Boston Celtics

Welcome to the Garden

By Gary Dzen

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Welcome to the Garden, where the Boston Celtics are set to tip off against the Golden State Warriors at 7:30 p.m.

  • Golden State Forward Al Harrington did not travel with the team and will not play tonight. The Warriors will also be without Matt Barnes, who is not with the team for personal reasons.
  • On the James Posey front, the Celtics forward is out on the court right now taking jumpers. Posey did not practice yesterday with back issues, but coach Doc Rivers hoped to have the forward available for tonight’s game. Posey doesn’t appear hampered at all during warmups.
  • The Warriors, last year’s surprise playoff Cinderella, are off to a 3-6 start. They’re scoring 108 points a game, but they’re giving up 110. By contrast, the Celtics are holding opponents to 89 points per game.
  • Warriors star Baron Davis is going through an interesting warm-up routine. Davis is taking feeds from a ball boy and throwing the ball high off the backboard hoping to get a friendly bounce. The point guard is good at getting into the lane and putting up those floaters, but I’m not sure if I’ve seen anyone spend so much time practicing them specifically.

    The locker rooms are about to open. We’ll have player comments in a bit.

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