Kyrie Irving made the go-ahead layup with 0.5 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter as the host Boston Celtics moved into a tie for fourth place in the Eastern Conference with a 114-112 victory over the Indiana Pacers on Friday.
Al Horford broke a fourth-quarter tie with a layup and capped a 14-4 run with an alley-oop slam, helping the visiting Boston Celtics brush aside a challenge from the Cleveland Cavaliers for a 116-106 victory Tuesday night.
The Boston Celtics will not have Kyrie Irving in the lineup against the Cleveland Cavaliers. The Celtics All-Star guard is getting a day off, or as the NBA terms it, “load management.”
Cal Ramsey, a New York basketball icon who starred in the city in high school and college while later serving as a player and broadcaster for the Knicks, died Monday at 81.
LaMarcus Aldridge scored 48 points and grabbed 13 rebounds as the visiting San Antonio Spurs rolled to an emphatic 115-96 win over the reeling Boston Celtics on Sunday to snap a two-game losing streak.
Kemba Walker had 36 points, 11 rebounds and nine assists, and the Charlotte Hornets rallied from an 18-point fourth-quarter deficit for a stunning 124-117 victory over the visiting Boston Celtics on Saturday night.
Boston Celtics guard Marcus Smart on ejection for shoving Joel Embiid: 'I'm going to protect myself'
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Marcus Smart was not in a remorseful mood Friday afternoon.
Joel Embiid collected 37 points and a career-high 22 rebounds to go along with a late key block on Kyrie Irving as the host Philadelphia 76ers averted a season sweep by the Boston Celtics with a 118-115 victory on Wednesday.
Nikola Jokic had 21 points, 13 rebounds and seven assists, and the Denver Nuggets beat the host Boston Celtics 114-105 on Monday night to clinch a playoff berth.
No sooner had three players been cleared to play Saturday after bouts with the flu than something worse emerged for the Celtics on the injury front.
Kyrie Irving scored 30 points and Jaylen Brown added 23, with two key baskets in a fourth-quarter stretch that allowed the Boston Celtics to defeat the visiting Atlanta Hawks 129-120 on Saturday.
The Boston Celtics and their coach still talk in terms of potential. This late in the season, with 13 games left, the notion that this team still hasn’t met its own standard is foreboding.
There are 13 games remaining for the Celtics, and one of their most important tasks was avoiding The Big Fallacy.
Kyrie Irving scored six of his team-high 31 points during a fourth-quarter spurt that allowed the Boston Celtics to build a lead they were able to retain en route to a 126-120 victory over the visiting Sacramento Kings on Thursday night.
Unlike the last time they were home, when a March 3 loss to Houston left them collectively moribund, the Celtics seemed to have overcome their tendency towards glum introspection after giving up the most points of their season (140) to the Clippers Tuesday night.
Coming home: Boston still upbeat despite thumping at the hands of the Clippers.
Lou Williams scored 34 points to become the most prolific bench scorer in NBA history as the Los Angeles Clippers blew out the visiting Boston Celtics, 140-115, Monday night.
LeBron James was on a minutes restriction, and save for a few air balls and dodgy trips to the line, was often all the Lakers had Saturday night.
Kyrie Irving scored 30 points, Marcus Smart and Marcus Morris added 16 each, and the visiting Boston Celtics continued to emerge from a recent downturn by extending their winning streak to three.
Gordon Hayward avenged a critical foul 5.6 seconds earlier by sinking a tiebreaking jumper with two seconds remaining Wednesday night, giving the Boston Celtics a 111-109 victory over the host Sacramento Kings.
Boston Celtics guard Kyrie Irving did not play on the second night of back-to-back games, as he missed Wednesday night’s game at Sacramento with a left thigh contusion.
Gordon Hayward scored 19 of his 30 points in the first half Tuesday night as the Boston Celtics stunned the Golden State Warriors with 73 points in the first 24 minutes en route to a 128-95 shellacking in Oakland, Calif.
OAKLAND, Calif. — Brad Stevens said his team had a “great vibe” before it started.
OAKLAND, Calif. — Losses like the one Sunday at the TD Garden to Houston can force a team’s spirit to hit rock bottom. Based on the responses from a number of players on the eve of Tuesday night’s game against Golden State that did indeed happen as the Celtics headed out on this four-game Ca…
James Harden scored 42 points before fouling out and the Houston Rockets extended their winning streak to five games with a 115-104 victory over the Boston Celtics on Sunday at TD Garden.
Body language experts stripped their gears Friday night.
Fourth straight loss: Boston finishes 5-6 in the month of February.
Evan Turner had finished with a morning media chat that began as a one-on-one game, expanded to others then shrunk back.
Pascal Siakam scored 25 points and grabbed eight rebounds to help the Toronto Raptors defeat the visiting Boston Celtics 118-95 Tuesday night.
CHICAGO -- If there was an easy way to explain the frustratingly mercurial nature of the Celtics, Marcus Smart would have done it.
CHICAGO -- The good news for the Celtics is they won't have to meet the Bulls in the playoffs.
Zack LaVine scored 42 points, and Lauri Markkanen added 35, both career highs, as the Chicago Bulls defeated the visiting Boston Celtics 126-116 Saturday night for their third consecutive victory.
The face is the same, but the game is decidedly different.
Giannis Antetokounmpo recovered from a slow start to score 30 points and grab 13 rebounds Thursday as the Milwaukee Bucks returned from the All-Star break to earn a 98-97 victory over the visiting Boston Celtics.
After six All-Star Games: Celtics star guard trying to cherish special moments.
New Orleans Pelicans center Anthony Davis corrected questions presuming his absence from today’s All-Star Game.
There will be no trip to a tropical island for Gordon Hayward and his family during the NBA All-Star break.
There’s an artificial controversy brewing among the sports talking heads.
Jayson Tatum led six Boston players in double figures with 19 points and the host Celtics ended the Detroit Pistons' four-game winning streak with a 118-110 victory on Wednesday.
Gordon Hayward scored 26 points off the bench to lead the visiting Boston Celtics past the Philadelphia 76ers 112-109 on Tuesday in a game full of playoff atmosphere.
The sprained right knee that forced Boston Celtics guard Kyrie Irving from Saturday’s loss to the Los Angeles Clippers is not considered serious and his status is day-to-day, ESPN reported Sunday.
