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The Boston Celtics managed to take care of business by sweeping the Indiana Pacers in the opening round of the playoffs. It seems point guard Kyrie Irving is well aware that their impressive start to the postseason no longer matters. In fact, Irving is convinced that nothing that has happened until now matters when their […]

The second round of the Eastern Conference Playoffs is set to begin this weekend, with the Toronto Raptors-Philadelphia 76ers series beginning on Saturday and the Milwaukee Bucks-Boston Celtics tipping off on Sunday: Toronto and Philly will start their series on Saturday with a game on TNT (time TBD, depending on if Spurs/Nuggets goes to game […]

Boston Celtics star point guard Kyrie Irving appreciates Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant breaking his game down on “Detail,” Bryant’s show on ESPN+. Irving has talked about how Bryant is one of his mentors in basketball. After Irving won the 2016 championship with the Cleveland Cavaliers, he facetimed Bryant from the locker room, thanking […]

The second round matchup between the Boston Celtics and the Milwaukee Bucks is all set. It’s a rematch of last year’s first-round matchup which the Celtics won in seven games. And Terry Rozier is not just lacing up his shoes. He’s also preparing for a continuation of his war of words with Eric Bledsoe. Per […]

Giannis Antetokounmpo has had an absolutely stellar career in the NBA so far, and it looks as if things are just getting started for the 24-year old. As the Milwaukee Bucks prepare to take on the Boston Celtics in the second round of the NBA Playoffs, Celtics coach Brad Stevens heaped praise on Antetokounmpo: Brad […]

Boston Celtics guard Marcus Smart has been sidelined with an oblique tear since April 7. He’s making progress in rehab, but it sounds like he still needs some time to fully recover. According to a report from Jay King of The Athletic, Smart put some time in on a treadmill during Tuesday morning’s practice session. […]

The Boston Celtics and Milwaukee Bucks both swept their first-round Eastern Conference playoff series, setting up a clash that most of us have been waiting for all season. Now, the team that many expected to have the best record in the East will take on the team that actually ended up having the best record […]

Boston Celtics center Al Horford is keenly aware that the Milwaukee Bucks team they will face this team is vastly different from the 2018 version they were able to beat out in the first round of the postseason. “The way that they’re playing, it’s night and day from last year,” said Al Horford, according to […]

The Boston Celtics have found the proverbial reset button at the exact right time, entering the postseason with a new approach, focused on one team for an entire week and able to break down tasks in a much more efficient ways than in the regular season. “I think at this point it’s about who can […]

The Boston Celtics suffered through an identity crisis and constant mood swings all season long, but returning to the postseason, albeit not in the standing they expected, has allowed them to hit the proverbial reset button. Kyrie Irving, who has led the way of this reshuffle that just landed them a sweep of the Indiana […]

Milwaukee Bucks superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo ended his team’s first-round series matchup against the Detroit Pistons in style, scoring a game-high 41 points on Monday night. The 24-year-old led the Bucks to a 127-104 blowout win in Game 4 of the series, as Milwaukee completed a first-round sweep against the eighth-seeded Pistons. Following the big win, […]

Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo is looking to get some long-awaited payback, as there is still some unfinished business with the Boston Celtics dating back to last season’s loss in a best-of-seven first-round series: “We definitely owe them something from last year,” Antetokounmpo said of the Celtics after a convincing 127-104 win on Monday to […]

Let me preface this by saying that the Boston Celtics were supposed to beat the Indiana Pacers. They were clearly the more talented team, and even though they won just one more game during the regular season, it as blatantly obvious that they were vastly superior. However, there weren’t many who expected the Celtics to […]

The Boston Celtics were expected to send the Indiana Pacers home while the surging Eastern Conference franchise did that and then some. With the Celtics taking down the shorthanded Pacers in a mere four games, Boston managed to complete the series sweep on Sunday afternoon in Indiana while officially advancing to the next round of […]

The Boston Celtics advanced to the Eastern Conference semifinals after sweeping the Indiana Pacers in the first round. The Pacers remained competitive throughout the series, but it was evident that the Celtics were the better team. Whenever the games were close, it was Boston who constantly executed the right plays and made the clutch baskets, […]

The Boston Celtics seem to be peaking at the right moment. After struggling throughout the entire regular season, a lot of people had doubts about Boston’s chances of winning the championship. The team came into the playoffs as the fourth seed, but they were already being counted out against an Indiana Pacers team that showed […]

The Boston Celtics made quick work of the Indiana Pacers in the first round of the playoffs. They managed to win four straight games, completing the sweep as they advance to the conference semifinals. The Celtics will most likely face the Milwaukee Bucks in the next round, as they are one game away from eliminating […]

On Friday night, the Boston Celtics became the first team to three wins in this year’s NBA Playoffs, grinding out a 104-96 road victory over the Indiana Pacers to take a commanding 3-0 lead in their first-round Eastern Conference playoff series. Yes, those Celtics. The same Celtics that were maddeningly inconsistent all regular season and […]

Boston Celtics small forward Marcus Morris says star point guard Kyrie Irving is the biggest difference-maker on the road for the team in the 2019 playoffs. The Celtics went 1-8 on the road in the 2018 playoffs. Irving, of course, didn’t play at all in the 2018 postseason due to a knee injury which required […]

The Boston Celtics had a pretty disappointing regular season, winning just 49 games in spite of many predicting that they would break 60 wins. The Celtics ultimately ended up with the fourth seed in the Eastern Conference standings, two spots below where they were a year ago. However, Boston has gotten off to a great […]

Boston Celtics head coach Brad Stevens wasn’t able to hide his delight for Kyrie Irving, who played a huge role in their Game 3 win over the Indiana Pacers. The Pacers went into the game with the intention of trapping Irving more. However, that didn’t work as Irving continued to make big plays for the […]

Kyrie Irving produces highlights at a rate as high as any other player in the NBA. He might be the most dazzling ball handler in league history and is a wildly creative finisher around the rim, attributes that combined with his elite off-dribble shooting ability make him not just one of the league’s best offensive […]

It seems that the Boston Celtics are well on their way to the Eastern Conference semi-finals after taking Game 3 of their best-of-seven first round playoff series against the Indiana Pacers earlier tonight. The Celtics led for the majority of the game and were able to keep their composure when the Pacers attempted to come […]

Jaylen Brown had the time to shine in Game 3 of the Boston Celtics’ first round series against the Indiana Pacers, and he made the most of the opportunity. Brown led the Celtics in their 104-96 victory over the Pacers, scoring 23 points on 8-of-9 shooting from the field (including 4-of-5 from the 3-point range). […]

Indiana Pacers head coach Nate McMillan says the team will trap Boston Celtics star point guard Kyrie Irving more in Game 3 to get the ball out of his hands. Irving was a magician in Game 2. The All-Star guard put up 37 points and willed the Celtics to a comeback win and get a […]

Boston Celtics backup point guard Terry Rozier says Games 1 and 2 against the Indiana Pacers weren’t chippy, a big difference from the Celtics’ first-round series versus the Milwaukee Bucks in the 2018 playoffs. Rozier and Bucks point guard Eric Bledsoe got into it a lot during the 2018 playoffs. So far in this series, […]

Less than two weeks ago, Boston Celtics guard Marcus Smart tore his oblique in a meaningless regular-season game and was set to be sidelined for four-to-six weeks, meaning he would miss all of the first round and potentially the second round. However, Smart seems to be feeling much better: “We’re just trying to get me […]

Indiana Pacers star Victor Oladipo has received medical clearance from his doctor to travel from Miami and has a flight scheduled to attend Game 3 of the Pacers’ first-round Eastern Conference playoff series against the Boston Celtics on Friday night, according to Scott Agness of The Athletic. Oladipo was knocked out for the season back […]

Boston Celtics guard Marcus Smart has recently spoken out on the oblique injury he recently sustained, which has kept him out of his team’s playoff run thus far. It appears that Smart was in absolute dire pain when the injury first hit him, going as far as likening it to a Mike Tyson body blow. […]

Boston Celtics big man Al Horford has been dealing with an undisclosed illness. He was originally listed as questionable for Wednesday night’s Game 2 matchup against the Indiana Pacers, but he felt well enough to take the floor. Now, according to an official report from the team, he’s fully recovered. Celtics head coach Brad Stevens […]

The Boston Celtics are taking a 2-0 series lead into Indiana in their first-round matchup against the Pacers, but they could just as easily be on the flip side heading into Game 3 on Friday night. The Pacers led by seven points at the half in Game 1, but were outscored 26-8 in the third […]

Anthony Davis made it quite clear this season that he no longer wants to stay with the New Orleans Pelicans. He publicly requested a trade from the franchise back in February, and there were very public trade negotiations with the Los Angeles Lakers, Davis’ reported preferred destination. Now what’s left between Davis and the Pelicans […]

The Boston Celtics were able to take a 2-0 series lead with a win over the Indiana Pacers on Wednesday. It seems head coach Brad Stevens is pleased with guard Jaylen Brown’s performance thus far. Brown has had a difficult time filling the stat sheet against the Pacers. According to Chris Forsberg of NBC Sports, […]

Celtics point guard Kyrie Irving has proven to be a great regular season player over the course of his career. However, like most NBA players, Irving lives for the playoffs, and head coach Brad Stevens knows it. “I just think (Kyrie) lives for getting a chance in the playoffs,” Brad Stevens told Jay King of […]

Former NBA player Ray Allen has recently joined the seemingly never-ending discussion about NBA analyst Paul Pierce’s comments regarding him having a better career than Miami Heat star Dwyane Wade. Allen, who was once a teammate of both Pierce and Wade, told Boston.com’s Hayden Bird that it’s complicated to compare both players because they’re different, […]

Kyrie Irving led the Boston Celtics to a 99-91 victory against the Indiana Pacers in their first-round series matchup. The All-Star guard scored 37 points, seven assists, and six rebounds in Game 2. They now lead the series 2-0. Irving was instrumental in helping the Celtics erase a 12-point lead by the Pacers in the […]

Kyrie Irving was impressed by how teammate Terry Rozier has managed to impact the game, despite playing limited minutes off the bench in the Boston Celtics’ first-round series against the Indiana Pacers. The Celtics grabbed a 2-0 lead after notching a 99-91 win on Wednesday, finishing a double-digit comeback to defend their home court at […]

The Boston Celtics took a 2-0 series lead over the Indiana Pacers on Wednesday, but Kyrie Irving is far from satisfied. Irving, who finished with a 37-point performance on 6-of-10 shooting from the perimeter, praised his teammates for what he called a “gritty” win. He also commended the Celtics for executing well and finding new […]

Despite a scare in Game 2 against the Indiana Pacers, the Boston Celtics are now up 2-0 in their first round series in the Eastern Conference. The first game was a walkover for Boston who easily cruised past Indiana, 84-74, behind a raucous TD Garden crowd. The defense was suffocating from the Celtics in Game […]