Michael Jordan scores 63 points in a 135-131 double-overtime playoff loss to the Boston Celtics. Jordan broke records held by Elgin Baylor, Bob Cousy and Wilt Chamberlain. But Jordan couldn’t stop Boston from making its own bit of history. The Celtics tied a single-season league record of 33 consecutive home victories, including playoffs, set by the Minneapolis Lakers in 1949-50. Boston wound up sweeping the playoff series in three games. The Associated Press is republishing verbatim the story on Jordan’s 63-point game in the playoff loss on April 20, 1986:
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History was made at historic Boston Garden.
By scoring 63 points Monday, the most ever in a National Basketball Association playoff game, Chicago’s Michael Jordan broke records held by Elgin Baylor, Bob Cousy and Wilt Chamberlain.
But the exceptional Jordan couldn’t stop Boston from making its own bit of history.
The Celtics tied a single-season league record of 33 consecutive home victories, including playoffs, set by…
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