Undefeated Celtics take on winless Nets
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Brooklyn Nets (0-1) vs Boston Celtics (1-0)
Tuesday, July 10
5:00 PM ET (replay: 7/11 12:00 AM)
NBA-TV
Amway Center Practice Court
For maybe the first and last time I can say that the undefeated Celtics are playing the winless Nets. Has a nice ring to it. The Celtics have the late game today and hopefully will have time to get the jitters out and we will see some good play from our young guys. They face a Nets team with a few players with NBA experience in Marshon Brooks, Al Thornton, Julian Wright, and Adam Morrison. In fact, the Nets boast the only 2 time champion in Summer League in Adam Morrison. The Nets lost their first game to the Magic, 92-88.
In their first game, a 73-65 win over OKC, Jared Sullinger, E'Twaun Moore, Kris Joseph, and Dionte Christmas stood out for their solid play. I expect that we will see more of the same today from these players as all 4 showed good fundamentals and hopefully can build on that start in today's game. We should see more from Fab Melo, Sean Williams, and JaJuan Johnson in today's game as well.
Doc and Danny were on hand yesterday to observe and evaluate while Tyronn Lue did the coaching. The evaluation will continue in this game as decisions have to be made concerning several of the players on the team. For the fans, though, it's just fun to be watching Celtics basketball again.
Celtics Roster
63 Craig Brackins F 6'10" 230 Iowa State
50 Dionte Christmas G 6'5" 205 Temple
40 Jonathan Gibson G 6'1" 171 New Mexico State
12 JaJuan Johnson F 6'10" 221 Purdue
43 Kris Jospeh F 6'7" 215 Syracuse
52 Stephane Lasme F 6'8" 215 Massachusetts
13 Fab Melo C 7'0" 255 Syracuse
55 E'Twaun Moore G 6'4" 191 Purdue
41 Jamar Smith G 6'3" 185 Southern Indiana
7 Jared Sullinger F 6'9" 280 Ohio State
56 Sean Williams C-F 6'10" 235 Boston College
HEAD COACH **
Rivers, Doc
ASSISTANT COACHES
Hill, Armond
Eastman, Kevin
Longabardi, Mike
Lue, Tyronn
Young, Jamie
** SL coach: Tyronn Lue
9 MarShon Brooks G 6'5" 200 Providence
7 Stephen Dennis G 6'6" 180 Kutztown
42 Bryant Dunston F 6'8" 233 Fordham
21 Jeff Foote C 7'0" 265 Cornell
13 Ashton Gibbs G 6'2" 190 Pittsburgh
0 Taurean Green G 6'0" 177 Florida
6 Adam Morrison F 6'8" 198 Gonzaga
34 Carleton Scott F 6'8" 218 Notre Dame
31 Tornike Shengelia F 6'9" 228 Spirou Charleroi
40 Garrett Stutz C 7'0" 255 Wichita State
41 Tyshawn Taylor G 6'3" 185 Kansas
12 Al Thornton F 6'8" 203 Florida State
24 Edwin Ubiles G 6'6" 204 Siena
30 Julian Wright F 6'8" 225 Kansas
HEAD COACH
Johnson, Avery
ASSISTANT COACHES
Carlesimo, P.J.
Elie, Mario
Jones, Popeye
Barrise, Tom
