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The Boston Celtics entered the fourth quarter of their Game 5 matchup with the Atlanta Hawks down by 30 points. Despite the Celtics being well on their way to a loss, head coach Brad Stevens kept his star player, Isaiah Thomas, in the game. Less than two minutes into the final quarter, Thomas sprained his […]

Isaiah Thomas may have suffered a mild ankle sprain in a blowout Game 5 loss, but it doesn’t mean he won’t suit up for Game 6. After the Boston Celtics took a 110-83 loss to the Atlanta Hawks to move one game away from elimination, Thomas stressed that he will play in Game 6 on Thursday […]

The Boston Celtics not only lost Game 5 on Tuesday night, they lost their top player as a result. All-Star point guard Isaiah Thomas suffered a mild left ankle sprain during a drive to the basket in the loss to the Atlanta Hawks. The injury occurred in the fourth quarter with the team trailing by […]

A major shift in momentum has struck the Atlanta Hawks, and not for the better. After taking a 2-0 series lead over the Boston Celtics, Atlanta has fallen twice in a row in close games on the road to even the series. Game 4 was especially notable because they held a 16-point advantage before Marcus […]

Boston Celtics fans can finally exhale—Isaiah Thomas won’t be suspended for Game 4 after all. After plenty of speculation that the All-Star point guard would be suspended following his closed-fist hit of the Atlanta Hawks‘ Dennis Schroder in Game 3, the NBA has officially assessed Thomas a flagrant-1 for the incident, not a suspension. NBA […]

Isaiah Thomas and Dennis Schroder got into it with each other during the Boston Celtics‘ victory over the Atlanta Hawks on Friday night. Things got chippy between the two in the 1st quarter of Game 3, as Thomas appeared to have given Schroder a sneaky and dirty slap in the face as he headed back to the defensive end to guard Thomas. […]

The Boston Celtics were able to secure their first playoff victory tonight against the Atlanta Hawks. With a commanding 111-103 triumph, the Celtics team earned head coach Brad Stevens his very first playoff victory for his career, improving to 1-2. Last year, the Celtics were swept early by the Cleveland Cavaliers where they went on […]

The Boston Celtics were able to get a win at home on Friday night in Game 3 of their first round playoff matchup against the Atlanta Hawks, bringing the series to 2-1 with the advantage going to the Hawks. The team was led by Isaiah Thomas‘ 42 point game, but he was not to be […]

Isaiah Thomas is on a mission to turn the fortunes around for the Boston Celtics in their first round series against the Atlanta Hawks. From getting the team to switch jerseys for game two, to changing his sneakers at halftime, to even taking off his patented headband, Thomas is pulling out all of the tricks […]

The Boston Celtics are in deep trouble. After a strong regular season that included an exciting win over the Golden State Warriors that broke their 54-home game winning streak, the Celtics have lost the opening two games of their first round matchup with the Atlanta Hawks. Game one came down right to the wire before […]

Nothing is going right for the Celtics in this series. Boston now trails the Hawks two games to none in the opening round of the playoffs after setting the record for least first quarter playoff points, and the team is out there making plays like these. RELATED: Celtics President Danny Ainge takes shot at own […]

The 2016 NBA playoffs haven’t gone as planned so far for the Boston Celtics. In game one, the C’s fell by just one point to the Atlanta Hawks after being on the wrong end of a number of questionable calls. To compound their anguish, they also lost Avery Bradley. Then, the first quarter of game […]

The NBA playoffs are well underway, and the action has been red hot so far. Tempers have flared, emotions are running high, and a few finishes have come down right to the wire. To celebrate this joyous time of year for basketball fans, an artist named Asur has made each first round matchup look like something […]

The Atlanta Hawks are currently involved in a tough first-round series with the Boston Celtics, but the biggest storyline from the game was a comment made by Celtics analyst Tommy Heinsohn. Following the Hawks’ 102-101 victory over the Celtics in Game 1, Heinsohn said that Al Horford was “not a great player.” Horford, who posted […]

After having already lost point guard Avery Bradley for game 2 due to a hamstring injury, the Celtics may now also be without Kelly Olynyk after missing Monday’s practice and being ruled as questionable with a shoulder injury. The injury limited Olynyk to only 12 minutes in the Celtics’ 102-101 loss to the Atlanta Hawks […]

When the Boston Celtics stormed back to beat the Miami Heat in the last game of the regular season last Wednesday, it appeared to have sealed a top-four seed and home-court advantage in the first round. Instead, Boston found themselves in a four-way tie with the Heat, the Atlanta Hawks, and the Charlotte Hornets. The […]

The 2016 NBA playoffs start today, and with it the “real season” begins as some would say. With a world championship on the line down the road, let’s take a look at each Eastern Conference playoff team’s biggest weakness, and why they probably won’t win the title. Let’s start with the teams most likely to […]

While the biggest storyline from the Boston Celtics‘ 98-88 victory over the Miami Heat was their comeback from a 26-point deficit, perhaps just as pivotal was a skirmish that occurred late in the third quarter. In what seemed like a harmless play at first, the Heat’s Goran Dragic and the Celtics’ Marcus Smart battled for […]

Tony Allen, currently of the Memphis Grizzlies, was gifted a pair of signed shoes by Kobe Bryant earlier this season. The signature hailed Allen as the “best defender” Kobe ever faced, and the Mamba had previously even gone on record hailing Allen as the only player to be the “Kobe stopper”. When Allen received the […]

The Celtics have been known to support issues on safety. Recently, the Celtics have teamed up with the Teaming Up Against Texting and Driving Program to raise awareness on the issue of “drexting.” RELATED: Evan Turner High Fives Referee After Tough Layup Drexting is simply the action of driving or texting, and this act of distracted driving […]

The Celtics fell to the Hawks, 118-107, on Saturday night, giving Atlanta a one-game lead on Boston for the third-seed in the Eastern Conference. During the game, Evan Turner made a great play in the key, juking three Hawks defenders for a tough layup. RELATED: Celtics President Danny Ainge Speaks Out On Team’s Chances In […]

Danny Ainge has always been a fairly outspoken president of the Boston Celtics, like when he recently detailed the specific type of players that he and the organization target. But now he has said something that does not make a lot of sense: “I believe the extraordinary is possible, but I do not look at […]

Isaiah Thomas has been a revelation during his All-Star campaign with the Boston Celtics this season. At a generous 5’9″, Isaiah owns the court with giants all around him. Less than a week after playing a huge role in ending the Golden State Warriors‘ 54 home game win streak, Thomas had the New Orleans Pelicans falling […]

Before Doc Rivers and his Clippers faced Kobe Bryant for the final time on Wednesday night, he recalled some amusing memories from his days facing the Mamba in the Finals while coaching the Boston Celtics. Rivers provided an inside look into the final moments of Game 6 of the 2008 NBA Finals and how he […]

Doc Rivers and Kobe Bryant have been going at it for two decades now, even though they never actually played against each other. When Doc retired from the NBA in 1996, Kobe Bryant was drafted by the Hornets before being quickly moved to the Lakers. Rivers began coaching under the Spurs‘ brilliant Gregg Popovich, and […]