It’s not too early to look out west. The basketball gods have gifted the Boston Celtics a couple of extra days rest ahead of the Eastern Conference Finals.
The Boston Celtics defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers 113-98 in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Semi-Finals, clinching the series 4-1 to advance to their third consecutive Eastern Conference Finals.
Jaylen Brown’s decision-making, Joe Mazzulla’s perspective on winning, and TD Garden’s loudest crowd. Led by the inevitable greatness of Al Horford, the Boston Celtics wrapped up their Round 2 series against the Cleveland Cavaliers on Wednesday night with a 113-93 victory in Game 5.
BOSTON, MA — It was déjà vu for the Boston Celtics on Wednesday night. For the second series in a row, they had a chance to eliminate their opponent at home and in five games.
The NFL released its full regular season schedule on Wednesday, which has us hankering for some football futures.
Al Horford is in the midst of a lengthy and successful NBA career. Selected third overall in the 2007 NBA Draft, Horford is less than a month away from turning 38 (June 3).
The Boston Celtics have made it to their third consecutive Eastern Conference Finals after they closed out the hobbled Cleveland Cavaliers with a score of 113-98 on Wednesday in Game 5.
Al Horford will be 38 on June 3, but the Celtics center is showing absolutely no signs of slowing down.
The stars were shining for the Boston Celtics and Dallas Mavericks on Wednesday.
Al Horford had 22 points and 15 rebounds as the host Boston Celtics advanced to the Eastern Conference finals by handing the short-handed Cleveland Cavaliers a 113-98 loss in Game 5 of a semifinal series on Wednesday night.
CLEVELAND — A common thing I saw after Game 3 was people talking about how Al Horford was getting cooked by Donovan Mitchell on switches. And they were not really wrong.
The Boston Celtics got a much-needed bounce back win on Saturday against the Cleveland Cavaliers after losing game two of their series at home. The Celtics got a road win of their own on Saturday, and they are now up 2-1 in the series.
The Boston Celtics proved a point to the Cleveland Cavaliers and sent a message to the rest of the NBA on Saturday night.
The narrative may be that the Celtics are a super team, but Jayson Tatum isn't convinced.
With Kristaps Porzingis sidelined due to a soleus strain in his right calf that, based on the injury's recovery timetable, may keep him from suiting up in the Eastern Conference Semifinals, the Celtics will lean even further on Al Horford.
Joe Mazzulla praised Jayson Tatum’s first-round approach, Al Horford expressed his comfortability with entering the starting line-up, and Payton Pritchard shared his gratitude for meaningful playoff minutes.
In Game 4 against the Heat Kristaps Porzingis went down with a calf injury. Since then he’s officially been diagnosed with a soleus calf strain, the same injury Giannis Antetokounmpo recently dealt with.
The Twyman-Stokes Teammate of the Year Award recognizes the player who it's determined best demonstrated selfless play, on- and off-court leadership as a mentor and role model to other NBA players, and a commitment and dedication to the team.
Boston Celtics center Al Horford has confidence in his team, regardless of how long they are without Kristaps Porzingis. Following Boston's 102-88 win over the Miami Heat on Monday, Horford told reporters that he believes the rest of the team's big men are ready to fill the void.
On Saturday evening, Jayson Tatum and the Boston Celtics took a 2-1 lead in their Eastern Conference first round matchup vs the Miami Heat with a dominating 104-84 road win vs the Miami Heat in a game that wasn’t even really as “close” as the final margin suggested.
The Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Boston Celtics in the 2018 NBA Eastern Conference Finals in seven epic games behind LeBron James, who averaged 33.6 points, 9.0 rebounds, 8.4 assists, 1.1 steals and 1.1 blocks in the seven-game series. The Celtics took a 2-0 lead by winning the first two games at home.
Friday night at TD Garden, the Boston Celtics aim to tie their franchise record for their best start to a season at home. The C's are 16-0 on their parquet.
It’s 4:45 p.m. Tip off is still 75 minutes away, and Al Horford is talking to his old teammate Kyle Korver, who is now Atlanta’s Assistant General Manager.
Down a pair of key players on Wednesday vs. Philadelphia, the Celtics got a boost from their bench.
The Boston Celtics were supposed to cruise to an easy win over the Philadelphia 76ers in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference semifinals on Monday night, but James Harden had other plans.
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