In this new and hopefully regular feature, I’ll be discussing, dissecting, and ranting about random games—outside the confines of Sacramento—that catch my eye.
As the TNT crew eagerly reminded us time and time again, “it’s opening night!”—and it showed on the floor Tuesday in Boston. Both teams, hopefuls for the Eastern Conference crown, are shells of the teams they can become by April. But Boston’s absurd depth—and the lack of consistent offensive from Philadelphia outside of Joel Embiid and Ben Simmons—helped the Celtics shake the early season jitters to blow past the 76ers 105 to 87.