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Patriots Voice Support For Celtics and Gordon Hayward Following Injury

Robert Alvarez
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Oct 18, 2017 at 8:17 pm ET · 1 min read · 1.2k views
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On Tuesday night the Boston Celtics played the Cleveland Cavaliers in their first game of the 2017-2018 MBA season and to show support for their fellow New England sports athletes, members of the Patriots shared good luck messages to the local basketball team.

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Good luck @celtics tonight #gocelts

— Sebastian Vollmer (@SebVollmer) October 17, 2017

The @celtics have mad fight in them, they don’t quit!!! #Letsgoooo #WIGGSOUT!!!

— jermaine wiggins (@jwiggs85) October 18, 2017

Midway through the first quarter, forward Gordon Hayward went down with a devasating leg injury that saw many current and former Patriots players react with shock and well wishes for a speedy recovery.

Prayers up Gordon Hayward! Damn!

— James White (@SweetFeet_White) October 18, 2017

Tough times don’t last, tough people do @gordonhayward

— Julian Edelman (@Edelman11) October 18, 2017

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