After an overtime classic between two teams that could conceivably be meeting in June, tensions between Patrick Beverley and Marcus Smart will fester from afar until the Clippers visit Boston on February 13th.
The string of late starts that likely eliminated the older population of Celtics fans from viewing an epic OT in LA still stands as a major reason conferences exist. These west coast swings stink, so they only come in packages twice per year for each east team. Still, Beverley and Smart touted their superior energy to set a tone that’ll inevitably carry over to a game twelve weeks from now.