Here's a story for the ages. Before tonight's game, Boston Celtics forward Chuck Connors launched a forty foot warmup shot and broke the damn backboard at the Boston Arena. The building manager went looking for a spare in the back but couldn't find one. The Celtics front office realized the nearest backboard was 15 minutes away at the Boston Garden. Only one problem, the reason the Celtics were at the Arena and not the Garden was the circus is in town at the Garden. They actually delayed the game for almost an hour as they had to lug the backboard out of the Boston Garden and drive it to the Arena. Once the game started, the Celtics took a 33-27 halftime lead over the Chicago Stags. The Stags surged ahead to tie the game at 46 apiece going into the fourth quarter and beat the Celtics by a basket, 57-55 at the Boston Arena.
Jackass of The Night is Chuck Connors for breaking the damn backboard and playing poor defense on Max Zaslofsky who torched the Celtics for 28 points. He also missed two free throws in a game decided by 2 points.
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That's two games and two losses for the Celtics. This game they could have won if they bothered to covered Zaslofsky. Johnny Simmons had 13 points and Wyndol Gray has 12, not much you can do when Connie Simmons doesn't play. Connors breaking the backboard was pretty funny but missing two crucial free throws is anything but funny. The Celtics only play 60 games this year and starting out 0-2 sucks. Celtics coach John "Honey" Russell has a lot of work to do but he may not have the horses to do it. Getting Connie Simmons going and hoping Wyndol Gray plays well will give the Celtics a slight chance to win some games this season. After three days off, the Celtics play their next game on Saturday night in Detroit against Stan Miasek's Falcons. The game begins at 7:00 PM at Detroit Olympia.
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