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The Boston Celtics are gearing up for a pivotal interconference matchup against the New York Knicks. Boston strongly holds the first seed in the East, but the Knicks need a win to solidify their own top spot. Moreover, the Celtics announced key injury report updates on the star duo of Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown. […]

Boston Celtics guard Jrue Holiday believes in his teammates, so much so that he hopes to spend the rest of his career in Beantown. The two-time All-Star agreed to a four-year, $135 million contract extension with the C’s on Wednesday night, which could potentially keep him in green until he decides to retire. 🚨 BREAKING: […]

Boston Celtics guard Jrue Holiday is from Los Angeles, but he’s making himself at home in Beantown thanks to a four-year, $135 million contract extension. 🚨 BREAKING: Jrue Holiday has agreed on a 4-year, $135 million contract extension with the Boston Celtics, per @wojespn. Holiday is declining his $37.3 million player option for 2024-2025 to […]

The Boston Celtics have made plenty of history during the regular season. However, they made it for the wrong reasons on Tuesday night against the Milwaukee Bucks. During a 104-91 loss in Wisconsin, the Celtics attempted zero free throws. They are the first team in NBA history to have zero free throws made on zero […]

The Boston Celtics have been the best team in the league week in and week out. In fact, they just became the first team ever to have four different guys earn NBA Player of the Week honors in the same season. After Celtics center Kristaps Porzingis was named the Player of the Week on Monday, […]

The Boston Celtics are set to take on the Portland Trail Blazers on Sunday. With the No. 1 seed locked up, Boston is simply playing to stay in shape for the upcoming playoff run. Despite that, both superstars Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown popped up on the league’s injury report. Both stars were initially listed […]

The final push before the playoffs is here, but it’s not very dramatic for the Boston Celtics. In fact, they’ve already clinched the NBA’s best record with six games left on the schedule and established themselves as the team to beat. Since the Celtics are the betting favorite to bring home a championship, every other […]

Gilbert Arenas is sick and tired of the double standard some members of the media have in evaluating the impact Luka Doncic and Jayson Tatum have for the Dallas Mavericks and Boston Celtics, their respective teams. Speaking on his Gil’s Arena Podcast, Arenas blasted the media’s purported over-exaggeration of Doncic’s superstar status, as he doesn’t […]

The Boston Celtics and Oklahoma City Thunder will go head-to-head on Wednesday night. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Jalen Williams have already been ruled out for the Thunder, but the Celtics are dealing with some injury trouble as well. Jaylen Brown is battling a left hand sprain heading into the affair. The Celtics hold a commanding 12-game […]

Boston Celtics star Jayson Tatum befriended forward Grant Williams when they became teammates in 2019. However, their friendly words get replaced with trash talk whenever they square off against one another. On Monday night, Tatum and company took on the Charlotte Hornets, Williams’ newest team. The ex-Celtic went to the Dallas Mavericks this past offseason, […]

Jayson Tatum had the chance to give the Boston Celtics to buzzer-beating victory over the Atlanta Hawks, but his off-balance, heavily contested three-pointer landed well off the mark, sending the game to overtime. Boston needed just one stop to pull off a thrilling road victory in the extra session, siccing Jrue Holiday on Dejounte Murray—who […]

The careers of Phoenix Suns star Bradley Beal and Boston Celtics stalwart Jayson Tatum will forever be intertwined even though they entered the NBA five years apart. Beal and Tatum are close friends from childhood, growing together in St. Louis (even going together to the same high school), and now, they have become two of […]

Gambling has always been a part of sports, but the two worlds seem to be colliding more than usual. Boston Celtics star Jayson Tatum has noticed it, too. On Wednesday afternoon, the five-time All-Star revealed that he’s witnessed plenty of fans at games (and online) become more involved in sports gambling, per Jared Weiss of […]

Being the best team in the league heading into the postseason can surely make members of the squad complacent. The Boston Celtics had a matchup that they had to win over the Atlanta Hawks. Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown, and Kristaps Porzingis were all relatively doing well in the first half of the game. Then, De’Andre […]

On Monday night, it looked like the Boston Celtics, despite being shorthanded yet again (they were without Derrick White and Jrue Holiday), were going to cruise to an easy victory over the injury-riddled Atlanta Hawks. Jayson Tatum and company were rolling in the first half, even taking a 30-point lead at one point before succumbing […]

Nikola Jokic and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander continue to be the two favorites for the NBA’s MVP award with very little separation. Around this time last week, it was the Oklahoma City Thunder that led the Western Conference, resulting in Gilgeous-Alexander finding himself ranked at the very top of the NBA MVP rankings. Now, it is Jokic’s […]

The Boston Celtics are on a historic tear, and star Jayson Tatum wants NBA MVP voters to recognize that. Or, at the very least, he wishes the criteria for the award was more clear. At 57-14 overall, the Celtics have clinched the No. 1 spot in the Eastern Conference and already tied their win total […]

The Boston Celtics need to start thinking about the Play-In Tournament, but not because they’ll be in it. Rather, Boston’s first-round opponent in the playoffs will come from the relatively new seeding structure. Since the C’s are in first place in the Eastern Conference and can’t fall to anything worse than the No. 2 seed, […]

Draymond Green took to his podcast The Draymond Green Show to give his take on LeBron James’s assessment of the 2022 NBA Finals between the Warriors and Celtics. LeBron James and JJ Redick spoke about a lot of topics in the first episode of their new podcast Mind The Game. According to James, basketball IQ is what […]

The Boston Celtics are charging strong into the playoffs, having won their past seven games. At this point, with 13 games to go in the regular season, all the Celtics are focusing on is getting to the playoffs at full strength. Thus, with a game against the Detroit Pistons, the second-worst team in the Eastern […]

The Boston Celtics picked up a 122-119 win over the Milwaukee Bucks on Thursday, and Jayson Tatum picked up a technical during the game, which prompted him to have a conversation with Scott Foster. Tatum explained the situation after the game when speaking to the media. “I just feel like, with the way the game […]

The Boston Celtics have been far and away the best team in the NBA this season, and they are the favorites to win the NBA championship. However, there are some concerns regarding the Celtics’ ability to win close games, and how that will impact them in the playoffs. Austin Rivers voiced those concerns in a […]

Boston Celtics star Jayson Tatum has high expectations, and it’s no secret. From NBA pundits saying he needs a ring to be a true MVP to Celtics fans hoping he’ll be the next face of the league, a lot is asked of him. Future Hall of Famer and rival Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James […]

Jayson Tatum has grown into one of Jordan Brand’s biggest ambassadors with the debut of his second signature sneaker, the Jordan Tatum 2. He always makes sure to keep the entire Boston Celtics organization strapped in a pair of his shoes, along with constantly showing love to those under the Jordan family. Check out our […]

The three-point shot revolutionized the NBA, and it’s been the Boston Celtics’ favorite weapon throughout the 2023-24 season. In fact, the C’s became the first team in league history to make 20 or more 3-pointers in four consecutive games following their 119-94 win over the Detroit Pistons on Monday night, per Forbes NBA reporter Shane […]

The Boston Celtics own the NBA’s best record at 53-14 overall, thanks to All-Stars Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown. These two have once again put together marvelous seasons in Boston, and they have their eyes set on making yet another deep postseason run. Before they are able to do so, the Celtics will look to […]

This season’s race for the NBA MVP award is perhaps the closest it has been over the last several years. Whether it was Giannis Antetokounmpo, Nikola Jokic, or Joel Embiid the last couple of seasons, it always seemed like the MVP award was already determined heading into the final month of the regular season. Between […]

The bank shot is certainly one of the most effective shots in basketball, especially when shooting from certain angles. As a result, it isn’t surprising that even the best basketball players in the world would resort to this type of shot. In fact, some stars have even utilized the bank shot during clutch situations. Let’s […]

The 2023-24 Boston Celtics have been historically great. The 2023-24 Washington Wizards have been historically bad. When these two squads met on St. Patrick’s Day, something crazy was bound to happen. Although they were down three starters on Sunday night, the C’s prevailed 130-104 in record-breaking fashion. Boston sharpshooter Sam Hauser hit a career-high 10 […]

Depth was big concern for the Boston Celtics entering the season. Joe Mazzulla had to part ways with Marcus Smart, Malcolm Brogdon, and Robert Williams in the offseason. This meant that someone else from the Jayson Tatum-led squad had to step up. Against the Washington Wizards and a couple of occasions throughout the season, that […]

On Thursday evening, Jaylen Brown and the Boston Celtics picked up a resounding win over Kevin Durant and the Phoenix Suns on their home floor of TD Garden. The victory marked the second Celtics’ win vs the Suns in five days’ time, and Brown put together one of the highlights of the season in the […]

The Boston Celtics’ dominant 2023-24 regular season continues; on Thursday night, they took care of business against the Phoenix Suns, taking a 127-112 victory thanks in large part to a combined 63 points from Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown. This win gave the Celtics their 52nd of the year, and in the process of doing […]

Boston Celtics head coach Joe Mazzulla expects a lot from his players, but he wouldn’t ask them to do anything he wouldn’t do himself. On Thursday night, during a primetime matchup between the Celtics and Phoenix Suns, forward Royce O’Neale went to shoot after a timeout late in the fourth quarter. Mazzulla didn’t let him […]

Jayson Tatum has chimed in on the claims that former Celtics forward Grant Willams was a “bad locker room guy”. The comments come after Mike Gorman joined 98.5 The Sports Hub’s morning show Toucher & Hardy. Gorman, a play-by-play commentator for the Boston Celtics, didn’t mince words when he was asked if Williams was “a huge […]

With the sun setting on the careers of several NBA greats, there’s been a lot of chatter about who the next face of the league will be. Boston Celtics star Jayson Tatum believes he’ll be up next if he can win Banner No. 18 for Beantown, and he isn’t alone in that opinion. Phoenix Suns […]

Jayson Tatum turned out to be one of the best players in the NBA at a young age. Right away in his first season in the association with the Boston Celtics, he advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals, which is an exceptional feat for someone at 19 years of age. The trajectory has been on […]

With multiple players resting or injured heading into the second leg of a back-to-back, the Boston Celtics needed some extra help on Tuesday night versus the Utah Jazz. Guard Derrick White stepped up to the plate and delivered during Boston’s 123-107 win—and he even called his shot beforehand. Prior to Boston’s 51st win of the […]

Over the past four games, Jayson Tatum hasn’t exactly been at his best for the Boston Celtics. Averaging 24 points per game might be nice, although for Tatum’s standards, that is rather pedestrian, but his inefficiency from the field is what stands out. After scoring 26 points on 9-23 shooting from the field in the […]

Continued excellence. That’s two words that sum up the Boston Celtics’ 2023-24 season. As the teams around them faced various struggles, Boston continue to perform at the same level they did throughout the season. With the Bucks slumping as of late, they now hold a massive 8.5-game lead in the Eastern Conference. Their recent win […]