The NBA season-opener Tuesday night between the Boston Celtics and Philadelphia 76ers won’t be the first time Jayson Tatum and Joel Embiid see each other since their playoffs series in May.
The two rising stars share a trainer, Drew Hanlen, so they spent time working out together over the summer — and Tatum made sure Embiid didn’t forget the result of that hard-fought series.
“I just kept reminding him that we almost swept them,” the Celtics guard told reporters before the team’s practice Sunday. “We should have swept them.”
The Celtics went up 3-0 in the series, before the 76ers won Game 4 in Philadelphia.