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.
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Arsenal's Shkodran Mustafi and Sead Kolasinac alongside PSG's Julian Draxler and Man City's Ilkay Gundogan
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Thierry Henry receives a J.J. Redick jersey
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Tottenham’s Toby Alderweireld, Mousa Dembele, Jan Vertonghen and Eric Dier
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Michael Ballack and Arsenal's Olivier Giroud
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Chelsea's Eden Hazard alongside Dikembe Mutombo
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Arsenal's Hector Bellerin
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Chelsea's Thibaut Courtois
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Crystal Palace's Wilfried Zaha
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Manchester City's Kevin De Bruyne
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Chelsea's Alvaro Morata
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Crystal Palace's Mamadou Sakho
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Sir Alex Ferguson
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Atletico Madrid's Antoine Griezmann and Arsenal's Alexandre Lacazette
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Chelsea's Pedro
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