The Celtics advanced to the second round Las Vegas Summer League tournament after beating to the New York Knicks 82-75 on Thursday afternoon. The Celtics opened the game with a small opening line-up, as the 6’8” Guerschon Yabusele was the Celtics tallest starter. The spacing gambit paid dividends for familiar top performers Semi Ojeleye and Jabari Bird; as the former finished with 21 points on 4 of 9 shooting from deep and the latter posted a 13-10-4-3 double double.
The Celtics came out of the gate hot, paced by Ojeleye, who exploded for 11 points in his first seven minutes.