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The Celtics are scheduled to face the Atlanta Hawks on Friday night. However, it sounds like Boston is going to be without the services of Al Horford, who’s dealing with a sore left knee. #NEBHInjuryReport Al Horford has been downgraded to out tonight vs @ATLHawks — Boston Celtics (@celtics) November 23, 2018 Horford, now 32 […]

Boston Celtics All-Star Kyrie Irving has established himself as one of the best point guards in today’s NBA, but it sounds like he’s already contemplating his retirement plan. Irving, now 26 years of age, recently told Celtics beat reporter Marc D’Amico that he would like to play into his mid-30’s. If he so chooses, he […]

The Boston Celtics are off to a less than ideal start to this season. They’re currently holding a 9-9 overall record and have one of the lowest-rated offenses in the NBA. Obviously, some members of the team aren’t playing up to their potential, and Marcus Morris sees a growing issue. Morris has played well through […]

It has been a rough season so far for the Boston Celtics, relatively speaking. Labeled as among the favorites to win the post-LeBron era Eastern Conference prior to the season, the Celtics are not only having a hard time finding consistency, but they are also seemingly getting tired by the losses they’ve been absorbing of […]

Kyrie Irving of the Boston Celtics sent an apology over his Thanksgiving comments made following the Celtics loss the New York Knicks. Via Twitter, Irving admitted that he spoke with frustration after their 109-117 loss on Wednesday night. He added that as a professional, he shouldn’t have uttered those words. https://twitter.com/KyrieIrving/status/1065614313208070144 Irving added that he […]

“He sacrificed his dream, so I could live mine.” These were the exact words of Boston Celtics star Kyrie Irving in his latest Nike commercial that pays tribute to his father, Drederick Irving. Kyrie Irving never shied away from talking about the huge influence his father had on him when he was growing up. And in […]

It’s not a secret that one of Kyrie Irving’s reasons for demanding a trade from the Cleveland Cavaliers last year was because he didn’t want to play under LeBron James’ shadow anymore. It appears that the Lakers star couldn’t care less about it as he says that it’s not his problem if Kyrie didn’t want […]

Boston Celtics All-Star guard Kyrie Irving is done waiting for the team to find itself, and an ugly loss to the lowly New York Knicks appears to have been the last straw: Kyrie: “We just can’t wait anymore, honestly. From myself, everybody else as a collective, to our coaching staff, we just don’t have time […]

The Boston Celtics are struggling. There is no denying the fact that they play differently from the way they did a season ago. In the 2017-18 season, the Celtics won 55 games and only trailed the Toronto Raptors by four games in the Atlantic Division. The case is different now. They have started the season […]

Who is unhappy right now? The Bostons Celtics fans are. A chorus of boos came from the Boston crowd in the midpoint of the second quarter. The visiting New York Knicks simply dominated the home team. The Celtics’ deficit increased to 16 points, 40-24 with 7:50 to go that prompted head coach Brad Stevens to call a […]

The investigators of the Twitterverse have done it again. They have found an old tweet from an athlete that somehow relates to what’s going on in that player’s life at the current moment. The latest victim is Boston Celtics star point guard Kyrie Irving. After the Celtics lost to the New York Knicks at home […]

Safe to say Boston Celtics star point guard Kyrie Irving is not a fan of Thanksgiving. After the Celtics lost to the lowly New York Knicks Wednesday night, Kyrie Irving was asked by reporters about his true feelings about Thanksgiving and the All-Star scoring guard didn’t hold back. Kyrie Irving: “Fuck Thanksgiving.” — Jared Weiss […]

The Boston Celtics are far from meeting their expectations of becoming the top team in the East this season. To make matters worse, a mood swing rollercoaster has the Celtics locker room spiraling into a funk after their slow start. Jay King of The Athletic wrote about Boston’s surprisingly disappointing early performance, including players’ comments […]

It’s perfectly normal for players to suddenly minimize physicality after enduring a major injury. But even with a horrible-looking injury last year, Boston Celtics All-Star forward Gordon Hayward still embraces physicality as he looks to regain his mental confidence on the court. Mass Live’s Tom Westerholm sat down with Hayward as he talked about how […]

Gordon Hayward came into the 2018-19 NBA season with high expectations after being forced to miss the entire 2017-18 NBA season due to a gruesome ankle injury that he suffered in the first game of the year. He worked hard all season and throughout the offseason to get back to full strength and many thought […]

Boston Celtics backup point guard Terry Rozier says he is confident the team will turn things around after a slow start to the season. The Celtics enter Tuesday with a record of 9-8. Terry Rozier: "Shit, last year we lost our first two games of the season and then went on a 16-game winning streak. […]

Kemba Walker basked in the chants of “MVP! MVP!” coming from the Spectrum Center after a wing 3-point attempt in crunch time hit bottom, sealing an unlikely win for the Charlotte Hornets over the Boston Celtics. Walker was coming off a rousing 60-point effort against the Philadelphia 76ers over the weekend, one that was spoiled […]

Kemba Walker of the Charlotte Hornets received MVP chants from the crowd after their win over the Boston Celtics. Check out the clip below via the Hornets’ Instagram account. As Walker made his way to the locker room, fans chanted MVP over and over again. https://www.instagram.com/p/BqYqzqmg7V0/ In their win, Walker dropped 43 points including 21 […]

Kyrie Irving was asked about the recent slump championship hopefuls like the Houston Rockets and now the Golden State Warriors have hit early in the season, doling out an interesting response. “I think it’s just not a lot of defense being played,” said Kyrie Irving. “Teams are scoring like it’s the 1960s or ’70s. It’s […]

Coming into the season, the Boston Celtics were the consensus favorite to win the Eastern Conference. Some people even had the Celtics as the team to take down the Golden State Warriors and win the 2019 title. However, when the season began, the Celtics quickly found out that the preseason expectations for them are not […]

Last season provided one of the most compelling Rookie of the Year races in recent memory. It was a three-man race between Ben Simmons, Donovan Mitchell and Jayson Tatum. All three guys established themselves as future stars of the league, and what made them even more impressive was they all were part of playoff teams. […]

Jae Crowder hilariously called out Daniel Theis after the Boston Celtics big man missed a free throw on Saturday night. The broadcast caught the Utah Jazz forward yelling, “Oh yeah, Slim Shady,” in a reference to Eminem. https://www.instagram.com/p/BqTtIGMhUzZ/ Crowder’s comparison is spot on. Theis looks strikingly similar to the famous rapper, Marshall Mathers, better known […]

The Boston Celtics have not been off to a great start this season. After defying all expectations last season, the C’s appear to have come crashing down to earth this term. Start point guard Kyrie Irving recently proposed a theory on why he thinks the team has been underachieving thus far. “I think last year, […]

The Boston Celtics edged out the Toronto Raptors, avenging their early season defeat at the hands of their Eastern Conference rivals. With the win, the Celtics have once again cemented themselves as the team to beat in the East. Well, not quite. Just a night after the TD Garden crowd celebrated a massive come-from-behind win […]

Gordon Hayward’s playing time on the court is no longer limited even, on back-to back games as per Boston Celtics head coach Brad Stevens. The All-Star forward saw action for 39 minutes and was a major piece in the team’s overtime victory over the Eastern Conference leading Toronto Raptors on Friday. Coach Stevens believed that […]

If the Boston Celtics want to get more wins, then guard Marcus Smart needs to shoot less. A poster on Reddit pointed out the barometer for Boston’s record this season is based on Smart’s shot attempts. Shout out to RobertLoblawAttorney for this one. Celtics are 8-2 when Smart has 5 or fewer FGA, 1-4 when […]

Boston Celtics star point guard Kyrie Irving arguably has the best handles in NBA history, and Utah Jazz guard Ricky Rubio was just the latest victim of one of Irving’s lethal crossovers Saturday night in Boston. Coming up the floor with the ball in his right hand, Kyrie Irving went between his legs and then […]

After being out of commission for a whole year nursing a gruesome leg injury, Boston Celtics swingman Gordon Hayward is understandably still showing a lot of rust. Fortunately for the 28-year-old, he appears to have the full backing of his head coach, Brad Stevens. Following the Celtics’ Friday night overtime victory against the Toronto Raptors, […]

The Boston Celtics are slowly turning their season around, and Gordon Hayward thinks Friday’s win over the Toronto Raptors can be a “building block” as they establish their dominance in the Eastern Conference. Gordon Hayward was instrumental to Boston’s huge overtime win over the Raptors, tallying 15 points, five rebounds, five assists and four steals […]

With their recent struggles early this season, Kyrie Irving says that the Boston Celtics need to find a ‘happy balance’ in their offensive sets. The Celtics did just that when they carved out a much-needed win against the league-leading Toronto Raptors. Sporting News’ Sean Deveney wrote about the Celtics’ big win, including Kyrie’s comments on […]

Boston Celtics guard Kyrie Irving had his best game of his 2018-19 campaign so far against the Toronto Raptors on Friday. He was simply in the zone for the entire night as he torched and tore apart the Raptors defense. After the game, Irving described how he felt while he was on his hot streak: […]

Celtics talent Kyrie Irving and Warriors star Stephen Curry are two of the top point guards in the NBA today. Moreover, they also possess arguably the sickest handles in the game right now. Former NBA All-Star Tim Hardaway Sr. was asked which player had the better handles, and this is what he had to say, per […]

The Boston Celtics defeated the Toronto Raptors in a thrilling game that went into overtime. With the win, the Celtics move to 9-6 on the season and fourth seed in the Eastern Conference. For guard Marcus Smart, there is a pretty interesting record attached to him this season. Reddit user, RobertLoblawAttorney found the stats about […]

Kyrie Irving led the Boston Celtics to a famous victory on Friday night against their Atlantic division rivals, the Toronto Raptors. The 26-year-old had a night to remember as his heroics actually matched a long-standing record set by Celtics great Larry Bird almost three decades ago. Irving was out of his mind on Friday and […]

Friday night produced one of the biggest matchups in the Eastern Conference thus far when the Boston Celtics hosted the Toronto Raptors in the TD Garden. In a contest that featured arguably the top two contenders in the East, there was an uncharacteristic moment of an overly laid-back Celtics defense that allowed Raptors star Kawhi […]

The Toronto Raptors lost to the Boston Celtics Friday night in overtime and Raptors point guard Kyle Lowry got kneed in the face by Celtics second-year small forward Jayson Tatum. Lowry is from Philadelphia and sort of built like a running back. However, no strength or muscle can prepare you to get hit in the […]

Kyrie Irving just had one of his best games in a Boston Celtics uniform on Friday night as the C’s took down the raging Toronto Raptors in overtime, 123-116. The 26-year-old point guard was so outstanding on Friday that even his former teammate LeBron James had to take notice. The Los Angeles Lakers superstar took […]

Former Brooklyn Nets general manager Billy King made hundreds of deals and transactions during his time with the franchise, but he was only known for one — unfortunately. In 2013, King traded for Boston Celtics veterans Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce, and Jason Terry in exchange for Gerald Wallace, Marshon Brooks, and Kris Humphries together with the Nets’ […]

The Toronto Raptors will welcome forward Serge Ibaka back in the starting lineup, while forwards Norm Powell and C.J. Miles remain out for Friday’s showdown against the Boston Celtics, according to ESPN’s Tim Bontemps. Shooting guard Danny Green, who exited Wednesday’s game against the Detroit Pistons in the third quarter, will be active after dealing […]