The Boston Celtics rested a number of players for Tuesday’s exhibition scrimmage with the Houston Rockets, including Kemba Walker, Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown, Gordon Hayward, Daniel Theis and Marcus Smart, and the team’s bench did admirably well in their absence.Though the 137 – 112 score may not seem like it, it bears noting that the Rockets went Guard Carsen Edwards had 19 points and 5 rebounds, while forward Grant Williams put up 15 points and 9 boards, wing Javonte Green had 13 points and 6 rebounds while big man Robert Williams III added 12 points.Even two way center Tacko Fall managed to add 6 points and as many rebounds in what must have been the quietest game of his Celtics career.Watch the highlight video embedded above to see all of the top moments of the friendly scrimmage between the two teams.It is likely their final meeting of the season and Boston’s final tune-up before facing the Milwaukee Bucks this Friday for the start of the eight seeding games each team will play at the Disney-hosted restart.Sign up for the Celtics Wire newsletter to get our top stories in your inbox every morningBoston Celtics veteran defensive nightmare Marcus Smart may not have found success on offense against the long and big Philadelphia 76ers starters, but he didn't let that get in the way of his domination of that team on the other side of the ball in their 2020 first round series with the Sixers.Despite shooting just 33.3% from the floor in the series, Smart got himself to the line 3.3 times per game in that series, where he converted at an outstanding 92.3% of his shots from the charity stripe.He also pulled down 4.5 boards and made 2.5 assists per...Four-time All-Star Boston Celtics point guard Kemba Walker put any lingering doubts about his knee to bed with his performance in the Celtics' first-round sweep of the Philadelphia 76ers to bed last week, and with the defending champion Toronto Raptors heading Boston's way in the next round, that's a huge relief.The former UConn star has been on a tear in the postseason, scoring 24.3 points, 4.3 rebounds, 3.8 assists and 1.3 steals per game while shooting 92% from the free throw line and 49.3 overall.What's more, he's been defending at a high level since the playoffs began, his usually-excellent...Boston Celtics star shooting guard Jaylen Brown is making headlines for his leadership off the court as much as he was last week with his brutalization of the Philadelphia 76ers, whom he helped sweep -- the first such postseason outcome in their 15 total playoff meetings.The Cal-Berkeley product scored 21.5 points, 5.8 rebounds, 2.5 assists and a steal per game over that four-game stretch while shooting 91.7 % from the free throw line, 34.5 % from beyond the arc and 45 % from the floor overall -- not a bad series by any standard of measure. 76ers close regular season by breezing past Rockets 134-96. We're committed to delivering compelling basketball content during the hiatus so we'll do just that in an attempt to make you smile. Stay safe out there and go Rockets! Tobias Harris scored 18 points and the Philadelphia 76ers closed the regular season by trouncing the Houston Rockets 134-96 on Friday night. Skip to main content. Plus, the league reacts to the Jacob Blake shooting in Wisconsin and more.Houston came out of halftime looking unstoppable from 3-point range. Later last night, NBA players met to discuss their next moves, and how to move forward together. Tucker were ejected in the third quarter Saturday after being involved in an on-court altercation.The panel reacts to the latest updates from the bubble as the players decide to resume playoffs this weekend.