The Boston Celtics, a member of the National Basketball Association, took part in a sanctioned exhibition against the Philadelphia 76’ers, also a member of the National Basketball Association tonight. They adhered to the rules of professional basketball by playing 48 minutes on regulation court, using a regulation basketball, under the supervision of three professional NBA officials with, I assume, complete knowledge of the NBA rules and regulations.
Those are the only positive words I could muster for this game. It was, by any measure, an offense to the general senses of any rational human being. What transpired tonight in Manchester, New Hampshire was beyond unpleasant.