Recaps

Boston cruised to an easy victory over Charlotte in a ‘home’ game played at the Mohegan Sun casino in Connecticut (who has two thumbs and is old enough to remember Boston playing home games in Hartford during the Larry Bird era? This guy). Brad started the second unit plus Jae Crowder for this afternoon matinee [...]

The first win of the Al Horford era is in the books, as the Celtics used a strong second half to beat Charlotte, 107-92, in a preseason game. Horford had 13 points, eight rebounds and one monster slam; Isaiah Thomas scored 15 points; Terry Rozier and Avery Bradley had 14 apiece; and Jaylen Brown had [...]

The Celtics kicked off the 2016-2017 preseason with a 92-89 loss to the 76ers. Despite the loss, I’m all aboard the hype train because the Celtics (starters) looked good. The pace was fast, the passing was crisp and the defense was fierce as Boston raced out to a 25-9 lead. Al Horford (8 points, 4-8 [...]

Boston won it’s first game of the 2016 NBA Summer League by beating the Sixers 102-94. We’re all pretty spent here after the drama of the past few days, but here’s a quick recap: Jaylen Brown struggled from the field (2 of 7) in his first NBA game, but did put in 16 points. Most [...]

Thank god that’s over. I love a grit and balls playoff dogfight but this team was borderline unwatchable in the playoffs. Even the victories were brutal. The Hawks choked out the Celtics, 104-92, to win this series in 6 games. Atlanta’s recipe for victory was the same: swarm Isaiah Thomas and dare the others to [...]

Phillips Arena continued to be Boston’s personal house of horrors tonight, as the Celts get smoked by the Hawks 110-83 in Game 5. The first quarter of tonight’s game was an offensive horror show for both squads. The Celts’ shots simply weren’t falling, but thankfully their pitbull defense was on point. Boston “swarmed” the Hawks [...]

This Celtics team is something, man. No one can really explain what they’re doing. There’s no formula for this. They’re relying on a Detroit Piston cast-off, a 2nd-year player known as much nationally for his performance art flops as he is for anything else, a good player who’s not himself due to injury, and one [...]

First off, let me preface this blog by saying I’m heavily buzzed. It’s possible all of following will be deleted in the morning. Secondly, what a freakin game! The real Celtics finally showed up at the tip. The defensive intensity was phenomenal and so was the shooting (at least for the 1st quarter). Led by [...]

So much for thinking the Celtics couldn’t play any worse than they did in the first half of Game 1. Tonight the Cs treated us to the worst 1st quarter performance in modern NBA playoff history: 7 points on 3-23 shooting. Only Atlanta’s inability to deliver a death blow kept the Celtics within striking distance for [...]

The Celtics’ opening playoff game was like night and day, from the first half to the second half, as Boston came back from 17 points down at halftime to nearly pull off another of their patented miracles. But in the end, Atlanta hung on for a 102-101 victory that we’ll hope the Cs don’t come to [...]