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And that gave Patriots first-year coach Mike Vrabel his first chance to see the team up close since assuming his new post. Coach Joe Mazzulla invited Vrabel to watch the Celtics’ session ahead of Sunday’s game against the Knicks.

Boston Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla has shown up at New England Patriots practices in the past. So he extended an open invitation to newly-hired Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel to do the same at the Celtics’ practice on Saturday.

The New York Knicks’ struggles against the NBA’s top teams continued, despite a second-half comeback attempt, as they fell to the defending champion Boston Celtics 118-105 on Sunday afternoon at TD Garden.