Tag: Celtics
The Boston Celtics are 37-8 in the regular season when Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown combine for 60 points, but now they’re 5-4 in the playoffs after combining for 60. Perhaps the once unstoppable duo is a bit overhyped. Boston now trails 3-2 in their second-round series against the Philadelphia 76ers. In the Celtics’ 115-103 […]
Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid (right knee sprain) has been downgraded to questionable for Tuesday night’s Game 5 second-round matchup against the Boston Celtics of the 2023 NBA Playoffs. Embiid missed two games earlier this postseason because of a lingering knee sprain. In his last three appearances, the 2022-23 NBA MVP winner has averaged 26.3 […]
The Boston Celtics’ 121-87 second-round win against the Philadelphia 76ers in Game 2 of the 2023 NBA Playoffs was their largest margin of victory in which Jayson Tatum was held to fewer than 10 points. Foul trouble kept him off the court. The four-time All-Star ended his outing with seven points, seven rebounds, three assists, […]
Jayson Tatum is the fifth Boston Celtics player in franchise history to score 25 or more points in each of his first three games of a single postseason, and the four-time All-Star is the first since Paul Pierce in 2002. In Boston’s 130-122 first-round loss to the Atlanta Hawks in Game 3 of the 2023 […]
Boston Celtics guard Malcolm Brogdon has won the 2022-23 NBA Sixth Man of the Year award. Brogdon finished ahead of New York Knicks guard Immanuel Quickley for the award, garnering 60 out of 100 first-place votes and collected 408 total points. Quickley received 34 first-place votes and 326 total points. Milwaukee Bucks wing Bobby Portis placed third, […]
Robert Williams III (left knee injury management) of the Boston Celtics is listed as questionable for Thursday night’s road game against the Milwaukee Bucks. Williams, 25, missed the first 29 games of the season after undergoing an arthroscopic procedure on his left knee. The fifth-year center was then absent for eight straight games earlier this […]
Payton Pritchard (plantar fasciitis/heel) of the Boston Celtics was upgraded to probable for Tuesday night’s road game against the Washington Wizards. Although the third-year guard is dealing with plantar fasciitis and a bone bruise in his heel, Pritchard is ready to play. The Oregon product has missed the previous nine games due to his injuries. […]
Boston Celtics guard Payton Pritchard (heel) has been downgraded to out for Wednesday night’s road game against the Minnesota Timberwolves. This will be Pritchard’s 25th game missed so far this season. Other players listed on Boston’s injury report include Danilo Gallinari (ACL) and Robert Williams III (hamstring). Both Gallinari and Williams remain out indefinitely. Gallinari […]
Jayson Tatum logged his 36th 30-point game of the season in Wednesday night’s 115-93 win over the Portland Trail Blazers, the fourth-most in a season in Boston Celtics history and one shy of tying Larry Bird (1984-85) for the third-most. In the 1970-71 season, John Havlicek recorded 38 30-point games. Bird amassed 39 30-point games […]
Grant Williams turned down a four-year extension with the Boston Celtics in a low-$50 million range, according to sources. The fourth-year wing is reportedly seeking an annual salary of $20 million. “That figure is considered premature, and a target number has not been established internally yet as he has focused on the season,” said Jared […]
