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