Ahead of the Boston Celtics season restart with the Milwaukee Bucks, Boston head coach Brad Stevens shared his thoughts during the pregame media availability session on how he felt about the restart now that it was finally up and running officially with games that count.
“We’re glad to have the opportunity to compete together,” offered the Indiana native.
“The benefit of an otherwise uncertain time, as we’ve all transitioned to this bubble, has been being on the court together and competing and sharing the joy of that. And now you get a chance to compete against somebody else, you get a chance to compete against one of the best teams in the NBA and I think that’s a good thing — I know our guys are looking forward to it; I’m sure their guys are too.”
“It was fun to watch the games last night, I thought that there was great competitive spirit on all sides, so it’s good to have basketball back,” he added.
Daniel Theis has been getting in extra work for Bucks, postseason https://t.co/W2p6oTc4Yt
— The Celtics Wire (@TheCelticsWire) July 31, 2020
While both teams may not go as hard as they might during any other regular season game given their designs on valuing postseason readiness over the season’s winning percentage, it should still be one of the premier tilts of the still-young restart.
And no small part of it comes from the joy of competition at the highest levels hard-wired into both rosters.
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