The Boston Celtics got a solid 124-118 victory over the Denver Nuggets on Wednesday night at home. Kyrie Irving led the way with 33 points and seven assists on 12-of-19 from the field, and sophomore forward Jaylen Brown had another stellar performance as he added 26 points, five rebounds, and two steals on highly efficient 9-of-12 shooting, including 3-of-4 from downtown.
A couple of things were noticeably different about both Irving and Brown, as each of them shed the respective headgear we’ve recently grown so accustomed to. Irving finally got to play without his facial mask, while Brown unfortunately traded in his glorious Kurt-Rambis-esque rec specs for a pair of contacts.
During the post-game presser, a reporter asked Brad Stevens about Brown’s new eye-wear, and the Celtics’ coach couldn’t resist the opportunity to make a gloriously bad pun.
And the dad joke of the night goes to….🏆#DadStevens #NBCSBostonDadJokes pic.twitter.com/7UqGinZ1Pv
— Celtics on NBC Sports Boston (@NBCSCeltics) December 14, 2017
“He wore contacts tonight. He’s worn them for a couple hours now, the next couple days,” Stevens said. “We had some laughs in retrospect about that. Retro specs about that.”
Spec-tacular pun, coach. You could almost hear the collective groans of sons and daughters around the world. Stevens hasn’t quite ascended to level of theater Steve Kerr has of late in his press conferences, but he definitely gets an A for effort on this one. However, the real hero is the producer that tacked on the Seinfeld bass line to the end of this video on NBC Sports Boston.
