BATON ROUGE – NBA Rookie of the Year and former LSU Tiger Ben Simmons got the National Basketball Association season started on Tuesday night when his Philadelphia 76ers hosted the Boston Celtics.
Simmons and the 76ers faced the Boston Celtics in one of two games on opening night of the 2018-19 NBA season.
Simmons is one of four former Tiger players opening the season on league rosters. The Australian averaged over 15 points a game, 8.1 rebounds and 8.2 assists last year in his rookie season.
Two of the other former LSU stars will be in action on Wednesday night for different teams from a year ago as Garrett Temple and the Memphis Grizzlies travel to Indianapolis to take on the Indiana Pacers, while the Orlando Magic, the new home of Jarell Martin, will host the Miami Heat.