Live Coverage: 76ers vs. Boston Celtics
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Live Coverage: 76ers vs. Boston Celtics
The 76ers will be playing the Boston Celtics tonight in Manchester, N.H. It's the second game of a preseason back-to-back that began on Tuesday night with a loss to the New Jersey Nets. Tonight's game is the Celtics' preseason opener. The Sixers announced earlier today that forward Thaddeus Young, who suffered a corneal abrasion in the second quarter against the Nets, would be available for tonight's game.
Collins said on Tuesday that both Andre Iguodala and Elton Brand would rest tonight, but things could change given how many minutes the second unit played against the Nets.
Since this game isn't on TV or the radio, we'll be running another Live Tweet. If you want instant updates during the game, follow along in the window below. It's possible we dropped too many Tweets for last night's game, so we'll probably limit it to a few a quarter (plus, there's a baseball game tonight that most folks are probably interested in).
More later.
--Kate
enjoyed your coverage of last night's game. even i'm too young to remember wire service coverage of ball games back when, but this seems like a fairly faithful recreation.— rzzzzz
thanks for these tweets, kate. i'm sure that the few hundred remaining sixer fans really appreciate how it opens a little window onto the guys we'll watch all winter (excuse the alliteration). seriously, it'd be cool if you opened a thread during all sixers games so folks could share "insights" -- like how they do on igglesblog.com during the games.— Leegles
John Mitchell is in his second year covering the 76ers for the Inquirer after joining the paper in November 2011. He covered the Washington Wizards for the Washington Times from 1998 to 2008. He's also worked at the Philadelphia Tribune, the Wilmington News Journal, Courier-Post, Trenton Times and Elmira Star-Gazette.Born and raised in West Philadelphia - not too far from Will Smith - he graduated from Overbrook High School the same year the 76ers won their last championship. He's a proud graduate of Howard University and the proud father of two sons, Jared and Jordan.
ABOUT MARC NARDUCCI
Marc Narducci has served in a variety of roles with the Inquirer since beginning in 1983. He has covered the 76ers as a backup and a beat writer. In addition, Narducci has covered everything from the Super Bowl to the World Series and a lot in between. Narducci also has a true passion for South Jersey scholastic sports, which he has covered for many years.
