DETROIT -- Jaylen Brown got to a spot he liked and took a shot he’s hit a hundred times already this season. “Catch. Get to a spot. Go up. Gotta make a play for your team at the end,” Brown said after the game.
For the third time in four matchups against the Detroit Pistons this season, the Celtics have lost in very close fashion. This was an incredible game of basketball overall.
Boston Celtics head coach Joe Mazzulla said he doesn’t mind letting Jaylen Brown take the final shot during their 104-103 road defeat against the Detroit Pistons on Monday night.
DETROIT --- The Celtics and Pistons engaged in a terminally slow slugfest that featured multiple reviews and an incredible amount of foul calls, on top of the usually slow pace of a national TV game’s extended breaks.
It's hard for everything to go right in the NBA, whether that's due to managerial decisions, bad luck with injuries, or other factors. In league history, there are some moments that stand out, moments that could have gone in a completely different direction and drastically changed the league.
Boston Celtics star Jaylen Brown and Detroit Pistons enforcer Isaiah Stewart are at it again. With the Pistons surging and the Celtics surprisingly playing well sans Jayson Tatum, these two teams are seemingly reviving their decades-old rivalry.
Boston Celtics star Jayson Tatum isn’t expected to play in the 2025-26 NBA season. The organization wants Tatum to rehab from his torn Achilles tendon throughout the entire campaign.
Halfway through the 2024-25 regular season, the Boston Celtics were 29-12 and doing what was expected of them. The C’s were just six months removed from winning it all and had hopes of repeating as champions given their nearly identical roster.
Over the weekend, a new workout video featuring Boston Celtics star Jayson Tatum began making the rounds across social media. The video, shot by Adam Himmelsbach of The Boston Globe, showed Tatum looking a little like his old self before being sidelined by an Achilles injury.
Jayson Tatum has spent months working through the quiet, repetitive grind that follows a major injury. Since suffering an Achilles rupture last May, his progress took place mostly behind closed doors, with only brief clips surfacing through personal channels.
Can Boston cut into Detroit’s lead? At the start of the season, most fans expected Boston to be middle of the pack due to Jayson Tatum’s injury and the offseason losses of Kristaps Porzingis, Luke Kornet, Al Horford and Jrue Holiday.
DETROIT -- Boston Celtics guard Jaylen Brown was named to his fifth All-Star team on Monday, and for the first time in his career, he will be a starter.
In the pressure cooker of the NBA, where every possession is scrutinized and every post-game press conference is dissected for clicks, Boston Celtics head coach Joe Mazzulla remains an anomaly.
What is the meaning of life? Is it to constantly pursue new goals, to push ourselves towards our best possible selves? Is it to contemplate the horrors of the indifferent universe in the face of mass human suffering?
The Celtics may have learned something Thursday night, and it came from a place they were not necessarily expecting. Anfernee Simons delivered his best game of the season in a 119-114 win over the Miami Heat, pouring in 39 points and completely taking over the fourth quarter.
DETROIT -- Sam Hauser is an elite 3-point shooter. Sure, he’s gone through some slumps, but teams know that once he gets going, it’s hard to shut his water
On Saturday evening, the Boston Celtics continued their winning ways with a blowout road win over the Atlanta Hawks by a score of 132-106. Amazingly, this game was not nearly as close as the final score suggested, with Atlanta outscoring Boston by 17 points in the final frame in order to get the deficit to 26.
The Boston Celtics have been linked to numerous trade rumors involving some of the NBA’s marquee big men, as many analysts believe that they’re one star away from being legitimate title contenders once again.
BOSTON — The Boston Celtics have surprised even their most ardent supporters. They currently sit third with a 25–15 record. With Jayson Tatum’s return on the horizon, the Celtics have been linked with Jaren Jackson Jr.
The Boston Celtics trailed by as many as 19 to the Miami Heat on Thursday night, and still managed to come away victorious with a 119-114 comeback win.
Boston Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla was not happy with the officiating in Monday’s 98-96 loss to the Indiana Pacers, and he spent his entire postgame press conference making that clear.
Five days ago, the Indiana Pacers were the NBA's worst team. After shocking the Boston Celtics Monday night, they've moved to second-worst — and they're gaining on the Sacramento Kings.