OKLAHOMA CITY -- Boston Celtics coach Brad Stevens said it's "sick" that somebody phoned in a bomb threat involving his team's chartered plane on Saturday night but praised the flight's crew and the officers who greeted the team on the tarmac in Oklahoma City for easing concerns in a tense situation.
Stevens said Celtics travel and equipment manager John Connor and a flight attendant approached him about an hour before Boston's plane was scheduled to touch down at Oklahoma City's Will Rogers World Airport on Saturday night. Stevens was briefed on the threat involving the team plane and said he was advised to not alarm those on board while the plane staff began an initial inspection.