The Celtics aren’t out to make any statements in the opening week of the season, but as the defending Eastern Conference champions, they know they’re going to get every team’s best shot.
“So how do we handle that?” Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla told reporters Friday in Miami. “Whether it goes our way or not, we have to be able to execute, we have to be poised and we have to be tough.”
In that respect, consider their first pair of tests passed.
