The Boston Celtics continued their impressive start to the season Friday night, defeating the Chicago Bulls 125-111 in their NBA Cup opener. While Payton Pritchard stole the spotlight with 30 points and Jayson Tatum added 26, Paul George continued showing that he has plenty left in the tank.
Is this the year the Celtics take the Cup seriously? Boston certainly looked interested Friday night, opening their first group-stage game with a 44-point first quarter, a 29-point halftime lead and Payton Pritchard briefly transforming into that cyborg version of himself who keeps showing up in NBC Sports Boston broadcasts.
BOSTON — It took only five minutes for Payton Pritchard to find his rhythm. He needed the next five to answer head coach Joe Mazzulla’s call Friday night against the Bulls to begin Boston’s NBA Cup run.
When the Boston Celtics acquired veteran Paul George from the Philadelphia 76ers in exchange for Jaylen Brown, very few people supported the move, considering Brown’s success and contributions to the franchise.
BOSTON — The Boston Celtics and Bulls hit the dance floor for a second time this week, but this time it was on a big field of green for the first Emirates Cup group play game.
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.
Payton Pritchard scored a season-high 30 points off the bench, Jayson Tatum added 26 points, seven rebounds and seven assists, and the Boston Celtics beat the visiting Chicago Bulls 125-111 on Friday in the NBA Cup Group C opener for both teams.
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.
Four days after the Celtics beat Chicago 134-99, the Bulls are back at TD Garden. This time the game counts toward the NBA Cup: it’s Boston’s first group-play game of the tournament. Tip-off: 7:30 p.m.
Boston Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla has found another unconventional tool to improve his coaching methods: artificial intelligence. Known for his unusual approach to basketball, Mazzulla now uses Claude daily to evaluate practices, develop ideas, and challenge his thinking.
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 appeared to have Tuesday’s win over the Brooklyn Nets wrapped up in regulation. They led by four with four seconds left, Jayson Tatum at the free-throw line, and ESPN analytics giving them a 99.2 percent chance of winning.
Jordan Walsh is getting his shot. For all the analysis about who might start for the Boston Celtics this season, the idea of starting Walsh never gained mainstream traction.
With a rash of injuries wiping out the superstar class of the NBA so early in the regular season, load management, style of play, and second guessing the length of training camp have become the center of NBA discussion.
Five-time NBA champion Ron Harper is pretty active on X. He recently responded to Gilbert Arenas over comments about his son. Harper, who won three titles with the Chicago Bulls and two with the Los Angeles Lakers, is now the subject of an online roasting.
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.
The Boston Celtics hit the practice floor again on Thursday, ahead of an early-season rematch with the Chicago Bulls. But even though the game is at home again, it won’t look the same. That's because Friday night’s game is the first Emirate’s Cup, in-season tournament game.
Jayson Tatum knew the math before he caught the ball on Tuesday night. With 2.3 seconds left in overtime against the Nets, he figured he had "probably like two dribbles" to work with.
Everybody saw Jayson Tatum’s game-winner against the Nets. Some of the moments that meant the most to him were considerably less obvious. A cut. An explosive move.
Devin Carter has rejoined the Celtics after a bout of mononucleosis had kept him sidelined for the start of the season, Bobby Manning reports for CLNS Media (via Twitter).
Paul Pierce refutes the viral claim about his financial status, but with just one word. The former NBA champ bagged millions of dollars during and after his playing years.
The Boston Celtics drafted Jayson Tatum in 2017 thanks to a 2013 trade that let them swap first-round picks with the Brooklyn Nets. Nearly a decade later, Tatum continues to haunt Boston's Atlantic Division rivals.
The Boston Celtics are at home Tuesday night as they host the Brooklyn Nets in an Eastern Conference matchup. Boston enters Tuesday’s game with a 2-1 record after defeating the Chicago Bulls at home in dominant fashion Monday night.
A representative for Sixers wing Jaylen Brown disputed a report that he sought a trade out of Boston or presented the Celtics with a list of demands, according
Payton Pritchard gives his offseason workout opponents a simple incentive: hold him to under 60% shooting, and the Chipotle order is on him. Getting that free meal, however, requires defending one of the NBA’s most effective isolation scorers through a demanding session that lasts around 150 possessions.
The defending champion New York Knicks have lost their first three games of the season by 19 total points. It hasn't helped that their starting small forward has put up only 10 points all season.