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Herald Neemias Queta for Most Improved: Jaylen Brown backs Celtics teammate’s award case Celtics notebook: Nikola Vucevic looks rusty, but feels ‘pretty good’ in return Celtics dominate fourth quarter to secure season sweep of Raptors Globe Tatum, Celtics pull away late to beat Raptors, move closer to 2-seed: 6 takeaways ‘I’ll do whatever it takes’: […]
Jaylen Brown has been named Eastern Conference Player of the Week for the third time this season after leading the Celtics to a 3-1 week. The Celtics tallied wins over the Miami Heat, Milwaukee Bucks, and Toronto Raptors, while averaging 31 points, 5.5 rebounds, and 5.8 assists per game. The Celtics’ only loss came in […]
1. Big 4th Quarter Through the first three quarters of this game the Celtics looked like they were stuck in mud when it came to their offense. After having some huge first halves in back to back games, Boston only had 80 points going into the fourth quarter, keeping Toronto in the game. The Celtics […]
BOSTON — Nikola Vučević rejoined the Boston Celtics for Easter Sunday’s matchup against the Toronto Raptors. That was the plan, set nearly a month ago when he underwent surgery to stabilize his fractured right finger on March 7. At that time, Vučević had logged 12 appearances since being acquired at February’s trade deadline. He played […]
It wasn’t pretty, but the Celtics started their final stretch at TD Garden with a 115-101 win over the Raptors. Jaylen Brown was a driving machine, Jayson Tatum held court as Boston’s primary playmaker and nearly racked up another triple-double, and Nikola Vucevic returned with mixed results. Toronto could potentially be a first round opponent […]
Jaylen Brown’s 26 points led the Boston Celtics to a 115-101 win over the Toronto Raptors on Easter Sunday at TD Garden, completing the team’s 4-0 season sweep over its division rival. That “rivalry” has been pretty lopsided in recent years. Boston has gone 15-1 against Toronto over the past four regular seasons and has […]
Herald Celtics’ ‘stud’ two-way player reportedly lands two-year contract Globe Jaylen Brown opens up about past criticisms of his left hand: ‘There was some truth to it’ Raptors at Celtics preview: Boston looks for another hot start Celtics express full confidence in center Neemias Queta after spectacular performance against the Bucks Strong play off the […]
Toronto Raptors (43-34) at Boston Celtics (52-25)Sunday, April 5, 20263:30 PM ETRegular Season Game #78 Home Game #38TV: NBCSB, Sportsnet, NBA-TVRadio: 98.5 Sports Hub,TSN 1050, Sirius XMTD Garden The Celtics return home to take on the division rival Toronto Raptors. This is the 4th, and final meeting between these two teams this season. The Celtics […]
Last month, CelticsBlog’s Nate Moskowitz said that the team had become a Derrick White cloning factory: Boston’s newest wave of role players — Baylor Scheierman, Hugo Gonzalez, Jordan Walsh, and Ron Harper Jr. — aren’t being asked to manufacture offense on their own. That responsibility already belongs to Boston’s stars. Instead, they’re asking them to […]
From the moment Tatum hit the court in his first game almost a month ago, one thing has stuck out to me: the guy has come back to the game with a nose for the ball that is truly remarkable. It’s like we’ve got a Steve Austin Six Million Dollar Man thing going on here, […]
BOSTON — The Celtics could have an additional boost when they face the Toronto Raptors on Sunday afternoon; Nikola Vucevic, who has been sidelined since March 6th with a right ring finger fracture, has been upgraded to questionable for the first time since first suffering the injury. In Vucevic’s absence, Luka Garza has stepped up, averaging 9.4 […]
Joe Mazzulla wasn’t supposed to be the long-term answer. A week before training camp in 2022, the Celtics’ future was clear and it was beautiful. They had just come off a Finals loss against the Warriors, the roster was intact, and the next few years of contention felt inevitable. Then, the Ime Udoka situation forced […]
We’re back! And Jayson Tatum might be…like…ALL the way back. Welcome to the Celtics’ Top-5 Highest IQ Plays of the Week! Sure, we love the high-flying dunks and the deep, off-the-dribble step-back threes, but this is a place for the under-the-radar plays that might not get the credit they deserve. The plays that get the […]
BOSTON — Ron Harper Jr. has long awaited this moment. After four two-way contracts, the 25-year-old has finally signed a two-year NBA contract, as reported by ESPN’s Shams Charania. Harper Jr. has appeared in 26 games for the Celtics this season, averaging 3.4 points and 1.6 rebounds in 10.4 minutes per game. Of late, he’s […]
Herald Jayson Tatum, Celtics destroy Bucks to close out road trip Globe Celtics start fast again and roll to 133-101 blowout of the Bucks The 76ers’ return to health could be coming at the right time to make a playoff run Cooper Flagg becomes first teenager to score 50 points in an NBA game in […]
When the Boston Celtics chose Neemias Queta as their starting center, they rolled the dice. They moved on from their three most-used bigs in Kristaps Porziņģis, Al Horford, and Luke Kornet, supplanting their depth by placing their faith in Queta, who had just six career starts across four seasons. Queta, a non-shooting big unlike Porziņģis […]
1. Historic First Half Offense After dropping a franchise record 53 points on the Miami Heat in the game before, the Celtics came into this matchup against the Milwaukee Bucks and dropped 43 more. Boston scoring 96 points in back-to-back first quarters is a new NBA record, beating the previous mark set by the Denver […]
Miami or Milwaukee, South Beach or north at the border, Boston’s blueprint might have been drafted on this 3-1 road trip. After splitting days off in a back-to-back in Charlotte and Atlanta, we’ve seen an impressive two games from Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown. With Brown leading the scoring charge, Tatum has flexed his all-around […]
Boston visited the Fiserv Forum on Good Friday to take on the Milwaukee Bucks. This one, was not a close game from the opening tip, as the Boston Celtics had a balanced scoring output from multiple C’s players. Brown, Queta, Tatum, Hauser, White and Pritchard all scored in double figures as the C’s rolled to […]
Boston Celtics (51-25) at Milwaukee Bucks (30-46)Friday, April 3, 20268:00 PM ETTV: NBCSB, FDSWI, NBA-LPRadio: 98.5 Sports Hub, WTMJ (103.3), Sirius XMRegular Season Game #77, Road Game #40Fiserv Forum The Celtics visit the Milwaukee Bucks for the 4th, and final, game between these two teams this season. The Bucks won 116-101 in Milwaukee on December11. […]
Herald Celtics playoff scenarios: Five potential first-round opponents for Boston Globe Celtics at Bucks preview: Boston wraps up road trip in Milwaukee CelticsBlog What do the Celtics do with two days off in a row? A whole lot, it turns out A few more modest proposals to fix the NBA Lottery Jayson Tatum’s return has […]
BOSTON – Last week, as the regular season began to wind down, I followed the Celtics around for a couple of days. The assignment was not too dissimilar from my usual shenanigans; as a beat reporter, you — in effect — follow the team around to shootarounds, practices, games, and other events (and if you’re wondering, […]
The NBA has narrowed down their list of anti-tanking measures to three options. I think that, unfortunately, this list is too short, and it leaves too many good ideas off the table. Below are some of the ideas that didn’t make the cut… The Wheel Proposed by Mike Zarren, the wheel assigns draft picks without […]
The return of Jayson Tatum was much anticipated. We are just about a month into it and it could not have possibly gone any better than it has. Tatum went through a short shooting slump, but he is starting to find his shot and is a positive in every other aspect of the game. In […]
The Celtics will once again be without Nikola Vucevic when they face the Milwaukee Bucks on Friday night. Vucevic is continuing to recover from a fractured right ring finger suffered almost four weeks ago (on March 6th), but seems to be progressing in the right direction. “He’s getting better, as you saw in the workout […]