Celtics came out today with no Tatum, Smart, Horford, or Brogdon along with Timelord and Kornet who were out due to injury still and still managed to pull off an impressive win 112-103 over the Charlotte Hornets. JB and Derrick White both showed out tonight but it was Derrick White who looked most impressive. This whole preseason he has looked great but he ran this offense at a very high level today ending the game with 18pts 4reb and 6ast shooting 6-10 from the field. He was aggressive all night getting to the rack but his outside shot seemed to be falling as well.

This game was far from perfect as the Celtics still turned the ball over 20 times allowing 25 pts off those turnovers and they also let up 17 offensive rebounds but if you look at the roster we threw out there tonight, this is as impressive as it gets. The Hornets ran out a pretty normal starting lineup and ended up playing their starters the majority of the game and we were deep in our bench playing guys like Layman, Jackson, Vonleh and Samanic who aren't even on NBA contracts at this point and likely won't be by the time the season starts. While Jackson was listed before this, he had a great second half ending the game with 16pts and 4reb on 4-8 shooting from deep. Vonleh was another guy that played really well in the second half ending the game with 14pts and 13reb. Either way, this is an impressive win with a roster that was missing 5 of their top 7 guys.

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