It did not take long for Celtics rookie Hugo Gonzalez to make an impression with his new team after his NBA regular season debut on Friday night. Joe Mazzulla gave the 19-year-old the starting nod in the Celtics’ 119-113 loss to the Pistons on Sunday, giving him the assignment of hounding All-Star Cade Cunningham and other Pistons ball handlers.

And for today's article, we will continue with the first of 14 people to wear the No. 42, Boston guard alum Jerome Anderson. After ending his college career at West Virginia, Anderson was picked up with the 53rd overall selection of the 1975 NBA Draft by the Celtics.

To earn their first win of the season, New Orleans has to be sharp offensively against a winless Boston team that allows the second-most points per game in the NBA.

Cade Cunningham scored 25 points and Jalen Duren had 24 to help the Detroit Pistons hold off the Boston Celtics for a 119-113 win on Sunday.

Per Denver Post reporter Bennett Durando, the Nuggets coaching staff came away with a 114-16 obliteration of the team's media in a similar preseason exhibition contest.

The Boston Celtics are winless through their first three games of the 2025-26 season, putting the NBA's most storied franchise in an unfamiliar spot.