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Following the Springboks’ 45-0 victory over Italy at Nelson Mandela Stadium, here are our five takeaways. Top Line A smart, accurate, and aggressive Springboks outfit put their Loftus low behind them to notch up a comprehensive seven-try victory inspired by innovation and sheer brutality. The inexperienced Azzurri outscored the world champions in the second half in Pretoria last week, but …

The Celtics opened Summer League play Friday with a 92-78 win over the Grizzlies. They went up big early, and while the Grizzlies came back to make it a game, the C’s finished off the victory to improve to 1-0 at Las Vegas. While there were some questions on how much first-round pick Hugo Gonzalez would play, he got the …