3 People the Celtics Should Be Thankful For

On this day of giving thanks, Celtics fans top the list, obviously. But our list includes a former NBA executive, a current NBA executive and a player who is not named Jayson Tatum or Jaylen Brown.

Celtics fans at the TD Garden, thankful to have a squad to cheer on that’s among the best in the NBA. Photo by Maddie Schroeder/Getty Images)

BOSTON — For those of you who are taking the time to read this while taking a break from prepping for the big meal later, thank you, thank you, thank you.

The talk in the NBA streets today centers around Boston’s 119-116 win over the Milwaukee Bucks on Wednesday which had the kind of finish you would expect from two of the top teams in the East.

But for those who witnessed it first-hand, Boston controlled the action for most of the game, had one stretch of really bad play, and that was enough to make what should have been a convincing win, into a nail-biter.

The Celtics were indeed thankful for the win.

And with this being a day of Thanksgiving for so many of us, it seemed like a good time to take a pause and point out three people the Celtics on this day, should truly be thankful for.