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Greetings, from Boston, where I watched a surprisingly electric game between the Celtics and Jazz on Monday. Stock up on Utah, which beat Boston on the second end of a back-to-back. Lauri Markkanen is off to a terrific start and Keyonte George is looking more and more like a high-level NBA point guard. Stock down on the referees, who somehow missed a slide tackle by George on Jaylen Brown in the closing seconds of the game.
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