Celtics fans chant for their 7 ft 5 rookie Tacko Fall at preseason opener

The chants at the TD Garden Arena for Boston Celtics coach Brad Stevens to make the change grew louder and louder. Celtics fans had come to see their 7 ft 5 rookie and they weren’t taking no for an answer.

And so Tacko Fall, from Senegal, checked in at the start of the second quarter in the Celtics preseason opener against the Charlotte Hornets.