Forward David Lee has played only one game since joining the Boston Celtics and is already seeing a few positive similarities with his former team, the defending champion Warriors.
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Point guard Isaiah Thomas led the scoring for the Celtics with 18 points after coming off the bench in the first quarter and Jared Sullinger and Avery Bradley both finished with 14 points apiece. “You just have to make plays, and I think tonight we did that”.
“The way they played, moved the ball, offense, defense”. But I think we should be really happy as it’s the first time we play against another team. Smart averaged 7.8 PPG, 3.1 APG, 3.3 RPG, and 1.5 SPG in his first year in Boston. The most important thing is that this is match-up between an European team versus an National Basketball Association team.
A 32-time Spanish champion, Real Madrid is likely to pose a greater challenge than Olimpia Milano did on Tuesday.
Two New York City police officers involved in the mistaken arrest of James Blake, including one who allegedly tackled the former professional tennis player, will face an administrative trial after the city’s police watchdog substantiated Blake’s excessive force complaint.
Evan Turner did not play due to a knee injury and he may return on Thursday against Real Madrid, which is Boston’s next game.
Mediolanum Forum, Milan, Italy The Celtics begin their 2015-16 campaign with a preseason game in Milano Italy against EA7 Emporio Armani Milano.
“I felt real comfortable”, Hunter said.
Durant missed 55 games last season and needed three surgeries to fix his broken right foot. “With how our spacing is set up, it’s not necessary for me to go Charles Barkley coast-to-coast”.
Both videos also capture a pretty solid 360 dunk attempt from rookie Terry Rozier, but since it didn’t fall, we’ve got to give the nod to Thomas for “best dunk during warmups in a preseason game”.
As he languished away on Golden State’s bench for most of last season, it was easy to forget that David Lee has many tools at his disposal within his offensive skillset.
CHICAGO – Doug McDermott and Jimmy Butler poured in 23 points apiece, and the Chicago Bulls earned a preseason 105-95 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks.
Brian Robb covers the Celtics for CBS Boston and contributes to NBA.com, among other media outlets. After all, this was their first opportunity to play in a game together. He then coached in the National Basketball Association, going 111-82 in 21/2 seasons with the St. Louis Hawks and 25-38 in parts of two seasons with the Knicks. Speaking of passing the ball, second year player Marcus Smart led the Celtics in assist with six, while tacking on 11 points.
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“Thankfully we have a lot of film to look at that will show our shortcomings”, Stevens said.
