Kelly Olynyk scores a career-high 30, incurs memories of Ricky Davis; Tommy Heinsohn goes bananas
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| Olynyk's patented "I'm 7 feet tall but I shoot the ball from 3 feet below the basket" finger roll. |
Last night in the Celtics' 105-87 win over the Sixers in Philly, Kelly Olynyk shot 12-for-17 from the field, 3-for-5 from three-point land and 3-for-3 at the free-throw line. The grand total was a new career-high, 30 points (oddly enough Olynyk's previous career-best was also recorded in Philadelphia, when he poured in 28 points against the Sixers April 14 of last season).
As ESPN Boston's Chris Forsberg noted, it was the largest single-game scoring output by a player off the Celtics bench since the immortal Ricky Davis logged 36 points on April 1, 2005.
If Olynyk has another outing like this in the near future, we can probably expect Tommy Heinsohn to start campaigning for Kelly's Hall-of-Fame candidacy:
"This is the most aggressive I've seen Kelly Olynyk just come down and look for his shot, and I truly believe he can do this every night."
— Tommy Heinsohn (@CSNTommy) December 16, 2014
On Olynyk: "I love when he plays so aggressively and he takes the shots that are available to him – he is gonna be a terrific player."
— Tommy Heinsohn (@CSNTommy) December 16, 2014
On Olynyk's aggressiveness: "I think that he's always been a team player, and I don't know that he wants to step up and be THE man yet."
— Tommy Heinsohn (@CSNTommy) December 16, 2014
KO hits 30! "He could do that every night. He's a 20-point a game shooter if he just looks to shoot it. He's that talented."
— Tommy Heinsohn (@CSNTommy) December 16, 2014
If Olynyk gets his shots consistently? "He's an All-Star player. He's a PERENNIAL All-Star player."
— Tommy Heinsohn (@CSNTommy) December 16, 2014
"Perennial All-Star player," huh? Classic Tommy being Tommy.
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