The Red Sox play a spring training exhibition against the Nationals at 1:05 p.m. The Bruins host the Lightning in a matchup between the Eastern Conference’s top two teams at 7:30 p.m. Thursday.
“I just want to be at the highest level playing,” Kyrie Irving said after the Celtics lost their fourth game in a row to the Trail Blazers. “That’s what I’m here for.”:
“As long as we get there,” Irving said. “I can’t wait for all this BS about the regular season and keep getting better and talking over and over and over again about what we can do to keep getting better in the regular season [to end].