The Bucks started out blistering hot but Jayson Tatum and the Celtics walked a 14-point lead down to 2 with a 10-0 run to close the first quarter. The Celtics lead got up to 14 thanks to Paul George turning into an absolute flamethrower in the second quarter and Derrick White doing a bit of everything.
Joe Mazzulla once said he liked seeing Kristaps Porzingis “bleed on court.” The Boston Celtics head coach admired how the Latvian center embraced the physical demands of the NBA.
Paul George scored 27 points and Jayson Tatum added 21 as the Boston Celtics overcame a slow start to defeat the host Milwaukee Bucks 117-97 on Sunday.
The Boston Celtics traveled to Milwaukee to take on the Bucks in their second meeting of the season. The first quarter was close, but Boston outplayed the Bucks through the final 3 quarters to comfortably win the game, 117-97.
Who is the X factor for every NBA player this season? We’re not talking about the go-to guy, like Nikola Jokic or Steph Curry. It could be a big-name player, an all-star, or a bench player, but they are the pivot point for their team.
MILWAUKEE — Mike Conley will get his first start of the season when the Celtics face the Milwaukee Bucks on Sunday night. Conley, who has mostly been out of the rotation, played a season-high 11 minutes on Friday night against the Charlotte Hornets.
MILWAUKEE — The Celtics could be without Mitchell Robinson on Sunday night when they face the Milwaukee Bucks. Robinson was a late addition to the injury report, listed as questionable with an illness earlier Sunday afternooon.
The Boston Celtics visit the Milwaukee Bucks on Sunday evening, and big man Mitchell Robinson was officially listed as questionable due to an illness. Robinson is coming off a solid outing in a win against the Charlotte Hornets in which he finished with six points and seven rebounds.
The Boston Celtics are 7-2 and following the formula for a spectacular season: win your home games, split your road games, and flirt with 60 wins. Boston is 5-0 at home and 2-2 away, with road games against the Bucks and Sixers coming up.
Typically, the path to the NBA for most players is to spend at least a season in college to get high-level basketball and important development under their belts.
The Boston Celtics are title contenders! The front running Celtics blew a big lead on day one of the season. Typical. The Celtics are a “regular season winning machine.” (A back handed compliment if ever I’ve heard one.) They will regret trading Jaylen Brown.
Everybody in the basketball world knows Jayson Tatum can score. But it is his work on the defensive end that has Boston coach Joe Mazzulla smiling ahead of the Celtics' visit to Milwaukee to face the Bucks on Sunday.
This summer, the Boston Celtics made a highly polarizing trade when they sent Jaylen Brown to their Atlantic Division rivals, the Philadelphia 76ers, in exchange for Paul George and draft picks.
Despite being hundreds of miles away from Boston, Jayson Tatum had no trouble feeling at ease in Charlotte, North Carolina, on Friday night. For a moment, the Spectrum Center even began to sound like TD Garden.
Maybe it was because it was an NBA Cup game. Maybe it was because Jayson Tatum was visiting his old stomping grounds. Maybe it was because the Celtics caught fire from 3.
Friday’s win over the Hornets was every Celtics fans’ dream. Boston took an early lead and instead of letting Charlotte back into the game, they continued put the beatdown on the Hornets until they were up by as many as 46 points.
Jayson Tatum scored 34 points in three quarters Friday. The Hornets probably would have preferred that he stick to shooting. He also handed out nine assists, giving the Celtics the kind of offensive direction that matters well beyond a blowout against a struggling opponent.
Paul George has had a great start to life with the Boston Celtics, but the same can’t be said about every new player in the franchise. The Celtics signed Mitchell Robinson as a free agent after his championship-winning season with the New York Knicks, and a lot was expected of him.
The Boston Celtics have started the season strong, and it’s been with the help of some of the new players on the team. Paul George has come in and fit into his role well, and the pairing of him and Jayson Tatum has been seamless so far.
A personal commitment from longtime Celtics minority owner Rob Hale helped spark one of the largest philanthropic efforts in Boston sports history. Hale
The Boston Celtics visit the Charlotte Hornets at 7 p.m. EST Friday in an NBA Cup group-stage game in Charlotte. Boston is 6-2 and ranks third in the Eastern Conference.
The Boston Celtics were without Jayson Tatum for their Wednesday night contest against the Milwaukee Bucks — with Tatum getting the day off for rest purposes.
Former NBA big man Chris Boucher is joining the Shanghai Sharks, according to Chinese basketball reporter Zhang Duo (Twitter link) and the Chinese Basketball Association (Instagram link).
Boston’s basketball history includes decades of championship banners, but the franchise’s business story took a new turn when Wyc Grousbeck led a group of investors into ownership.
The Celtics have exercised their rookie scale team options on wings Baylor Scheierman and Hugo Gonzalez for the 2027/28 season, per RealGM’s log of official NBA transactions.
Joe Mazzulla has found another way to review his work. Basically, he’s asking artificial intelligence whether he spent practice doing what he said the Celtics needed to do.