London • When the Boston Celtics and Philadelphia 76ers play Thursday, they'll both be looking to leave a mark on the league's global stage.
A number of the players — including Kyrie Irving and Joel Embiid — set to take the court at London’s O2 Arena are also likely to appear in February's All-Star Game, some surely going to be bolstered by votes they get from those fans in London and watching worldwide. And the amount of young talent that will be on display makes this the most hotly anticipated matchup of the eight regular-season games that have taken place in England.