Team USA’s decision to leave Boston Celtics forward Jaylen Brown off the roster for the 2024 Paris Olympics became a hot-button topic. It was a curious call, to say the least, as Brown was coming off winning a championship with the Celtics and being named Finals MVP.
The Boston Celtics traveled to Denver to face the Nuggets Wednesday night. Boston had been surging up the power rankings with a blistering month of February and faced off against the fourth placed Nuggets.
The Boston Celtics have had a truly astounding season. Despite All-NBA forward Jayson Tatum undergoing a brutal Achilles injury that he continues to rehab from deep into this season, Jaylen Brown has seemingly taken on the duty of carrying the Celtics into contention as an MVP candidate.
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The Celtics aren’t rushing Jayson Tatum back. But they are finally seeing him look like himself again. According to ESPN’s Shams Charania, Tatum has reached a significant checkpoint in his recovery from a ruptured Achilles, participating as a full-go in five-on-five scrimmages with Celtics.
The NBA is a league built on the backs of its stars. Every now and then, guys in the NBA will raise their play to All-Star level, and sometimes, that run only lasts for one season.
On the front-half of a back-to-back, the Boston Celtics faced off against a short-handed Phoenix Suns team, securing a commanding 97-81 victory. The Celtics weren’t at full-strength themselves, though, Jaylen Brown missing the game with a knee contusion.
Since taking over as the Boston Celtics head coach in 2022, defense has remained a priority for Joe Mazzulla. In his first three full years with the Celtics, Boston ranked as a top-five team in defensive rating, according to NBA.com.
The Boston Celtics have won four games in a row and nine of their last 10, recovering from a mid-January lull to sit in second place with a 38-19 record.
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Over the past decade, the Celtics have posted at least 48 wins in all but one season. They’ve made the Eastern Conference Finals six times in that span, the NBA Finals twice, and of course won a championship in 2024.
Can the Celtics keep the momentum? The Boston Celtics have played three games since the All-Star break and won all three by double digits. A West Coast road trip is never easy.
A potential NBA Finals preview headlines Wednesday night as the Boston Celtics travel to Ball Arena to face the Denver Nuggets in one of the most anticipated matchups of the week.
When the season started, rare were those who expected the Phoenix Suns and the Celtics to be competing for playoff spots in their respective conferences.
The Boston Celtics were rolling, up 21 and in the midst of a massive 50-11 run that was breaking the game open in Phoenix. The Suns were desperate for anything that was going to give them momentum, and it looked like they were about to get it. Jamaree Bouyea picked up a loose ball and raced up the right slot.
The Nuggets won at Boston in early January without their best player. The Celtics will try to even the score potentially without their top scorer on Wednesday night when they visit Denver.
The Celtics didn’t just win Tuesday night. They made a statement. Without Jaylen Brown nursing a knee contusion, Boston could have stumbled. Instead, they delivered one of their most complete performances of the season, dismantling the Phoenix Suns 97-81 at Footprint Center.
The Celtics were without Jaylen Brown but they came out with great effort in Phoenix, hanging with the Suns early despite shooting terribly. The effort
Let’s face it, late February is usually the part of the NBA season where things get a little sleepy. The trade deadline hype is over, the All-Star break is now in the past, and everyone is just waiting for the real games to start in April.
Boston Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla was not bothered by Pat Riley’s trash talk toward his team on Sunday. If anything, it was the opposite. The Los Angeles Lakers unveiled a statue of Riley prior to Sunday’s rivalry game with Boston at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, and honored his contributions to the franchise.
The Celtics will get back to the required roster minimum by converting two-way player John Tonje to a 10-day contract, agents George Roussakis and Mark Bartelstein tell Michael Scotto of HoopsHype (Twitter link).