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Mount Rushmore of Most Clutch Celtics

  • March 21, 2024


  1. Paul Pierce (The Truth): No explanation needed
  2. Larry Bird (Larry Legend): No explanation needed
  3. Ray Allen (Jesus Shuttlesworth): A bit controversial I know. The thing is he def got us out of many bad situations in the regular season and playoffs. Even with good defense on him, he always showed up in clutch moments.
  4. Isaiah Thomas (King of the 4th): He was not here for too long 2 (1/4) seasons, but he showed up in clutch moments both regular season and playoffs. His game 2 against Washington will always be remembered as one of the greatest playoff performances in not only Celtics history but NBA history.

Honorable mentions:
1. Al Horford (I would put him at #5 but I know I would get flamed for it. The truth is, in the past when he was a starter and got minutes he has made many clutch defensive plays either steals or blocks in late game situations or just solid defense. He's had many clutch free throws and shots as well. People don't wanna talk about it, but it's facts and he's proven it.)
2. Kevin Garnett (Similar to Al he's had many clutch late game defensive moments. Shots wise, he has had some clutch shots like I remember the one against the Knicks, Warriors and Sixers as well. He doesn't have too many though because we would rely on Ray or Paul in late games. Nonetheless, as a third option in late games he always showed up)

Let me know how you guys feel about my list.

25 comments

  1. I’m gonna be totally honest, there’s a little bit of recency bias here. Love IT, but he doesn’t belong on an all time celtics list for this storied of a franchise.

  6. Dude, where the heck is the original Mr. Clutch, Sam Jones, on this list? Probably read up on Celtics history before making one.

  8. Maybe if you are under 30 this makes sense. There are a whole bunch of Celtics greats you are missing – who are responsible for 13 other titles.

    And while IT had a fun run, no one goes on any Celtics Mount Rushmore with no title and not even a finals appearance.

  11. If we won game 7, D White 0.1s put back would go down as one of the greatest plays in Celtics history

  14. Gahhh I love Allen and IT but gotta put Bill and Hondo here. Havlicek stole the ball by itself is enough to put home on that list

  15. Nobody is ahead of Larry Legend. Not on the celtics. AND not in the league.
    The bigger the pressure, the better he got. He just did it so often, we became used to it.

  16. Sam Jones and Hondo I would put over Ray and Isaiah. But this two are my honorable mentions

  19. I agree that including Ray Allen is controversial bc they only won 1 ring with him. In defense of including him, I would mention though that some of those subsequent years when they couldn’t quite get over the hump (or overcome injuries), Ray hit some amazing clutch shots, regular season and postseason. There was a series against the Hawks that comes to mind in particular, I think he buried threes to put them into OT and then won it in OT, including one directly in the face of Joakim Noah who was an annoying turd that used to try to battle KG. A Ray Allen 3 in the clutch just felt like it was going down every time.

  20. Some of those guys shouldn’t be on there, despite them being good. Can’t leave out Russell, Dennis Johnson, John Havlicek, hell even Cedric Maxwell is higher up on the list than Al Horford and probably IT too. People forget Max had clutch games in the finals and playoffs and he won us chips.

  23. Just want to shout out Dennis Johnson. For those of us who watched him in the 80s, he always played big in the clutch.

    Cant speak to the 60s/70s teams but Russell, Sam Jones, Hondo and perhaps Jo Jo are all clutch legends.

    Someone here mentioned Cedric Maxwell, which is right on. Always played big when it counted.

  24. IT lol come on man. Dude never came close to winning anything. Celtics fans love overrating these scrams.

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