Celtics (0-0) at Raptors (0-0) 12/18

[TheTruthFot18]

Am I dreaming?  A game thread!!  It's really here.   

Yes!!! Rondo looks good in the live practice so maybe he'll play a few minutes on Sunday.

But ya, I'll be happy to see more of Dooling, Daniels, Bass, Wilcox, JJJ, Moore, and Bradley.

[hwangjini_1]

the celtics are back. whew...

tp for the first game thread of the year...even though the sandals dont look very comfy. 

[FLCeltsFan]

Thanks for the TPs and the welcome back to the game threads!   It sure felt good to be making a game thread finally, even for a pre-season game!  Now I can't wait for the game!!! Sure hope they don't black it out here without putting it on League Pass!

[slamtheking]

My god I can't believe how much I missed these!!

TP  FLCF.  Made my day!

[BASS_THUMPER]

C's Fan..

back at werk~


tp playa~

[barefacedmonk]

Sherrod Blakely reported that KG wasn't a part of the scrimmage today because of a thumb injury. X-Rays were negative and he is expected to play on Sunday.

[Bahku]

In honor of you and 'Toine, here's TP #1000 + 8 ... so awesome to see a FlCeltsFan game thread again ... seems like forever! You go, Girl - and go Celtics!

[Surferdad]

This should be interesting.  The bench guys will see plenty of minutes, even more now that Green is out.  Big game for Bradley who has to show the scrimmage was just a one bad game.

I watched some of the scrimmage videos but it's hard to draw any conclusions.  I would not surprise me if the coaches told the players to not go too hard on defense during the intra-squad scrimmage.

[Lord of Mikawa]

I want to stab something. First game of the year and I have no satellite. Curse you DirecTV.

[j804]

via Forsberg

Captain Paul Pierce (sore right heel) was not expected to play, but Kevin Garnett (thumb) and Rajon Rondo (ankle) should be in uniform. Tip-off is set for 1 p.m.

Dont go too hard on them KG 

[ACF]

I want to thank David Stern for not showing this game on ILP.

[hpantazo]

My predicted starters for today:

Rondo
Ray
Quisy
KG
JO

[hpantazo]

This should be interesting.  The bench guys will see plenty of minutes, even more now that Green is out.  Big game for Bradley who has to show the scrimmage was just a one bad game.

I watched some of the scrimmage videos but it's hard to draw any conclusions.  I would not surprise me if the coaches told the players to not go too hard on defense during the intra-squad scrimmage.

I agree, big game for Bradley today. He has to show something or else he will be leapfrogged by Moore, and possibly even get cut.

[lon3lytoaster]

I'm excited to see if 3J and ET can get something going today. I'm all for throwing them both in the fire and seeing what they can accomplish.

[mgent]

My predicted starters for today:

Rondo
Ray
Quisy
KG
JO

I'd say start Sasha.  Bring Marquis and Moore off the bench.