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The season wasn’t supposed to end in the first round of the playoffs for Paul George. He went to the Oklahoma City Thunder in the hopes of expanding his horizons other than going to the L.A. Lakers in the 2018 offseason. The Lakers weren’t willing to give up any of their young players to acquire […]

Jayson Tatum’s scoring has taken a huge surge during the postseason, as Boston Celtics head coach Brad Stevens has called upon him to help shoulder the scoring load with the absence of perennial All-Star Kyrie Irving for the rest of the season. The rookie has scored 20 or more points in seven-straight games and now […]

Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid has yet to back down from any trash talk with his peers, whether it is on the court or over the web. The same applies to the constant heckling he’s received at the TD Garden in Boston, constantly pestered by the taunting from a diehard Celtics fanbase that has taken […]

The Boston Celtics punched their ticket to the Eastern Conference Finals for the second-straight year, which now bodes a reunion between rookie Jayson Tatum and his childhood idol LeBron James of the Cleveland Cavaliers. Yet the nerves of going up against someone he once looked up to will be completely different, now with a task […]

After the injury dust settled in Boston, the Celtics, once an early-season favorite to punch a ticket to the NBA Finals, were perceived as an afterthought. The Toronto Raptors reinvented their offense, boasting the league’s best bench and had home court throughout the playoffs. The Philadelphia 76ers were red hot and sported shiny new toys […]

The Philadelphia 76ers saw their season end on Wednesday after absorbing a 114-112 loss at the hands of the Boston Celtics. The series lasted for just five games, quicker than what most people expected prior to the second round, but it was entertaining nonetheless. Despite the Sixers’ exit from title contention, Joel Embiid proved that […]

The Eastern Conference Finals has now been booked. It will feature the Boston Celtics and the Cleveland Cavaliers — a rematch of last year’s battle in the East. Both teams look different now, though. The Cavs have a mixed bag of new acquisitions. The Celtics, meanwhile, now have Kyrie Irving — although he’s not playing. […]

After downing the Philadelphia 76ers in five games in the second round of the playoffs, the Boston Celtics brace themselves for a different challenge in the conference finals. That would be the LeBron James-led Cleveland Cavaliers, the same Cavs team Brad Stevens and the Celtics lost to in last year’s edition of the Eastern Conference […]

The NBA season is close to the very end with any team left in the postseason winning the next eight games will stamp the finish of the final games and on to the offseason. One of the most exciting things this season has revealed to us is that the future of the league is in […]

New England Patriots legend Drew Bledsoe was sought for comment on Terry Rozier and the Boston Celtics right after the team booked a ticket to the Eastern Conference Finals. Bledsoe, now enjoying retirement, is managing a winery along with his friends. And asked about Rozier, he said that he intends to make Rozier his own […]

Finally, the Eastern Conference finals matchup is set and it’s going to be a rematch of last year’s showdown between the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Boston Celtics. Following their 114-112 win over the Philadelphia 76ers on Wednesday at home, the Celtics booked a ticket to their second conference finals in a row, and they will […]

Many consider Boston Celtics coach Brad Stevens one of the best up and coming coaches in the league and some already believe he should already be called one of the best. Evidently, the other coaches in the league don’t exactly feel that way, or maybe they just weren’t impressed with what he did with an […]

The Boston Celtics are up 3-1 in their Eastern Conference finals matchup with the Philadelphia 76ers, but for Hall of Famer and current TNT personality Charles Barkley, Game 5 of the series is a do-or-die game of sorts for the Celtics. "If the @celtics do not win this game tonight, they're not going to win […]

There is no question at this point that Boston Celtics point guard Terry Rozier is a huge fan of former New England Patriots quarterback Drew Bledsoe. It was Rozier who has had a break out postseason in the absence of the injured Kyrie Irving, and has all that confidence along with it. During the first […]

Point guard Isaiah Thomas is nearly a season removed from his MVP year with the Boston Celtics. However, it seems his respect for head coach Brad Stevens has never wavered. Toronto Raptors head coach Dwayne Casey was recently named the NBCA’s Coach of the Year as voted on by fellow peers. Meanwhile, Thomas made it known […]

The Boston Celtics took a 3-0 lead over the Philadelphia 76ers despite being underdogs the entire time. They fell in Game 4, however, as Philly simply refused to go down quietly and get swept. Now, head coach Brad Stevens is apparently considering making a lineup change heading into a potential close-out Game 5 at home […]

The Philadelphia 76ers are trying to pull off something that has never been down before: come back and win a series in which they lost the first three games. To complete such a feat, it’s going to take a special performance and focus from the Sixers, and Brett Brown is pulling out all the stops. […]

Boston Celtics point guard Terry Rozier showed plenty of mettle going against Eric Bledsoe in the first round of the postseason, but the back-and-forth between them stole the show, despite their spirited play. Oddly enough, former NBA player-turned-analyst Jalen Rose once compared Rozier to Bledsoe during the 2015 NBA Draft before the Louisville product was […]

Jaylen Brown of the Boston Celtics is very important to the team. While he’s only in his second year in the NBA, he has already proven that he can play at a high level and be a more than reliable rotation player. When Brown got hurt during the playoffs, it was a big blow to […]

ESPN analyst Paul Pierce didn’t hesitate to give his old team more than a puncher’s chance against the Eastern Conference titan Cleveland Cavaliers, not only liking the Boston Celtics’ chances to dethrone the Cavs, but also taking Al Horford over Kevin Love in the big-man battle. via Charlie Malam of The Express: “If you look […]

Scottie Pippen had perhaps an unpopular hot-take after the Cleveland Cavaliers seem to have regained their true form after sweeping the Toronto Raptors, coming off a testy seven-game series against the Indiana Pacers. The Hall of Fame forward could see the Boston Celtics dethroning the Cavs’ three-year reign of terror in the East. “Yes, I […]

After taking a 3-0 series lead against the Philadelphia 76ers, the Boston Celtics fell in Game 4 of their second round series, which means they’re now headed home for a potential close-out Game 5 in front of their fans. Unfortunately, they may have to do so without the services of backup point guard Shane Larkin. […]

The rise of Boston Celtics guard Terry Rozier has been something to witness. Once just yet another Boston asset, Rozier is only a few months removed from being dubbed The Untouchable Terry Rozier, as Danny Ainge would treat the guard like a nuclear weapon whenever trades were rumored. Since then, Scary Terry Rozier has emerged. […]

The Philadelphia 76ers pulled away from the Boston Celtics in the second half on their way to an easy victory, but one of the weirder moments happened after Jaylen Brown picked up his fifth foul. He picked up the foul and went down and stood by Brad Stevens. He was called for a technical foul […]

Philadelphia 76ers star Joel Embiid resorted to his usual trash talk in hopes to pull off a win at home against the Boston Celtics. Throughout Game 4, Embiid went hard at Marcus Morris, often pointing to his head after every score — a nod that he had gotten inside the Philly native’s head. Morris responded […]

In Game 4 of the Eastern Conference semifinals, the Boston Celtics’ Terry Rozier got into a scuffle with the Philadelphia 76ers’ Joel Embiid. After the game, Rozier was asked about the altercation, to which he responded, as reported by Jay King of The Athletic. “It’s just out there having fun. To set the record straight […]

The Philadelphia 76ers successfully averted a sweep in the second round after eking out a 103-92 win over the Boston Celtics in Game 4 of their series at home Monday night. That despite the fact that Joel Embiid churned out a subpar performance, scoring just 15 points along with 13 rebounds. Speaking of Embiid, the […]

In Game 4 against the Philadelphia 76ers, Boston Celtics guard Shane Larkin collided with Joel Embiid who was setting a screen. The Celtic grimaced in pain as he held on to his left arm. He went straight to the locker room afterward. As reported by Chris Forsberg of ESPN, Larkin’s return is questionable: Celtics say […]

Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid know that it would take a tremendous effort and some luck for the Sixers to win the second-round matchup opposite the Boston Celtics, who own the 3-0 series advantage. He also now knows that Celtics forward Marcus Morris is not that easy to troll. During one moment of Game 4 […]

The Eastern Conference semifinals series between the Boston Celtics and the Philadelphia 76ers is not exactly a David vs. Goliath affair. For those looking for such a fight, Celtics guard Terry Rozier and Sixers big man Joel Embiid nearly provided one in the second period of Game 4 of the series Monday night. After Rozier […]

Brad Stevens has surpassed the great “up-and-coming” coach moniker; he is one of the elite coaches in the NBA today. Stevens is good at relating to his players and getting the best out of them, but his true bread and butter is out of bounds plays, and he proved that again on Saturday when the Celtics […]

Joel Embiid is feeling the consequences of his Philadelphia 76ers not being fully locked-in, giving up a precious opportunity on their home court to bring one back against the Boston Celtics. Despite a clutch fadeaway jump shot by Marco Belinelli to tie it up in regulation, the Sixers now find themselves down a 3-0 hole […]

The Boston Celtics are showing off their depth and mental cohesiveness in these playoffs, going up 3-0 against a talented Philadelphia 76ers team in the Eastern Conference Semifinals. Brad Stevens, Al Horford, and Terry Rozier have all garnered a significant amount of praise as of late. Stevens continues to prove why he’s one of the […]

With the way the series has gone between the Philadelphia 76ers and the Boston Celtics, the Beantown team’s players have had a lot of reason to trash talk. During Game 3 of their series, Jayson Tatum went up for a monster tomahawk slam but before being able to complete it was fouled. On the broadcast, […]

All the way back to his days at Butler, Brad Stevens has been known as a really good coach both with relating to players and also with the X’s and O’s of the game. Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant, who played for one of the best ever Phil Jackson, has been really impressed with what […]

In what was a type of loss that will sting for quite awhile, the Philadelphia 76ers squandered many opportunities against the Boston Celtics during their 101-98 overtime loss on Saturday night. That brings us to Joel Embiid. One person on the Sixers that is fully aware of all the uncharacteristic errors he and his teammates […]

The Philadelphia 76ers made a lot of mistakes down the stretch of their Game 3 loss to the Boston Celtics, but the biggest might have been by Ben Simmons. With the 76ers holding a one-point lead and 19 seconds left in overtime, Simmons grabbed a rebound and went back up with the shot. If he […]

During his time with the Butler Bulldogs, Brad Stevens was known as one of the brightest up and coming coaches in basketball. He was always praised for his out of bounds plays that always seemed to work and his strategies were second to none. It was a big reason why he was able to make […]

Ben Simmons of the Philadelphia 76ers may be one of the most entertaining young guns in The Association (and doing so as a rookie) while drawing comparisons to established greats like LeBron James and Magic Johnson, but his efficiency — particularly against the Boston Celtics — is apparently not that good. His one-point dud the […]