Day: August 24, 2020

GAME ONE / 76ERS 101 @ CELTICS 109 Mike EllisSo convinced am I that the Celtics are going to send the Sixers home expeditiously, I’m gonna talk my shit. The Sixers are the Melo Knicks. But with like two Melos, which is somehow worse? Imagine your future riding on Knicks-era Carmelo Anthony learning to play with… Carmelo Anthony. And it’s looking like they may just end up just the Knicks,...

GAME ONE / MAGIC 122 @ BUCKS 110 Mike EllisOhhhhhhh boy. #MagicMissile is back, baby! Listen, I know this means nothing. I know the Magic have a history of looking like goddamn Ultraman in game ones, then their chests begin to blink out before the start of game two, and the first seed beats their ass. Just let me have this one. Markelle Fultz,—Orlando’s shiny new Penny got the start—well...