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Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown each scored 35 points and the Boston Celtics beat the Philadelphia 76ers 126-117 in the opening game of the NBA regular season ...

The 10-time All-Star frustrated the Celtics, displaying the mobility he was missing a year ago. He was able to get to the free throw line often. READ MORE:

Last year's conference champs showed exactly why they will be forces to be reckoned with over the course of this new season.

Domination from tip to buzzer by the Warriors, whose play matched the shine glimmering off the 2022 Championship rings they received in the pregame festivities. The game, though? Against any other conference foe, the Sixers might have come out on top on Tuesday. It feels like it was yesterday that Tommy was in kindergarten; that the first Hangover was in theaters; that Stephen Curry was winning his first title. On the other side, James Harden led the way in scoring for the 76ers with 35, while Joel Embiid poured in 26 of his own and snatched 15 rebounds. Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown combined for 70 points (35 apiece) to pace the Celtics to victory.

The Boston Celtics and Philadelphia 76ers squared off to begin the 2022-23 NBA regular season. Here are our major takeaways.

Teams will struggle to keep up with them, but it will be all for naught if the second unit gets blown out of the water in this fashion on a nightly basis. [could be sidelined into the second half of the season](https://nbaanalysis.net/2022/10/18/nba-news-boston-celtics-receive-brutal-injury-news-about-robert-williams-iii/). Tatum was very open about how terrible it felt to lose the championship against the Warriors. Health is the only real concern when it comes to Brogdon, but hopefully, a lesser workload coming off the bench will help keep him fresh and healthier. Brogdon was given a choice by the Pacers to select where he wanted to go. He made a shrewd move acquiring Malcolm Brogdon from the Indiana Pacers and it looks like it will pay off well. Performances like that make the 76ers a very difficult team to play against. That was all they needed to get an edge in the game, as the Celtics were victorious, winning a very high-scoring game, 126-117. They hoped he would be the superstar pairing Joel Embiid needed to get the team over the hump, but he was unable to provide that kind of production. Let’s take a deeper dive into things and look at some of the major takeaways from the season opener. The night got started with a matchup between the Philadelphia 76ers and Boston Celtics with a touching tribute pregame for Bill Russell, who passed away earlier this year. It was a competitive game between two teams that are expecting to challenge for not only Eastern Conference supremacy but contend for a championship in June as well.

NBA basketball is officially here! After four long, hoops-free months, we have finally arrived at the beginning of the 2022-23 season, and, boy, ...

The pick: James under 26.5 points [Draymond Green](/nba/players/1992792/draymond-green/) will surely want to make an impression after his tumultuous training camp, and the Lakers are so devoid of shooting that it's hard to envision them scoring many points against the locked-in Warriors. [Boston Celtics](https://www.cbssports.com/nba/teams/BOS/boston-celtics/) and the trendy conference sleeper [Philadelphia 76ers](https://www.cbssports.com/nba/teams/PHI/philadelphia-76ers/). [Al Horford](/nba/players/1231877/al-horford/) has famously defended [Joel Embiid](/nba/players/2135528/joel-embiid/) extremely well over the years. The pick: Over 216 The pick: 76ers +3 [Tyrese Maxey](/nba/players/3142479/tyrese-maxey/) ascending, they are likely perfectly content with Harden preserving his body and focusing on setting up his teammates. Tucker](/nba/players/1113186/p-j-tucker/) are going to look. Remember, the Celtics were a No. [Robert Williams III](/nba/players/2268547/robert-williams-iii/) leaves Boston painfully thin up front. So let's dive into Tuesday night's slate and decide on our best bets for the opening night of the 2022-23 NBA season. In one corner, we have one of the Eastern Conference's oldest rivalries: the defending Eastern Conference champion