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Following an Eastern Conference Finals appearance despite missing key players, expectations for the Boston Celtics this season were high. Unfortunately, the reintegration of Kyrie Irving and Gordan Hayward into the Celtics lineup alongside young players hasn’t lived up to those expectations. So far this season, Boston has gone 25-18, earning them the fifth seed in […]

The Boston Celtics take on Kawhi Leonard and the Toronto Raptors on Wednesday, and Celtics star point guard Kyrie Irving is not on the team’s injury report after missing Monday’s game against the Brooklyn Nets. Irving didn’t play versus the Nets due to a quad injury. The Celtics lost to Brooklyn by a final score […]

Coming into the season, there was a small faction that wondered if the Boston Celtics had too many cooks in the kitchen. In other words, they had too many guys who needed the ball. After three embarrassing road losses capped off by a 109-102 defeat against the Brooklyn Nets on Monday night, Celtics guard Terry […]

The Boston Celtics capped off a thoroughly embarrassing three-game road trip with a 109-102 loss to the Brooklyn Nets on Monday night, dropping them to 25-18 on the year. Afterward, Celtics guard Terry Rozier acknowledged that Kyrie Irving lit into the team following their loss to the Orlando Magic on Saturday: “Kyrie said a lot […]

What will they think of next? Nike has invented an auto-lacing sneaker called the HypertAdapt BB, a concept that has been more than 30 years in the making. The first to wear the shoe will be Boston Celtics forward Jayson Tatum, who will debut it in the Celtics’ game against the Toronto Raptors on Wednesday night: […]

Boston Celtics point guard Terry Rozier is not having the year many envisioned him having coming into the 2018-19 campaign. After a solid season that was capped off by a playoff explosion a year ago, Rozier was expected to take the next step this season and become a player who could end up earning a […]

Boston Celtics forward Jaylen Brown won’t put all of his team’s struggles on this young core of players, claiming everyone else should be just as accountable for this midseason slump: “We gotta be more accountable as a group,” Brown said, according to Tom Westerholm of MassLive. “It’s not one guy. It’s not the young guys’ […]

Jayson Tatum of the Boston Celtics strongly believes that Kyrie Irving’s comments came from a good place. Per Adam Himmelsbach of The Boston Globe, Tatum commented on Irving’s criticism of the team. To recall, Irving said that the young guys in the team don’t know what it takes to be a championship contender. Per NBA reporter […]

Brooklyn Nets fans wanted to get under the skin of the Boston Celtics, and they knew exactly how to do it. On Monday, Nets fans chanted “Kyrie’s leaving” during the team’s game against the Celtics. The chant occurred in the fourth quarter, amid a big lead held by the home squad. It’s hard to tell if this affected […]

In their game against the Brooklyn Nets, Boston Celtics head coach Brad Stevens called a timeout very early in the game. Just 29 seconds into the game, Stevens stood up from the Celtics bench and signaled to the referees that he wanted a timeout. This was right after the Celtics turned the ball over on […]

The Boston Celtics are the hardest team to gauge in the NBA right now. After a dominant stretch concluded by an eye-opening 27-point win over the Indiana Pacers last week, the Celtics went and dropped games to the Miami Heat and Orlando Magic. The Celtics are now 0-3 against the Heat and Magic on the […]

The Boston Celtics didn’t have the highest of expectations heading into the playoffs last season thanks to key injuries to Kyrie Irving and Gordon Hayward, but they surprised everybody except themselves by falling just one game shy of the NBA Finals. With Irving and Hayward returning to their loaded core this season, many figured the […]

Boston Celtics head coach Brad Stevens doesn’t mind having to hear it from his players after they disagree with a play. Most recently, it was star Kyrie Irving visibly frustrated with a late-game play call against the Orlando Magic that had teammate Gordon Hayward inbound the ball to second-year forward Jayson Tatum, who took a […]

Boston Celtics point guard Kyrie Irving will miss Monday night’s game against the Brooklyn Nets due to a quad injury, the team announced Monday morning. Teammate Marcus Smart will also miss the game due to an illness. The Celtics have had a tough stretch in the middle of the season, most recently taking a loss […]

Before the season began, the Boston Celtics were one of the teams that received high expectations from fans and everyone else around the league. And rightfully so, as they were a few minutes away from making the NBA Finals last year, before falling to LeBron James’ Cleveland Cavaliers. The return of All-Stars Kyrie Irving and […]

The Boston Celtics need to bounce back after losing two games in a row, but they might have to do so without All-Star point guard Kyrie Irving who is questionable against the Brooklyn Nets with a thigh injury. According to the latest injury update by the Celtics, Kyrie Irving is 50-50 to play against the […]

The Boston Celtics have been an incredibly hard team to figure out this season. They are an impressive 5-3 against the Toronto Raptors, Milwaukee Bucks, Indiana Pacers and Philadelphia 76ers, and yet, they are a puzzling 2-5 against the Orlando Magic, Charlotte Hornets, Miami Heat and Phoenix Suns. This past week was a prime example […]

ORLANDO, Fla. – No Bamba, no problem. The Orlando Magic returned after a 1-5 road trip for their first home game of the new year as Aaron Gordon finished with a game-high 28 points to lead the Magic to a 105-103 victory, bolstered by an impressive 13-of-13 from the free-throw line. This is the first […]

Boston Celtics star point guard Kyrie Irving had a lot to say after Saturday’s road loss to the Orlando Magic. The Celtics lost at the buzzer after Jayson Tatum missed a step back jumper from the right corner. Irving was upset because he wanted to take the final shot. Gordon Hayward, who was inbounding the […]

The Boston Celtics’ 105-103 loss to the Orlando Magic featured a frustrated Kyrie Irving that confronted teammate Gordon Hayward for what seemed to be a failed execution of the team’s final play. With 2.9 seconds left and the Magic up by two points, the Celtics had a chance to tie or win the game in […]

Kyrie Irving, who was extremely frustrated after the Boston Celtics’ 105-103 loss to the Orlando Magic, had some choice words for the younger guys on the team. According to Yahoo Sports’ Keith Smith, Kyrie Irving singled out the young guys on the squad for not knowing what it’s like to play championship level basketball. “The […]

At the end of the Boston Celtics’ 105-103 loss to the Orlando Magic, Kyrie Irving was extremely upset at teammate Gordon Hayward during the final seconds of the game. With 2.9 seconds left, the Celtics had a chance to tie the game. Hayward, who was responsible for the inbounds pass, saw a cutting Jayson Tatum […]

The Boston Celtics suffered their second consecutive defeat when they failed to execute in the final seconds, allowing the Orlando Magic to escape with a 105-103 victory. After the game, veteran forward Al Horford pointed out the team’s inconsistent play throughout the season. Al Horford: "We play hard at times. I don't know if we […]

After the Boston Celtics lost to the Orlando Magic on Saturday by two points, Celtics star point guard Kyrie Irving sat at his locker just staring straight ahead for a long time while his teammates had already dressed and left the room. The Celtics lost to the Magic at the buzzer. Irving was frustrated with […]

Kyrie Irving can’t hide his frustration on teammate Gordon Hayward during the dying seconds of the Boston Celtics’ road game against the Orlando Magic. Kyrie was frustrated with Gordon Hayward and Celtics' last shot 😬 pic.twitter.com/sqnaW8amkq — Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) January 13, 2019 The Magic, winners of four of the last five meetings against the […]

Boston Celtics star point guard Kyrie Irving is one of the most gifted scorers in NBA history. Uncle Drew arguably has the greatest layup package from any point guard who has ever played in the NBA, can score from the mid-range, and has a lethal 3-point stroke. Kyrie Irving, though, is a student of the […]

Boston Celtics small forward Marcus Morris says he and Jaylen Brown have moved past the bench incident which took place in Miami on Thursday night. During a timeout, a video surfaced of Marcus Morris and Jaylen Brown shoving each other on the bench during the Celtics’ 115-99 loss to Miami. Morris, however, says it wasn’t […]

The Boston Celtics have been able to become championship contenders again through patience and shrewd decision-making. They’ve built a top-tier team through both the draft, trade, and free agency over the past couple of years as the acquisition of second-year forward Jayson Tatum in the draft, All-Star forward Gordon Hayward through free agency, and superstar […]

The players on the Boston Celtics have had their fair share of disagreements this season, according to Steve Bulpett of the Boston Herald. The report comes out after what transpired on Thursday in Miami when Celtics teammates Jaylen Brown and Marcus Morris had a dust up on the bench which was caught on camera. The […]

Boston Celtics president of basketball operations Danny Ainge doesn’t think what happened between Marcus Morris and Jaylen Brown on the bench on Thursday is a big deal. During a timeout in Miami, Morris and Brown had a minor dust up and had to be separated by teammates. The Celtics lost to the Heat by a […]

Banished from the playoffs once again before the NBA Finals, LeBron James had enough. The Cavs, no matter their regular season win total, could not beat the East’s elite teams when it came to the playoffs. The fourth seeded Boston Celtics emphatically snatched away home court from the first seeded Cleveland Cavaliers in the 2010 Eastern […]

There’s always a good story when Dwyane Wade is in front of a camera. Wade recently did a jersey exchange with Terry Rozier, and in a newly released video, he explained how that all came about. Mr. Wade on Terry Rozier asking for his jersey … several weeks ago. pic.twitter.com/TN19p411Z8 — Tim Reynolds (@ByTimReynolds) January […]

Boston Celtics guard Marcus Smart utterly destroyed Bam Adebayo at the basket. Smart used his extremely high lateral jump to meet the 6’10” Adebayo at the rim. Marcus Smart (6’4) blocks Bam Adebayo (6’10) at the rim. pic.twitter.com/Cnhw2xT9Pp — Hoop Central (@TheHoopCentral) January 11, 2019 However, the Celtics did end up losing to the Miami […]

Early on in the contest including the Boston Celtics and Miami Heat, things got heated when Marcus Morris pushed Jaylen Brown to the side in the huddle. There seemed like some kind of unsolved animosity between the two, but it quickly de-escalated. Jaylen Brown and Marcus Morris had to get separated during a timeout… (via […]

The Boston Celtics suffered a setback on Thursday night, as the team lost to the Miami Heat on the road by a final score of 115-99. Celtics star point guard Kyrie Irving, who scored 22 points in the defeat, is one of the leaders of this team and he took the mature route after the […]

The Miami Heat defeated the Boston Celtics in South Beach on Thursday, and the team was on fire from beyond the arc all night long. Miami made a season-high 18 3-pointers against the Celtics on Thursday and wound up defeating Boston by a final score of 115-99. The Heat are now 20-20 on the season […]

The Miami Heat notched their 20th win of the season after beating the Boston Celtics, 115-99, on Thursday night. After the game, Celtics guard Terry Rozier exchanged jerseys with his childhood hero, Dwyane Wade. Terry Rozier swapping jerseys with childhood hero Dwyane Wade. Awesome (via @NBAonTNT) pic.twitter.com/WwnIHb674z — Sports Illustrated (@SInow) January 11, 2019 Wade, […]

The Boston Celtics have experienced a roller coaster of a first half of the season, failing to dominate the Eastern Conference as some expected and battling through their share of bumps on the road. Franchise star Kyrie Irving noted one pivotal point that had his team on the uptrend, a team meeting after a loss […]

In midst of the Anthony Davis trade hoopla, Boston Celtics star Jayson Tatum decided to join in with his own hyperbole. When asked via the Celtics Beat Podcast, Tatum stated that he would trade himself for Davis if he were considered a trading option. “Yeah, I’d trade me too for Anthony Davis,” Whether it sounds […]