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PROVIDENCE -- The Celtics will hold an exhibition game in Providence next fall for the first time in more than a decade, according to Lawrence J. Lepore, the executive director of the Dunkin’ Donuts Center.

The arena managers are reserving several dates in October for the Celtics, Lepore said in an interview this morning. "It'd be great," he said said. "We'd sell out."

The exhibition games are typically held in Worcester at the DCU Center. But last Friday, a game between the Celtics and New Jersey Nets was canceled at halftime because of condensation on the floor.

That decision left some of the 10,625 fans in attendance booing and cursing, according to The Boston Globe. The next day, Leopore said, the Celtics called the Dunkin' Donuts Center to schedule a game for next year.

--Journal staff writer Benjamin N. Gedan

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