The Boston Celtics have finished their training camp and kicked off their 2024-25 NBA preseason with a pair of wins over the Denver Nuggets in Abu Dhabi. And around the rest of the league, preseasons are kicking off with the last of the trades and signings we are likely to see until the month of December having been finalized.

The NBA returned to the Persian Gulf on Friday for the third consecutive year. The preseason schedule for the 2023-24 season opened with the Boston Celtics beating the Denver Nuggets 107-103 in a matchup of the two most recent championship clubs.

Denver lost, 130-104, to the Boston Celtics on Sunday. This was the second of the two games in Abu Dhabi, Dubai, for the NBA Abu Dhabi Games 2024. Both teams faced off on Friday, and the Celtics eeked out a narrow 107-103 victory.