Watch: Kelly Olynyk plays unlikely 4th-quarter hero in Game 7
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In a Game 7 that featured John Wall, Bradley Beal, Isaiah Thomas, and Al Horford, among other household names, it was Kelly Olynyk's fourth-quarter performance that will be remembered, as the Celtics big man scored 14 of his 26 points in the final frame of the series to help stave off a Wizards rally.
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Olynyk's unlikely 26-point outburst - his previous postseason career high was 14 - marks the highest-scoring playoff game by a Boston reserve since Eddie House scored 31 against Orlando in 2009.
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