Kyrie Irving Burns Some Sage To Cleanse Bad Spirits In His First Game Back At TD Garden!

Kyrie Irving’s two seasons with the Celtics were underwhelming for all involved — for the player despite a pair of All-Star appearances, for the team which made its deepest playoff run with him on the sidelines, and for the fans who watched it all and have been eager to greet his return to Boston with a chorus befitting such deep frustrations.

Fans were not in attendance at TD Garden on Friday night, when the Celtics hosted Irving’s Brooklyn Nets in the arena’s first event since the COVID-19 pandemic shut down much of the world in March, but the All-NBA guard perhaps sensed the negative vibes. At least based on his behavior before the exhibition game began. Posted by Abdul