Jaylen Brown watched on as Jayson Tatum and the Boston Celtics secured a third-straight win on Sunday, jumping to 50-24 on the 2025-26 NBA season after a 114-99 win over LaMelo Ball and the Charlotte Hornets.
On Sunday, the Boston Celtics secured a 114–99 victory over the Charlotte Hornets to officially punch their ticket to the playoffs. The win extended Boston’s postseason streak to 12 consecutive seasons, the longest active run in the NBA.
Jayson Tatum and the shorthanded Boston Celtics secured their 50th win of the 2025-26 NBA season on Sunday, taking down Kon Knueppel and the Charlotte Hornets 114-99 on the road without both Jaylen Brown and Derrick White.
ATLANTA — The Celtics will once again be shorthanded when they face the Atlanta Hawks on Monday night on the second night of a back-to-back. Jayson Tatum (right Achilles repair management) will be sidelined after exploding for 32 points and 8 assists on Sunday against the Charlotte Hornets.
At the beginning of the month, Jaylen Brown scored his 13,000th career point. In the middle of the month, Brown passed Jo Jo White and Dave Cowens to climb to 10th place on the Celtics all-time scoring list.
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.
The Hawks will look for revenge against the Boston Celtics on Monday night when the teams reconvene in Atlanta. Payton Pritchard scored 36 points and Jayson Tatum collected 26 points and 12 rebounds to propel the host Celtics to a 109-102 victory over the Hawks on Friday.
In his 11th game back from a torn Achilles, Jayson Tatum dropped a season-high 32 points with 8 assists, 5 rebounds and 0 turnovers on 12-23 shooting from the field and 5-10 from three.
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.
The Charlotte Hornets’ five-game win streak now feels like a distant memory as they have lost their second straight game—this time at the hands of the Boston Celtics, who saw their returning star Jayson Tatum deliver his best performance yet.
It didn’t take long for Jaylen Brown to hop onto Twitter after the Celtics win over the Charlotte Hornets. “50 wins in a gap year,” he tweeted. At this point, that term isn’t just bulletin board material, it has become a permanent part of the bulletin board.
The Celtics are in. Not that there was much doubt after, like, the fourth week of the season. Boston (50-24) clinched a playoff spot with a win over the Hornets on Sunday and continues to sit near the top of the Eastern Conference standings.
The Celtics clinched a playoff spot with their win over the Hornets tonight, as the NBA laid out in a pre-game tweet. They became the second Eastern Conference team to do so, behind the Pistons, who officially nabbed a berth over a week ago.
Jayson Tatum was lying on the Madison Square Garden hardwood on May 12, 2025, clutching his right ankle and staring at the ceiling. The six-time All-Star had just torn his Achilles tendon during Game 4 of the Boston Celtics' second-round series against the New York Knicks, and the uncertainty that followed was suffocating.
The Boston Celtics are coming off a solid 114-99 win over the Charlotte Hornets on Sunday night. With this win, the Celtics have officially hit the 50-win milestone, marking their fifth consecutive season with at least 50 wins.
The Boston Celtics reached their 50th win of the 2025-26 NBA season on Sunday. The Celtics handed the Charlotte Hornets their 36th loss of the season, after a dominant 114-99 win.
The Boston Celtics might need another big offensive performance from backup point guard Payton Pritchard when they visit the Charlotte Hornets on Sunday night.
The NBA’s 65-game rule is receiving severe backlash this season, and much of it is because of Cade Cunningham’s case. The Boston Celtics legend, Kevin Garnett, became the latest addition to the list of critics of this rule.
“The Truth” might have to hold back on the truth bombs a bit. Paul Pierce appears to have revealed that he earned a sizable income from his side gigs despite losing his jobs at FS1 and ESPN in recent years.
It's a special time of year for college basketball. March Madness is in full swing, the coaching carousel is kicking off and everyone is wondering if their team could hire Brad Stevens as its next head coach.
Derrick White has officially taken over for Kyrie Irving as the Boston Celtics’ resident conspiracy theorist. Years ago, Irving infamously claimed he believed the Earth was flat after conducting extensive research on Instagram, widely known as an infallible hub of information.