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Utah Jazz star guard Jordan Clarkson has missed the last four games due to a finger injury. Unsurprisingly, without arguably their second-best player, the Jazz have done little more than tread water in the Western Conference standings, as they own a 2-2 record since he’s been out. So when Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown, and the […]

Boston Celtics big man Al Horford put together a fantastic all-around performance in Friday’s contest against the Portland Trail Blazers. He scored 12 points — on 3-for-4 shooting from behind the three-point arc — dished out a whopping ten assists and grabbed five rebounds in a game the Celtics went on to win by a […]

The Boston Celtics haven’t been playing great basketball since the All-Star break, but they have managed to string together two straight wins, with their victory over the Portland Trail Blazers on Friday night being about as commanding of a victory as we have seen from Boston in awhile. The C’s play the Utah Jazz on […]

After Penn State upset Texas A&M in their March Madness first round game, the university decided it wanted Micah Shrewsberry to be the coach of this team long term. It wasn’t just an upset, Penn State dominated the game with a final score of 76-59. This is Shrewsberry’s second season as head coach of Penn […]

The Boston Celtics will play the Utah Jazz tonight on the heels of a back-to-back. We’re in Salt Lake City sharing our NBA odds series, making a Celtics-Jazz prediction while showing you how to watch. The Celtics dominated the Portland Trailblazers, defeating them 126-112. Significantly, they built a large lead early and never surrendered it. […]

Boston Celtics fans couldn’t help but agree to Jaylen Brown’s “toxic” comments about the fanbase, though some are trying to play it down with arguments of their own. On Friday, Brown made headlines when he said in an interview that he has experienced being treated by Boston fans in a negative way. He noted that […]

The Boston Celtics could be extremely shorthanded on Friday night when they take on the Portland Trail Blazers at the Moda Center. The Celtics have submitted an injury report that contains no less than four of their starters popping up on the list. Robert Williams has already been ruled out, while Jayson Tatum was also […]

Boston Celtics star Jaylen Brown is known for what he does on the court, but he’s never been one to shy away from speaking his mind off it. In a recent interview with The New York Times, Brown discussed the duality of being an activist and an athlete and how he’s remained vocal about what’s […]

Jaylen Brown has some huge praises on his relationship with Boston Celtics teammate Jayson Tatum as he hit back at those who doubt that their partnership could work. Brown and Tatum have been playing together for six seasons now, and they’ve been through a lot of issues and controversies. There was a time when many […]

Jaylen Brown admits he has experienced being treated poorly as a Black athlete in Beantown, but he is not generalizing all Boston Celtics fans. Brown shared this problem during an interview with Sopan Deb of New York Times, noting that there is definitely a part of the Celtics fanbase that doesn’t want to see Black […]

Jayson Tatum and the Boston Celtics have experienced some rough losses as of late, coughing up a 28-point lead against the Brooklyn Nets, suffering back-to-back overtime defeats against the New York Knicks and Cleveland Cavaliers, and slipping up against the worst team in the NBA, the Houston Rockets. However, the Celtics have a chance to […]

The Boston Celtics (48-22) visit the Portland Trail Blazers (31-38) on Friday night! Action tips off at 10:10 p.m. ET. Below we continue our NBA odds series with a Celtics-Blazers prediction, pick, and how to watch. Boston has won three of their last four and sits in second place in the Eastern Conference. The Celtics […]

On Wednesday night, Jayson Tatum put Minnesota Timberwolves big man Rudy Gobert on a nasty poster. The Boston Celtics superstar did not come out of the incident unscathed, however, after Tatum hit the deck hard following a scary fall. Unsurprisingly, the Celtics are now taking the necessary precautions on their star forward ahead of Friday’s […]

Paul Pierce is responsible for one of the more iconic moments in NBA Finals history when it comes to his wheelchair incident. In Game 1 of the 2008 NBA Finals, Pierce had to be taken off the floor in a wheelchair, seemingly knocking him out for the rest of the game. But Pierce ended up […]

Boston Celtics legend Paul Pierce is never one to shy away from the truth, and his brutal honesty recently attracted the ire of former NBA player and ESPN personality Richard Jefferson. On an episode of “KG Certified: Ticket & The Truth,” which is co-hosted by Pierce’s Hall of Fame teammate Kevin Garnett, the topic of […]

Jayson Tatum and the Boston Celtics have been playing some uninspiring basketball as of late. Thus, it’s not too difficult to understand why, on Wednesday night, the Celtics had no time for such petty antics from Minnesota Timberwolves center Rudy Gobert, who saw it fit to swing his feet recklessly towards the vicinity of Derrick […]

Jayson Tatum has put Rudy Gobert on a poster in the Boston Celtics’ game against the Minnesota Timberwolves before suffering a scary fall on the way down. JAYSON TATUM DETONATES ON RUDY GOBERT 😱🔨pic.twitter.com/kp59j6VDh1 — ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) March 16, 2023 The move came in the early stages of the second half with the Celtics leading […]

Jaylen Brown has been wearing a protective face mask over the past few games to prevent further injury on a nasal fractured he suffered courtesy of an inadvertent elbow from Boston Celtics teammate Jayson Tatum several weeks ago. On Wednesday night, Brown took another elbow to the face, this time coming from Minnesota Timberwolves big […]

The Boston Celtics emerged from the All-Star break as the top team in the NBA, and a solid run out of the gate could have cemented their billing as the favorite to win a title this season. Instead, they are in the middle of their worst stretch of basketball of the season, as they have […]

Jayson Tatum accepted responsibility for the Celtics’ disappointing defeat to the Houston Rockets on Monday night. The Celtics never really got going as they were outworked in just about every facet of basketball by the league-worst Rockets who ended up winning 111-109. It was another bad loss for Boston with Tatum notably opening the game […]

It looks like Joe Mazzulla is bothered now. After playing down the Boston Celtics’ struggles last week, the team remains unable to really solve their woes. On Monday, they finally hit rock-bottom after losing to the league-worst Houston Rockets. Jaylen Brown erupted for a 43-piece in the contest, while Jayson Tatum bagged 22 points for […]

For much of the 2022-23 season, it looked like the Boston Celtics were playing on cruise control, having sat atop the Eastern Conference standings for a considerable stretch. However, over the past few weeks, it seems like the cracks in the Celtics’ foundation are beginning to show. And their performance on Monday night against the […]

Jayson Tatum is leading the league in total points this 2022-23 season, but the Boston Celtics superstar couldn’t care less about that. The 25-year-old forward made that abundantly clear in a recent conversation with reporters, emphasizing that his goal is not to win individual accolades but rather to bring back the Larry O’Brien Trophy to […]

Robert Williams has been out of action for the Boston Celtics’ last four games. When Williams went down with a hamstring injury on March 5, the initial diagnosis is that he was going to be sidelined for a period of seven to 10 days. He’s now nearing the tail end of that initial timetable, and […]

The NBA playoffs are on the horizon, and the Boston Celtics are looking to make another deep run for a chance at an elusive 18th championship. The last Celtics Finals MVP, Paul Pierce, believes the C’s have what it takes to return to the promised land, although he envisions them running into a familiar foe. […]

Things got chippy on Saturday night between the Boston Celtics and the Atlanta Hawks. At one point, Marcus Smart got into a bit of an on-court wrestling match with Trae Young, with the pair eventually falling to the floor following an intense face-to-face confrontation. Cooler heads prevailed, though, and the two were separated before the […]

The Boston Celtics (47-21) visit the Houston Rockets (15-52) on Monday night! Action tips off at 8:10 p.m. ET. Below we continue our NBA odds series with a Celtics-Rockets prediction, pick, and how to watch. Boston has won two straight games and sits in second place in the Eastern Conference. The Celtics covered 54% of […]

The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets were in search of a new man to handle the team from the sidelines after announcing the firing of head coach Josh Pastner last Friday, and it looks like they got their guy. Jeff Goodman of Stadium reported Monday that Boston Celtics assistant Damon Stoudamire had emerged as a strong […]

The regular season of the 2022-23 NBA is entering its 22nd week, and the postseason race is heating up even more. We are seeing some strong teams faltering and some erstwhile middling teams moving up with urgency. Of course, they will continue to compete for position with only 12-15 games remaining per club. It goes […]

After dropping three games in a row the Boston Celtics have now found themselves on the winning side of two straight affairs. Their latest triumph came in a road tilt against the Atlanta Hawks. As always, superstar wing Jayson Tatum paved the way to victory with his 34-point, 15-rebound, 6-assist outing. However, despite his obvious […]

Towards the end of a close battle between the Boston Celtics and the Atlanta Hawks, things took a turn for the bizarre. While defending Trae Young on a drive, Marcus Smart crumpled to the floor all of a sudden. The reigning Defensive Player of the Year was hit in the groin by Young’s leg. Smart […]

Kevin Garnett is not confident the Boston Celtics can still take away the Eastern Conference top seed from the Milwaukee Bucks, but Paul Pierce doesn’t think they have to. With the Celtics struggling since the All-Star break–going 4-4 in the eight games they have played since returning to action–the team has also dropped to second […]

The fight for Eastern Conference supremacy is fierce, and the Boston Celtics and Milwaukee Bucks are right in the thick of it. So when the Bucks were able to snag point guard Goran Dragic from the Chicago Bulls, the Celtics were understandably upset. Boston was reportedly “pissed” at Chicago for letting Milwaukee bring Dragic in, […]

The Boston Celtics have been struggling since the All-Star break, and Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett believe they know the reason why. Ever since returning to action following the All-Star festivities, the Celtics have gone 4-4 in the eight games they have played so far. More recently, they are 4-2 in their last six, which […]

The Boston Celtics will face the Atlanta Hawks today. We’re in Atlanta sharing our NBA odds series, making a Celtics-Hawks prediction and pick while showing you how to watch. The Celtics are coming off a 115-93 victory over the Portland Trailblazers. Substantially, the Celtics led throughout, not allowing the Blazers to threaten them at any […]

If coaches and players are asked, they won’t hesitate to talk about the rituals and superstitions they have to keep them ready for games. Boston Celtics head coach Joe Mazzulla is no different, and the one he has might take the prize in the weird category. Mazzulla opened up about what he does when he […]

All season long, the Boston Celtics have proven to be one of the top dogs in the entire association but, when it comes to point guard Payton Pritchard, it appears he’s been more present in the dog house rather than within the club’s active rotation. Despite putting forth rather impressive contributions for the team during […]

The Boston Celtics managed to snap their three-game losing streak Wednesday night. Unfortunately, this feat was not accomplished without any negative repercussions as starting point guard Marcus Smart revealed a stunning admission following their outing against the Portland Trail Blazers. The reigning Defensive Player of the Year “re-tweaked” his right ankle injury according to The […]

Toronto Raptors star guard Fred VanVleet absolutely went off on NBA refereeing after the team’s loss to the Los Angeles Clippers on Wednesday night, and he isn’t the only player who feels that way, with Boston Celtics’ Marcus Smart giving FVV his support. “I don’t know if you guys seen Fred VanVleet’s interview. That’s all […]