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Doc Rivers and Tom Thibodeau had dinner the night before the game, and something changed. It was something almost as dramatic as how the tables have begun to turn in the rivalry between their teams.
"For the first time since I've known Tom, he actually acted like he wanted to pay," Rivers said. "The waiter brought the tab and he started fumbling for his wallet, and I said, 'Thib, I got it.' That's progress."
It was the only measure of progress for the Celtics Friday night against Thibodeau's Bulls, who in the early days of this chaotic sprint of an NBA season appear ready to squirm out of the stranglehold the Celtics have had them in.
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