The Boston Celtics defeated the Philadelphia 76ers 114-103 at The 02 Arena in London Thursday night, but the real story was the myriad of footballing talent taking it all in. 19,078 fans watched the Celtic’s Jaylen Brown best handle jet lag (he probably slept on the plane while everybody else watched Annabelle: Creation and celebrated all the free sweet berry wine), but one in every three of those spectators was seemingly a Premier League footballer.
Also, Antoine Griezmann was there, hopefully getting a little taste of England before joining Newcastle United.
NBA London 2018 Photos
Arsenal's Shkodran Mustafi and Sead Kolasinac alongside PSG's Julian Draxler and Man City's Ilkay Gundogan
Thierry Henry receives a J.J. Redick jersey
Tottenham’s Toby Alderweireld, Mousa Dembele, Jan Vertonghen and Eric Dier
Michael Ballack and Arsenal's Olivier Giroud
Eden Hazard beneath Dikembe Mutombo
Arsenal's Hector Bellerin
Chelsea's Thibaut Courtois
Crystal Palace's Wilfried Zaha
Manchester City's Kevin De Bruyne
Chelsea's Alvaro Morata
Crystal Palace's Mamadou Sakho
Sir Alex Ferguson
Atletico Madrid's Antoine Griezmann and Arsenal's Alexandre Lacazette
Chelsea's Pedro