The Boston Celtics have reached a familiar refrain: Game 7 in the Eastern Conference postseason. In 2022, the Cs played Milwaukee and Miami en route to an NBA Finals appearance. Should Boston return to the Finals in 2023, it’ll take at least one more winner-take-all affair, with Philadelphia taking three thus far in the Eastern …
It isn’t necessarily the toughest thing to have imagined the Boston Celtics getting into a 3-2 hole in the Eastern Conference semifinals given their post-All-Star break struggles in the regular season, but this feeling is unfamiliar. Boston may not be ready for the 76ers led by reigning MVP Joel Embiid and revived former MVP James …
Things are all knotted up between the Boston Celtics and 76ers in the Eastern Conference semifinals’ No. 2-No. 3 matchup heading into Game 5, meaning someone has to take control of things on May 9. This series just saw a spectacular overtime ending in Game 4 in which James Harden ripped the hearts out of …
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The Boston Celtics have the chance to take a commanding 3-1 Eastern Conference semifinals lead over the 76ers, who have seemingly gotten worse since 2022-23 MVP Joel Embiid returned to the lineup. Following a double-digit win for the Cs in enemy territory on May 5, the familiar feeling that results from these two teams playing …
The Boston Celtics have successfully defended their homecourt through the first two games of their Eastern Conference quarterfinals No. 2-No. 7 matchup against the Hawks, winning by 13 points in both contests. Boston has shut down Trae Young so far, holding Atlanta’s star guard to 3/13 3-point shooting and 14/40 shooting overall, and forcing 10 …
The Boston Celtics and Atlanta Hawks do battle on April 15 in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference quarterfinals’ No. 2-No. 7 matchup — and Las Vegas foresees the Cs handily taking care of business in the series’ opening salvo. In what has not been a common occurrence, the Celtics will open up the series …
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The Boston Celtics head into their penultimate game of the 2022-23 season on April 7 against the Raptors at the TD Garden with very little to lose. Boston has already clinched the No. 2 seed and the Bucks have already clinched the No. 1 seed. Toronto, on the other hand, can play its way into the …
The Boston Celtics could prove that their post-All-Star break struggles have subsided by running their win streak to three on March 26 when the east’s No. 2 seed hosts the team with the third-worst record in the league, the Spurs. San Antonio comes into this early-evening matchup on a three-game losing streak, with all of …
The Boston Celtics and their March 21 opponent, the Kings, are both coming off losses to a Jazz team that was supposedly on the downturn after profiling as sellers at the 2023 NBA trade deadline. Boston, though, is coming off three days of rest. Sacramento will be taking on the Cs on the second night …
The Boston Celtics took care of business on the road on Friday night, taking down the Trail Blazers to win their second straight game after narrowly escaping Minnesota with a victory two days prior. On March 18, the Cs have a strong chance to run their win streak to three with a matchup against the …
The Boston Celtics got away with a win over the Timberwolves on Wednesday by the skin of their teeth, and on March 17, the Cs hope to honor St. Patrick with a victory on his unofficial holiday against the Blazers in Portland. Against Minnesota, things came down to the very last minute. Grant Williams won …
The Boston Celtics can prove they’re out of what has been an early-March malaise, or they can indicate that the March 8 win over Portland was merely a standout night, when they play the Hawks at the Philips Arena on March 11. Atlanta comes into this one having split their last 10 games, which have …
The Boston Celtics are in the midst of their most brutal five-game stretch of the 2022-23 season so far, having lost four of their last five games — all to teams that are currently in Eastern Conference postseason slots. A chance for redemption comes March 8 with a matchup against a middling Trail Blazers team …
Following a shocking loss to the Nets on Friday, the Boston Celtics look to avoid dropping their third game of their last four and their second loss in that time frame to the Knicks when they host New York at the TD Garden on Sunday, March 5. During the last meeting between the two teams …
The Boston Celtics look to begin building a winning streak Friday, March 3 — following a close victory over the Cavaliers that followed a disheartening loss to the Knicks this week — when they host the Nets at the TD Garden in a battle the sportsbooks are favoring them heavily in. Brooklyn has four straight …
The Boston Celtics look to bounce back from their first post-All-Star break loss when they take on the Cavaliers on Wednesday, March 1. Against the Knicks in a 109-94 loss at MSG on February 27, the Cs shot a dismal 21.4% from the 3-point line on 42 shot attempts. Obviously, that number needs to improve …
The Boston Celtics look to pad their slim lead over the Bucks in the conference on Saturday, February 25 when the team takes on the next best team in the standings after Milwaukee, the 76ers, on the road. Boston started off the post-All-Star break slate with a 142-138 overtime win over the Pacers in Indiana. …
On Friday, November 18, the Boston Celtics look to run their win streak to nine — and look to improve their league-best record to 13-3 overall — as they take on the New Orleans Pelicans at the Smoothie King Center in the Big Easy. Boston is coming off of a 126-101 destruction of the Atlanta …
The Boston Celtics and Oklahoma City Thunder are two teams with very different expectations in 2022-23, and they’ll be meeting on November 14 at the T.D. Garden for their first of two matchups this season. Boston is on a six-game win streak after a 3-2 start to the season and now sits in second place …
The Boston Celtics have officially run their win streak to five games following a November 11 victory against the Denver Nuggets at home, and they look to make it six in a row on Saturday night against the Detroit Pistons. Of course one of those wins during Boston’s streak was against Detroit at the T.D. …
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The Boston Celtics and Denver Nuggets both sit at 8-3 through their first 11 games, though the Cs currently sit in the No. 3 seed while Denver is at No. 4 in the Utah Jazz-dominated Western Conference. Like we all predicted. None of that seeding talk is quite relevant yet, though, with so much of …
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The Boston Celtics are on a two-game win streak, and they’re looking to run it to three on Monday, November 7 at the FedEx Forum in Memphis to face the Grizzlies — who are also 6-3 through their first nine games. Memphis has won its last three games, meaning they can push their own win …
The Boston Celtics look to end their first losing streak of the 2022-23 season, and of the Joe Mazzulla era, with a Sunday evening matchup with the Washington Wizards in a battle of 3-2 teams. Boston was bludgeoned on the glass the past 2 games by the Cleveland Cavaliers and Chicago Bulls, being outrebounded by …
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This past Monday was a unique experience for Boston Celtics fans in 2022 — their team was beaten up on the glass and had their lunch taken from them after building a 19-point lead in the first quarter of an eventual 120-102 loss to the Chicago Bulls. Nikola Vucevic looked like a Montenegrin Shaquille O’Neal as …
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