving them a 2-0 series lead in the 1976 NBA Finals.