The big game was on today, but if you woke up late you may have missed it. The Boston Celtics were without Kyrie Irving, Marcus Smart and Marcus Morris for today’s 9:00 am tip-off, but still managed to pull out the 97-96 victory thanks to a buzzer-beating game winner from Al Horford. The Blazers were led by CJ McCollum with 22 points and Damian Lillard had 21. The Celtics were led by Horfod with 22 points and 10 rebounds.
Nurkic had all the coffee in the first quarter
The early start time did not bother Jusuf Nurkic, his 10 points in the first quarter helped the Blazers gain early traction when both teams looked as lively as a Bill Belichick interview.