Celtics
The Boston Celtics Will Soon Be Terrifyingly Good
The Boston Celtics lost to the Atlanta Hawks 104-92 last night, knocking them out of the first round of the playoffs. It's the last time for the foreseeable future that the Celtics will exit the playoffs so early. To understand where the Celtics are Isaiah Thomas cleaned out his locker at the Celtics practice facility … Read more
NBA playoff scores 2016: The Celtics' shooting, not star power, was exposed in …
The Boston Celtics have played above expectations each of the past two seasons in making the playoffs. There's plenty of young talent on the roster, but the problem for Danny Ainge is that there doesn't seem to be that one superstar that's needed to Sean Grande talks with Toucher & Rich about the advantage the … Read more
The Celtics' productive chaos finds an avatar in Marcus Smart
Well, he guarded Millsap the last thirteen minutes of the game, including overtime, probably; maybe the last eight minutes of the fourth quarter. Obviously you're throwing darts a little bit with a guy that's rolling like that. But one thing about that Coach Bill Belichick and his girlfriend, Linda Holliday, tight end Rob Gronkowski, owner … Read more
The Celtics' productive chaos finds an avatar in Marcus Smart
BOSTON — Paul Millsap was destroying the Celtics. One by one they had taken their turns guarding him, from Jonas Jerebko to Jae Crowder, with doses of Jared Sullinger and Amir Johnson thrown in for good measure. And one by one they had been Isaiah Thomas scored 28 points, hitting a corner 3-pointer with 30 … Read more
The Celtics' productive chaos finds an avatar in Marcus Smart
Isaiah Thomas scored 28 points, hitting a corner 3-pointer with 30 seconds left in overtime and then adding a pair of clinching free throws as the Boston Celtics beat the Hawks 104-95 on Sunday night to send their first-round playoff series back to It is a rare sight to see New England Patriots players become … Read more
NBA playoff scores 2016: Isaiah Thomas saved the Celtics' season with 42 points
In a must-win Game 3 in their first round playoff series, the Boston Celtics turned to the smallest guy on their team to carry the biggest load. Isaiah Thomas came through with a career-high 42-point game on Friday, leading the Celtics past the Atlanta "The great players make adjustments and they go from there," Thomas … Read more