Tag: Boston Celtics
Despite playing 30 minutes in preseason, LeBron James dazzled in the season opener with an impressive stat line.
Kyrie Irving, playing his former team in his first regular-season game with the Boston Celtics, heard hearty boos in pregame introductions and each time he touched the ball early in Tuesday’s opener against the Cleveland Cavaliers at Quicken Loans Arena. Irving was the first player announced during introductions, and boos overwhelmed any cheers. He exchanged […]
Celtics forward Gordon Hayward was stretchered off the floor in Cleveland after suffering a horrific-looking leg injury a little more than five minutes into his Boston debut Tuesday night. Hayward’s left leg bent awkwardly after he went up for an alley-oop pass, collided with LeBron James and collapsed under the basket with 6 minutes, 45 […]
Hours before the 2017-18 season gets set to tip off, here are some storylines to follow for Tuesday’s games.
Many extension-eligible players opted to bet on themselves and a questionable free agent marketplace next summer.
As he always does, Joel Brigham makes 50 predictions for the forthcoming NBA season.
Boston Celtics forward Marcus Morris, a projected starter after being acquired this summer, will be sidelined for the start of the regular season while battling right knee soreness. Celtics coach Brad Stevens said Sunday that Morris will “be out here for the coming week-plus” and the team will re-evaluate him later this month to see […]
When the NBA released its schedule for the 2017-18 season on Aug. 14, the Cleveland Cavaliers’ season opener against the Boston Celtics was already intriguing as an Eastern Conference finals rematch. Eight days later, when Cleveland swapped Kyrie Irving to Boston for Jae Crowder, Isaiah Thomas, Ante Zizic and a first-round draft pick, the matchup […]
Kyrie Irving has added more spice to the Celtics-Cavaliers season opener. Irving, who asked to be traded out of Cleveland and wound up in Boston this summer after three straight NBA Finals trips with LeBron James and the Cavaliers, said he sees “a vast difference” between the cities. “Boston, I’m driving in and [thinking], ‘I’m […]
The Celtics face a dilemma with fourth-year guard Marcus Smart, writes Shane Rhodes.
