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In a press conference on Wednesday, Boston Celtics’ coach Ime Udoka provided an update on Robert Williams’ injury. The 24-year-old Defensive Player of the Year candidate tore the meniscus in his left knee late last month. He underwent surgery soon after, and his availability for the playoffs was initially murky at best. But a week […]

Whether you’re a young gun or an old dog, the spirit of April Fools never leaves you. Everyone gets the uncontrollable urge to pull a fast one on their friends during this day. Apparently, this includes professional basketball athletes, as shown by this prank by Ime Udoka and Grant Williams on the Boston Celtics. Udoka, […]

The Boston Celtics are putting everything together in Ime Udoka’s first season as head coach. After a very rough start, the Celtics have torched nearly every team in their path on the way to contending for the Eastern Conference’s top seed. Udoka’s somewhat brash style of coaching has proven to be successful, as the Celtics […]

The Boston Celtics took over the driver’s seat in the Eastern Conference on Sunday night after they trampled the Minnesota Timberwolves, 134-112. The Celtics improved to 47-28 to tie the Miami Heat but they own the tiebreaker via a 2-0 record in their head-to-head matchup this season. The Celtics have truly turned the tide. The […]

Jaylen Brown knows his seasons. After the Boston Celtics hacked out a convincing 20-point win over the Denver Nuggets on Sunday night, Brown was asked about a rather profound tweet. On Twitter, he posted a short quote, seemingly alluding to the Celtics’ positive turnaround. Winter always turns to spring 💯 — Jaylen Brown (@FCHWPO) March […]

Jayson Tatum rocked the socks off the Brooklyn Nets, helping the Boston Celtics secure a big win on Sunday. He’s been phenomenal throughout his career but has formed into a legitimate superstar in the NBA. After the victory, head coach Ime Udoka had nothing but praise for the young star. According to Jay King, Udoka […]

Jaylen Brown gave the Boston Celtics quite a scare after he rolled his right ankle on Tuesday against the Atlanta Hawks. Fortunately, the injury doesn’t seem to be too severe as compared to how it looked. After the game, which the Celtics managed to survive even without Brown after he was ruled out, head coach […]

The Boston Celtics were the hottest team in the league heading into the All-Star break. Despite losing to the Detroit Pistons in their last game, they pieced together a nine-game winning streak and excelled on both sides of the ball, especially defense. Getting back to their winning ways by continuing their stout defense could thrust […]

The Boston Celtics have been on a roll over the past few weeks. eventually maxing out at a nine-game winning streak that was snapped on Wednesday in a 112-111 home loss to the lowly Detroit Pistons. Despite the rather bad loss, Celtics head coach Ime Udoka had some encouraging words for his players, noting that […]

Almost halfway into the season, it looks like the Boston Celtics have finally found a rhythm to propel them higher in the Eastern Conference. They destroyed the Orlando Magic on Sunday night, 116-83 for their fifth straight win and move up to no. 8 with a 30-25 record. The hiring of coach Ime Udoka was […]

With the star power of the Boston Celtics, they have unfortunately underperformed in the first 49 games of their campaign. Even with the plethora of injuries and COVID-19 protocols surrounding the team, these have been the same issues for their opponents as well. There were some matches wherein the Celtics simply succumbed to subpar squads […]

The Eastern Conference is very volatile this season. With the first couple of teams separated by just a couple of games, many squads in the East are hoping to be at the top of the conference for the playoffs. Unfortunately, one of these squads is not the Boston Celtics. The team from Massachusetts has had […]

Jayson Tatum and the Boston Celtics took down the Indiana Pacers on Monday, but it wasn’t the most beautiful win. And for head coach Ime Udoka, it only highlights the persistent problems they’ve been facing all season long. While Udoka is satisfied they got the W against a rebuilding Pacers team, he acknowledged that they […]

The Boston Celtics have certainly not played the way that many fans and players of the team were hoping for this season. They’re currently three games below .500 as they are 18-21 and hold the 11th seed in the Eastern Conference. They’ve had a tough time closing games out and that has been prevalent in […]

The Boston Celtics are a mess this season. Thursday’s loss to the New York Knicks in which they blew a 25-point lead just exposed a lot of their flaws that have been there since October. They can’t seem to go on a winning streak and somehow now find themselves holding the 11th seed in the […]

The Boston Celtics have been having a tumultuous season thus far, and falling well below expectations. They entered Thursday night’s game against the New York Knicks 18-20, with losses in four of their last six games. They lost a heartbreaker at home on Wednesday, as Jaylen Brown missed a game-tying layup with seconds remaining. It […]

The Boston Celtics leaned on the monster efforts of star swingman Jaylen Brown to hack out a hard-earned win over the Orlando Magic in overtime, 116-111 on Sunday night. Brown exploded for a career-high 50 points on an impressive 19-of-29 shooting from the field. He also added 11 rebounds, four assists, and two blocks to […]

Robert Williams’ first career triple-double helped the Boston Celtics beat the mighty Phoenix Suns on New Year’s Eve by a score of 123-108. He recorded 10 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists. His fantastic stat line also included five blocks, two steals and zero missed shots. Williams recording the most assists in a game that […]

The Boston Celtics lost to the Minnesota Timberwolves on Monday night, 108-103. This was an embarrassing loss from the Celtics as Minnesota is without Karl Anthony-Towns, Anthony Edwards, and D’Angelo Russell. Ime Udoka wasn’t too happy after the game and had this to say about the Celtics, “We were undisciplined defensively. We got carved up […]

The Boston Celtics are fighting hard for the playoffs. Right now, one of the NBA’s most iconic teams is 16-17, occupying the ninth spot in the Eastern Conference. That would be good enough to make the play-in tournament if the season ended today, but just teetering on the edge of missing the postseason altogether. The […]

The Boston Celtics are still looking for some headway in what has been a largely up-and-down campaign. But they got a huge shot in the arm on Monday night after steamrolling past the Milwaukee Bucks, 117-103. The Celtics played solid defense against the Bucks, something coach Ime Udoka has been trying to preach in his […]

The Boston Celtics suffered a deflating defeat at the hands of their bitter rivals, the Los Angeles Lakers, on Tuesday, 117-102. Celtics head coach Ime Udoka decided to pull Jayson Tatum and the rest of the starting unit with more than five minutes remaining in the fourth period and Boston down 15 points. The Celtics […]

Injuries have been a major thorn on the side of the Boston Celtics early in the season. Among others, Jaylen Brown has been in and out of the lineup as the C’s struggle to find consistency within their ranks. Jayson Tatum has been Boston’s key cog in the first quarter of the campaign, and while he’s […]

The Boston Celtics are slowly starting to get their groove back. That manifested itself in a big way against the Portland Trail Blazers on Saturday night, when they dropped 145 points in regulation time. The scoring barrage was bookended by a flurry of threes coming from fan favorite Peyton Pritchard. The diminutive reserve guard got […]

As the Boston Celtics hired coach Ime Udoka, adjustments and adapting to his system and philosophy were expected. Currently, their win-loss record is at 12-10, which is tied for sixth in the Eastern Conference. Even with their over .500 slate, the Celtics could have been a top-two team in the conference if they did not […]

Jayson Tatum led the Boston Celtics to beat the Philadelphia 76ers by the skin of their teeth on Wednesday night, winning by a hairline, 88-87. Tatum had a rough start to the game, firing blanks from various spots. But as he’s done in recent years, he eventually found his rhythm and finished with 26 points, […]

The Boston Celtics have now lost back-to-back games following Friday’s 96-88 defeat at the hands of the San Antonio Spurs. It was another disappointing loss for the C’s who are now in possession of a 10-10 record in the East. Celtics star Jayson Tatum produced a 24-point, 12-rebound double-double but it was another off shooting […]

Ashy legs and all, Kevin Durant once again spearheaded the Brooklyn Nets to notch a convincing 123-104 road win over the Boston Celtics on Wednesday night. Durant had an easy 21 points on 50 percent shooting from the field, passing NBA legend Allen Iverson for no. 25 on the career scoring list in the process. […]

Enes Kanter of the Boston Celtics has come out and said that he is not receiving playing time due to his stance on the Chinese government. Kanter has always been one to express his opinions. Most of the time he makes intelligent and valid points. This time was a little different as it seems like […]

It’s been an up and down season for Jayson Tatum and the Boston Celtics, who can’t seem to find any sort of consistency in their game. After winning in overtime against the defending champions Milwaukee Bucks, the Celtics weren’t able to push through the Cleveland Cavaliers. Tatum, in particular, had a terrible shooting night despite […]

The Boston Celtics pulled off an impressive 95-78 win over the surging Miami Heat on Thursday, but it didn’t come without concern. Superstar guard Jaylen Brown left in the third quarter with a hamstring injury and has already been ruled out for Saturday’s contest against Dallas Mavericks. Celtics head coach Ime Udoka offered a further […]

The Boston Celtics are not in a great place right now. Marcus Smart recently called out teammates Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown publicly following another disappointing loss and unsurprisingly, Smart’s comments have been overly scrutinized by the media. In an earlier report, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski revealed that the Celtics held a players-only meeting to try […]

The Boston Celtics thought it was all rainbow, butterflies, and clam chowder against the visiting Chicago Bulls on Monday night. After all, they held a 19-point lead heading into the fourth quarter. So everything should be easy-peasy. The Bulls, however, made a bigger comeback than Mark Wahlberg in Planet of the Apes, eventually pulling off […]

Boston Celtics star Jayson Tatum is continuously evolving, and his latest transformation should hype Beantown fans even more. According to head coach Ime Udoka, Tatum has made huge strides when it comes to his playmaking, so much so that he sees the young forward becoming a triple-double threat sooner rather than later. In fact, the […]

The Boston Celtics are not off to a good start this season. Ime Udoka and his new team have now lost two games in a row. The first Celtic loss was a double-overtime thriller on the road against the New York Knicks. This one, though, was a lot more rough: they were thoroughly blown out […]

The Boston Celtics are coming off a disappointing .500 season that saw them finish seventh seed in the Eastern Conference before losing to the Brooklyn Nets in the first round of the playoffs. Brad Stevens went from head coach to president of basketball operations and added new pieces to complement the system of newly hired […]

Boston Celtics star Jayson Tatum certainly did not make a mistake joining Team USA in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics this past summer. After all, he got to learn from one of the best in Kevin Durant, according to his head coach Ime Udoka. During his media availability on Friday, Udoka discussed how Tatum’s Olympics stint […]

If there’s one thing that has stood out so far in the early days of this season for the Celtics, it’s Ime Udoka’s leadership. When Udoka took over the head coach role in Boston, he had one important task to do: rebuild the winning culture the Celtics once had. This also meant having to lead […]

Boston Celtics wingman Jaylen Brown is one of the more socially active players in the NBA. He’s a big proponent of the Black Lives Matter movement, even joining the protests in his hometown of Atlanta last year. That’s why Brown was very happy to see that seven new African-American coaches have been hired by NBA […]