The Friday after Thanksgiving is a great sports day, with college football and basketball dueling for the morning and afternoon and NBA action chiming in at night. The Celtics take the court Friday night, plus a lot of non-Boston action. All times are Eastern:
NBA: Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Boston Celtics, 7:30 p.m., Comcast SportsNet New England, NBATV: The high-powered scoring trio of Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook, and Kevin Martin comes to Boston in a game that was very nearly an NBA Finals matchup last year. Rajon Rondo and Westbrook makes for a fascinating point guard duel, while Paul Pierce will really have his hands full defensively with the league's three-time scoring champion.
Elsewhere:
↵College football: Syracuse vs. Temple, 11 a.m., ESPN
↵Ohio vs. No. 23 Kent State, 11 a.m., ESPNU
↵No. 14 Nebraska vs. Iowa, 12 p.m., ABC
↵No. 7 LSU vs. Arkansas, 2:30 p.m., CBS
↵Utah vs. Colorado, 3 p.m., FX
↵No. 25 Washington vs. Washington State, 3:30 p.m. FOX
↵West Virginia vs. Iowa State, 3:30 p.m., ABC
↵South Florida vs. Cincinnati, 7 p.m., ESPN
↵Arizona vs. Arizona State, 10 p.m., ESPN
↵College basketball: No. 13 Missouri vs. No. 2 Louisville, 9:30 NBC Sports Network
↵Kansas State vs. No. 4 Michigan, 4:30 p.m., ESPN
↵No. 5 Duke vs. VCU, 7 p.m., NBC Sports Network
↵No. 14 Creighton vs. Wisconsin, 7 p.m., ESPN2
↵Oklahoma vs. No. 17 Gonzaga, 7:30 p.m. ESPN2
↵Oregon vs. No. 18 UNLV, 9 p.m., CBS College Sports
↵Iowa State vs. No. 22 Cincinnati, 6:30 p.m., CBS College Sports
↵West Virginia vs. Davidson, 12:30 p.m., ESPN
↵Delaware vs. Pittsburgh, 2:30 p.m., ESPN
↵Marist vs. Vanderbilt, 3 p.m., ESPNU
↵Pacific vs. St. Mary's, 3:30 p.m., ESPN2
↵UTEP vs. Clemson, 5:30 p.m., ESPN2
↵Xavier vs. Drexel, 6 p.m., ESPNU
↵Rice vs. Drake, 9:30 p.m., ESPNU
↵Georgia Tech vs. California, 12 a.m., ESPN2