After rookie Patrick Ewing played vs Larry Bird for the first time, he called all of his friends who were saying Bird really wasn't that good: "All that trash you been talking... you need to squash all of that. This man is great."
Mikal Bridges pokes the ball and OG Anunoby the fastbreak dunk Jayson Tatum is in a lot of pain the Celtics take their last time out
Shaq on Lebron getting closer to MJ: "I know Lebron, and I know he thinks about what people think... We look at stats, so I think Lebron's looking to tie Kobe and to tie Jordan with championships, and I also think he's looking to pass Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
Lopez No practice for the Lakers today on the eve of the IST championship but D'Angelo Russell is still getting shots up before his rematch with Bruce Brown