Day 1 of Celtics training camp featured an intense game of 2-on-2.

Not 2-on-2 basketball, though — 2-on-2 Spikeball.

The team shared a video on its YouTube page of pairs of players squaring off in the popular beach game. The finals of the tournament pitted Payton Pritchard and Josh Minott against Derrick White and Ron Holland Jr., with White and Holland taking home the title.

Unusual? For most NBA teams, yes. But not for Boston, whose head coach, Joe Mazzulla, has become known for integrating non-basketball competitions into his practice plans.

In the past, the Celtics have played football, wiffle ball and pickleball during practice. They even had one day last preseason where they held a speed-walk relay race, with the focus on seamlessly passing batons from player to player.

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