GUESTS:
JOHN LYNCH
420: WARRIORS COUNTDOWN TO TIP OFF
TOPICS:
WARRIORS VS. CELTICS --
-THE LINE
-PROFESSOR CURRY
-BEST WARRIORS TEAM YET?
-CELTICS OR WARRIORS TONIGHT?
CELTICS REALLY GOOD RIGHT NOW
-KERR SAID CELTICS ARE THE FUTURE
"It sure looks like Boston is the team of the future in the East, with the assets that they still have and their young talent and their coaching, and Kyrie [Irving] is amazing," Kerr said after practice Tuesday. "That looks like a team that is going to be at the top of the East for a long time to come. Whether their time is now or the future, that's to be determined, but they sure look like they want it to be right now."
The Celtics have an average age of 24.7 years old, nearly two full years lower than the league average of 26.6. The starting lineup they've been using recently of Irving, Brown, Tatum, Marcus Morris and Al Horford, has an average age of 24.8. Compare that to the Cleveland Cavaliers, expected to be the Celtics' main competition in the Eastern Conference, whose average age is 29.9 years old.
OFFENSE VS DEFENSE:
Coming into this game, the Warriors are miles ahead of every other team in the league with an offensive rating of 116.2 and beating opponents by an average of 14.4 points per game. They are easily the cream of the crop on the offensive side of the ball.Meanwhile, the Celtics have been the second best team in terms of point differential, winning their games by a margin of 7.8 points per game. However instead of getting it done on offense, they have been a juggernaut defensively, routinely holding opponents to under 100 points. Their defensive rating of 95.8 leads the league.
PREVIEW
COULD BOSTON BEAT CLEVELAND?
KYRIE MADE THE RIGHT MOVE
-STEVENS IS SMART
CELTICS DEFENSE VS WARRIORS OFFENSE
PACE- The Warriors are 5th in pace at 104.37 while Boston is 22nd at 98.9
KERR ON DRAYMOND'S 3 POINT SHOOTING
-DURANT PISSED OKC GAVE HIS 35 TO UNDRAFTED FA
"I didn't have that perspective at first. I didn't have it when I went back to OKC. I was like, 'F--k all of them,'" Durant told Bleacher Report. "I didn't have it when they gave my number away. I was, 'F--k all of them.' My best friend works for the team, I told him, 'F--k all y'all. That's f--ked up.'"
"I understand it's not my number anymore, they can do whatever they want with it, but you hand that number to a two-way player, you've got to be, like, 'Nah, we've got too many good memories with this number, man,'" he added. "But at some point, that thing's going to be in the rafters anyway; it's all good."
Oklahoma City gave rookie P.J. Dozier the No. 35 jersey in October, and the gesture also did not go unnoticed by Durant's agent, Rich Kleiman, who tweeted the news with the caption, "All class."
DRAY AT HARVARD TODAY:
Green is friends with a student at Harvard Business School, who connected him with one of her professors interested in having him visit campus. The event Green is speaking at Thursday afternoon is hosted by Harvard’s Institute of Politics and called, “Athletes as Leaders: A Discussion with Draymond Green.”
Initially slated for a classroom with a maximum capacity of about 150 students, the event was moved to a larger venue when more than 500 students signed up. It is scheduled for 1-2 p.m. ET, which allows Green plenty of time for his usual pregame nap before heading to TD Garden around 6 p.m. for an 8 p.m. tip-off.
“It definitely blows my mind to be speaking at Harvard,” Green said. “But then to be of interest like that, where people are really checking for it, that’s pretty interesting.
Draymond Green on people who say stick to sports: “That’s funny, because people think they can speak basketball.”
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Draymond Green on speaking before game tonight: "Everything you do should be beneficial to that game. But I dint want to pass up opportunity to speak at Harvard."
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Draymond Green on race relations in U.S. ""I wouldn’t say it’s worse than it’s ever been. This country has come a long way. But with social media and all these different tools that we have, it's as noticeable as it’s ever been."
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NBA:
-JOEL EMBIID AND THE 76ERS ARE COMING - 46 PTS AND AN ARRAY OF MOVES
-LONZO'S 2 BRICKED THREE'S BACK TO BACK --YOU CAN HEAR THE CROWD MOAN 31% FG
THE FUTURE OF THE EAST ISN'T BOSTON, IT'S PHILLY--
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Didn’t plan on writing about Sixers-Lakers from my couch last night, but...Mr. 69 Percent, Joel Embiid, got me thinking about Philly’s future usatoday.com/story/sports/n…
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-WESTBROOK TAT
49ERS:
-LYNCH SAYS THEY DON'T NEED JIMMY YET - I DISAGREE
- The 49ers say there’s no rush to get newly-acquired quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo on the field. “We know what we like about Jimmy Garoppolo. And that’s only been strengthened by the time that’s he’s been here,” GM John Lynch said (via Matt Maiocco of NBC Sports Bay Area). “We’re just going to let these things play out. That’s in Kyle’s hands. People have had all these ideas about why we got Jimmy. We got Jimmy because we think he has big-time ability at the quarterback position. And we believe so much – to get where we need to get – you have to have a franchise quarterback. We think he’s got that ability. Whether that happens, when that happens, we’ll see. But we certainly like his future with the 49ers. … They’re going to work hard during this week to get him up to speed. But right now, we don’t need him. C.J. [Beathard] just played a great game and his teammates really believe in him. We think it’s nothing but a good situation.”
-49ERS HAVE MOST SNAPS FROM ROOKIES BY A LARGE MARGIN
-DOES LYNCH'S 1ST CLASS SAY HE CAN MAKE THE RIGHT MOVES?
NFL:
-MORE TALK OF JONES BEING FORCED OUT
GOFF'S AUDIBLE BETTER THAN JUST OMAHA
MORE
NOT GOOD- FA AT END OF YEAR
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Oh no wow RT @BleacherReport: Video from Jarvis Landry’s domestic violence investigation released, per @TMZ_Sportsble.ac/2z8BiYw pic.twitter.com/85KktijO7o
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HOT STOVE:
NL MVP ANNOUNCED TONIGHT
OTHER:
-AL FRANKEN THE LATEST SEXUAL ASSAULT
-NATIONAL FAST FOOD DAY: BEST ITEMS ONA MENU ACCORDING TO THE RINGER
-WETZEL'S PIECE ON A FORMER FOOTBALL PLAYER STUCK IN A CHINEESE PRISON ON UNREAL
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Peru fans threw the craziest party after qualifying for first World Cup in 35 years. usat.ly/2zNhiry
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