Obi and the NYK visit the Celtics at 7:30 pm on ESPN tonight. And by 7:30 they mean the tip will be more like 7:45.
Obi starts the 2Q and absolutely bricked a three and then was the recipient of a really lousy lob which he could not control. Later #1 got out on the break and did what Obi does:
https://twitter.com/TheKnicksWall/st...Cz9c7u_6ctAAAA
In 6 1H minutes he scores 2, grabs 1 board and assists on 1. Obi's leak out got a reaction from the Celtics:
Tim Bontemps
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Joe Mazzulla is as upset as I've seen him at his team after that sequence ended with an alley-oop for Obi Toppin. He just grabbed the clipboard after the timeout, barked at the team & tossed it before going to meet with his coaches.
Now the players are chatting among themselves.
In the 4Q Obi converted 2 FTs when he actually should have been called for a charge. He then hit a layup to boost the NYK lead to 11:
https://twitter.com/TheKnicksWall/st...72466705883138
Then in a turnabout is fair play, he got called for a charge. (Sorry, that's the Celtic fan in me coming thru).
He finishes with 6 points a board and a dime in 11 minutes. It should be noted that Thibs went small at the end of the 4Q with Randle at the 5 and Josh Hart at the 4.
