The Celtics are looking vulnerable for the first time since last year's playoffs

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Happy Friday, folks! Welcome back to Layup Lines. Thanks so much for joining me today. I hope you have a fantastic weekend ahead of you.

We’ve got some good games on the slate tonight between the Wolves-Nuggets and the Pacers-Knicks series.