Good morning! Another busy weekend on the Boston sports scene as the Celtics, Bruins and Patriots will be all in action over the course of 24 hours starting with the C's going for 15 straight in Atlanta at 7:30 p.m. tonight. The best part about the packed schedule all three teams are playing at different times so you'll be able to catch it all with no game conflicts to worry about.
The big news on the Celtics front this morning is that Kyrie Irving will go back to wearing the protective mask that he had ditched in the second half of Thursday's win over the Warriors.
Kyrie Irving says he will return to wearing his mask, which he took off during the second half Thursday night, when he takes the court tonight against Atlanta.
— Boston Celtics (@celtics) November 18, 2017
"It was just taking a little bit of my vision away, and going against a team like that that’s just smothering you everywhere you’re going," he said. "It’s just like — I just kept seeing so many bodies in front of me, I was just trying to see the open pass. Just getting used to, I’m coming off, and those guys were just doing a great job — Golden State — they were just trapping me off of every pick and roll, every pin down. So I was coming off, I could only see what was in front of me, and then I had to make quick decisions, and it just wasn’t fluid, so just took it off."
Irving also indicated he wasn't apprehensive about the decision at the time: "I knew the decision I was making. I knew the health risk I was taking. It’s my life."
We'll see if he gets a little more comfortable in the gear tonight after a rough shooting performance in his last two games. Onto the links.
Easily my favorite 2-on-1 fast break of the year pic.twitter.com/fobl0Gqc3e
— Rob Perez (@World_Wide_Wob) November 18, 2017
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