Somehow, the official announcement that Delonte West would start at point guard in the Celtics' first exhibition game -- a 96-86 loss to Cleveland -- lacked the expected pomp and circumstance. You half-expected trumpeters, or at the very least a kid with a snare drum, outside the Boston locker room at Mellon Arena last night. (Full article: 773 words)

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