The Celtics pummeled a number of fringe NBA players wearing Philadelphia 76ers jerseys in their third preseason game on Saturday, claiming a 139-89 win.
Here are the takeaways.
1. We aren’t going to belabor this point throughout the takeaways, so let’s put this right at the top as plainly as we can. Heck, we’ll even put it in a new paragraph so you can’t miss it.
Saturday’s game was essentially a scrimmage. Everything we write during the preseason comes with the “it’s only preseason” caveat, but this game was barely even that.
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The Sixers – a team that employs Joel Embiid, Paul George and Tyrese Maxey – started Ricky Council IV, KJ Martin, Guerschon Yabusele, Jared McCain, and Jeff Dowtin Jr.