The long wait is finally over. The Celtics will play an actual basketball game today, even if it is just for exhibition purposes. It sounds like the players are ready to start beating up someone else besides themselves.
The Celts spent the day before their opening preseason game running up and down the floor of the Mediolanum Forum, and tempers flared a bit near the end of practice. In one exchange, Isaiah Thomas drove to the basket and was fouled hard by Marcus Smart. Thomas turned around and barked at the second-year guard: "You can't stop me.