Jaylen Brown said he’ll take the blame for the Boston Celtics’ humiliating 118-89 home loss against the red-hot Charlotte Hornets after he put up 20 points, 11 rebounds, and seven assists on 7-for-19 shooting from the field in 34 minutes.
The Boston Celtics tripped up against the Charlotte Hornets, only to realize the East could soon have another competitor. The Shamrocks were blown out of the water.
BOSTON — The Celtics night was summed up perfectly at the end of the third quarter of their loss to the Charlotte Hornets. With about three minutes to go, they pieced together an 8-3 spurt that was giving them a little life.
Heroes run the NBA, but every story also needs a villain. For some franchises, it's a particularly hated opponent, but every now and then, it's one of their own.
Derrick White said Jayson Tatum is moving well and making progress in his recovery from a ruptured Achilles tendon, offering an encouraging update Wednesday even as the Celtics lost 118-89 to the Charlotte Hornets — their worst defeat of the season.
BOSTON — The Celtics never really had it on Wednesday night. They couldn't shoot, they couldn't defend, and they couldn't rebound. That's a losing trifecta if there ever was one.
BOSTON — The anticipation for Jayson Tatum’s return is building in Boston. The circumstantial evidence is piling up to suggest it’s going to happen any
Basketball has changed so, so much since it was first played in the late 1800s. The NBA has a lot to do with this, and there are even a handful of players who can be credited with influencing significant shifts on their own.
Boston Celtics All-Star Jaylen Brown has led his team toone of the best records in the NBA this season without Jayson Tatum, which, for JR Smith, means it’s no longer Tatum’s team.
When Jayson Tatum tore his Achilles in the spring of 2025, the assumption across the league was that the Celtics would spend 2025-26 treading water. Most projections had Boston somewhere near the play-in tournament.
The Boston Celtics spent most of the 2025–26 season without their franchise centerpiece. Now that Jayson Tatum’s possible return is in the air.The talk shifts from patience to high expectations.
Jayson Tatum’s comeback is suddenly within reach. After nearly a year away from the court, the Boston Celtics star is approaching the final phase of his recovery from the devastating Achilles injury that halted his postseason run last May.
Fans have been asking to see Jamie Reagan (Will Estes), Eddie Janko (Vanessa Ray), and their baby on Boston Blue ever since the Blue Bloods spinoff revealed that never-before-seen Reagans would appear in the series.
Paul Pierce reminisces with Marc D'Amico on two of The Truth's most iconic moments for today's throwback, scoring his 20,000th point and eventually passing Larry Bird on the team's all-time scoring list.
The Boston Celtics will enter their matchup on Wednesday night against the visiting Charlotte Hornets having won 12 of their past 14 games. Boston has been getting the job done with defense and depth.
BOSTON — Boston Celtics sit second in the Eastern Conference with a 41-20 record. Their third straight win leaves them five games behind Detroit. February treated Boston well, and one star earned recognition for it.
Derrick White and the Boston Celtics have been on a torrid pace this last month of basketball. In February, the Celtics posted a 9-2 record, good enough for the second-best mark in the NBA for the month, only behind Victor Wembanyama and the San Antonio Spurs.
Ahead of the 2025-26 NBA season, the Boston Celtics were written off as Eastern Conference contenders and for good reasons. Jayson Tatum’s Achilles injury was already a big setback.
The Celtics are thinking long term, even while stacking wins. Boston is focused on internal improvement and integrating trade-deadline addition Nikola Vucevic as it prepares for another postseason run.
The Celtics have brought back John Tonje on a two-way contract, the team announced (via Twitter). Tonje was acquired from Utah ahead of the last month’s trade deadline.