The Boston Celtics made the trip to Ohio with revenge on their mind and an available Grant Williams on their roster with the Tennessee product back from a one-game suspension. The Cleveland Cavaliers had a key player back as well with Darius Garland returning to action after an early eye injury kept him on the bench to start the 2022-23 NBA season.
As much as it might have been a satisfying answer for the Celtics to pull off an overtime win on the Cavs’ home court of Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, instead, fans of the team found themselves in the Eastern Conference version of Groundhog Day, Cleveland stealing the win in an extra period 114-113.
Let’s take a look at what NBA and Celtics Twitter had to say about the game.