at Toronto Raptors (1-0) at Boston Celtics (2-0)
Sunday, October 10
6:00 PM ET
Preseason Game 3
TV: CSNNE, LP 751
Radio: WEEI
TD Garden Probable Starters PGSGSFPFCRondo/Allen/Pierce/Garnett/S O'Neal
Boston Bench Mob Marquis Daniels
Glen Davis
Semih Erden
Luke Harangody
Stephane Lasme
Nate Robinson
Von Wafer
Delonte West
Mario West
Injured Kendrick Perkins (knee) out
Avery Bradley (ankle) out
Jermaine O'Neal (hamstring) day to day
Delonte West (back) probable
Probable StartersPGSGSFPFCCalderon/DeRozan/Kleiza/Evans/Bargnani
Raptors BenchSolomon Alabi
David Anderson
Marcus Banks
Leandro Barbosa
Joey Dorsey
Ronald Dupree
Jarrett Jack
Amir Johnson
Sonny Weems
Julian Wright
Injuries Ed Davis (knee) out
Team ConnectionsMarcus Banks was drafted by the Celtics and played for them from 2003‐06
Reggie Evans and Ray Allen were teammates in Seattle from 2003‐06
Jarrett Jack and Marquis Daniels were teammates in Indiana during the 2008‐09 season
Julian Wright and Paul Piece both attended the University of Kansas
Leandro Barbosa and Shaquille O’Neal were teammates in Phoenix during the2008‐09 season
Von Wafer and Linas Kleiza were teammates in Denver during the 2007‐08 season
Kevin Garnett and Marcus Banks were teammates in Minnesota during the 2006‐07 season
Delonte West and Ronald Dupree were teammates in Seattle
during the 2007‐08 season…
ermaine O’Neal played in Toronto during the 2008‐09 season
Ronald Dupree, Shaquille O’Neal and Glen Davis all attended Louisiana State
Game Notes:Both teams are undefeated with the Celtics having played 2 games and the Raptors having played just one,beating Phoenix 129-78. Although this is the Celtics 2nd home game, it is the first game in the TD Garden since the first was played in Manchester NH.
As with every preseason game, it's hard to predict who will play and who will sit and how many minutes players get as coached try to determine roles and their rosters. Doc has said that he may sit some of the starters in certain games so we may or may not see the usual starting lineups.
With Shaq sitting out practice and Jermaine running with the starters yesterday, we may get to see JO starting today. He is listed as a game time decision but he sounded like he was planning on playing.