The Celtics lost — and turned the ball over nine times in the first quarter — as their biggest preseason concerned played out between Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown and Marcus Smart against the 76ers. The rookies thrived including encouraging shooting and playmaking from Payton Pritchard, but more questions emerged from the deeper levels of the Celtics’ center depth to start the year.
For the 76ers, Danny Green and Seth Curry looked good in their debuts and Tyrese Maxey looks like an effective slasher, but is any of it enough to bridge the fit concerns between Ben Simmons and Joel Embiid?