The highly anticipated Opening Night matchup between the Boston Celtics and the defending Eastern Conference Champion Cleveland Cavaliers has come and gone. The opening night matchup was our chance to see how much the Celtics have closed the gap on the Cavaliers for the best team in the Eastern Conference and the game lived up to the hype as the Celtics managed to put up a fight down in Cleveland however the game was overshadowed by an event that occured just over 5 minutes into the 1st quarter. Gordon Hayward suffered an injury to his left going for an alley oop pass. Hayward had contact made as he was in the air by both Lebron James and Jae Crowder this resulted in Hayward coming down awkwardly on his left leg resulting in him suffering a fractured ankle and a broken tibia according to the team doctors from both the Cavs and Celtics who worked to attend to him. Hayward would then be flown to Boston where the very next night he would go into surgery. The Celtics would go on to lose that game by just 3 points despite having to adjust on the fly to a new rotation. The next night the Celtics would be forced to go into action against the Milwaukee Bucks playing their season opener this game taking place in the TD Garden in Boston. The Celtics would go into playing this game while knowing Gordon Hayward would being going into surgery at any moment. Gordon Hayward did make a surprise appearance for the fans on the jumbotron giving a message from his hospital bed before going into surgery which got the fans to give a loud ovation however the Celtics would lose this game also as the new starting lineup seemed to have issues working together knowing they had to try and adjust in less then 24 hours and play a well rested Bucks team. The team would pick up their first win 2 nights later over the 76ers down in Philly but had to do with without Marcus Smart and Marcus Morris. We will be joined by Bobby Krivitsky and discuss the first 3 games of the season.