A banged-up Celtics squad hosted the San Antonio Spurs in Boston on the second night of a back-to-back. San Antonio, losers of two straight but winners of eight of their last ten, came into Boston with soemthing to prove and, led by LaMarcus Aldridge, cruised by the Celtics to capture a 115-96 victory.
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With a banged up Celtics frontcourt, Coach Popovich and his Spurs ran their offense through big man LaMarcus Aldridge. The 6'11" big man was unguardable out of the gate, scoring a quick 19pts on 9/15 shooting. He was a mid-range assassin, and his hot start was too much for the Celtics to keep up with as the Spurs built a small lead:
Morris was the go-to guy for Boston early on, matching Aldridge's jumpers with some mid-rangers of his own.