Celtics say goodbye to Pierce, beat Clippers 107-102 (Yahoo Sports)
Isaiah Thomas bumped into Paul Pierce tooling around Boston on Saturday night and then stole the spotlight from the former Celtics captain on Sunday. With the crowd uncertain whether to cheer loudest for the Celtics or for Pierce – or for the Patriots in the Super Bowl – Thomas scored 28 points to lead Boston […]
Thomas has another big 4th quarter, Celtics beat Raptors (Yahoo Sports)
Isaiah Thomas has started a new trend that’s growing with each fantastic fourth quarter. Thomas scored 19 of his 44 points in the final quarter to lift the Boston Celtics over the Toronto Raptors 109-104 on Wednesday night in a showdown for first place in the Atlantic Division. When Thomas hits a shot in the […]
Thomas’ 29 points, 15 assists send Celtics past Jazz 115-104 (Yahoo Sports)
Thomas had 29 points and a career-high 15 assists for Boston, which made 17 3-pointers for the second straight game while defeating the Utah Jazz 115-104 on Tuesday night. Thomas was coming of a 52-point night Friday against Miami, but it was his passing that helped the Celtics overpower the Jazz, who entered holding opponents […]
Thomas’ 29 points, 15 assists send Celtics past Jazz 115-104 (Yahoo Sports)
Thomas had 29 points and a career-high 15 assists for Boston, which made 17 3-pointers for the second straight game while defeating the Utah Jazz 115-104 on Tuesday night. Thomas was coming of a 52-point night Friday against Miami, but it was his passing that helped the Celtics overpower the Jazz, who entered holding opponents […]
Thomas scores 52 for Celtics in 117-114 win over Miami (Yahoo Sports)
Isaiah Thomas had a fourth quarter better than any other player for a team rich in history. Thomas set a club record with 29 points in the fourth quarter, finishing with a career-high 52 points and leading the Boston Celtics to a 117-114 victory over the Miami Heat on Friday night. It’s crazy,” Thomas said. […]
Westbrook triple-double leads Thunder past Celtics 117-112 (Yahoo Sports)
With the clock running down and the Thunder falling behind, Russell Westbrook turned unstoppable. The Oklahoma City point guard had his 14th triple-double of the season and his third straight 40-point game, scoring 45 points with 11 assists and 11 rebounds on Friday night to lead the Thunder to a 117-112 victory over the Boston […]
AP source: Al Horford picks Celtics, agreeing to $113M deal (Yahoo Sports)
Al Horford ended the waiting game with a simple tweet: ”Celtic Pride,” it said, followed by 18 shamrocks. A franchise with 17 NBA championships may have gotten closer to contending for an 18th on Saturday, when Horford decided to accept a four-year, $ 113 million offer to join the Boston Celtics. Horford made the announcement […]
Hawks overwhelm Celtics, move to 2nd round with 104-92 win (Yahoo Sports)
The Atlanta Hawks had their best regular season in franchise history spoiled last year by a dismal showing against Cleveland in the Eastern Conference finals. Paul Millsap had 17 points and eight rebounds, and the Hawks advanced to the second round with a 104-92 Game 6 victory over the Boston Celtics on Thursday night. Al […]
Warriors’ home winning streak ends at 54 in loss to Celtics (Yahoo Sports)
Everybody expected Stephen Curry to make the 3 from way out with the clock winding down, just as he always does. Instead, this time Curry missed a long 3-pointer to tie it with 5.3 seconds left and the Golden State Warriors suffered their first home defeat in more than 14 months, losing 109-106 to the […]
Harden’s 32 help Rockets end Celtics’ home streak 102-98 (Yahoo Sports)
James Harden scored 32 points, including Houston’s final eight, and the Rockets snapped the Boston Celtics’ 14-game home winning streak with a 102-98 victory on Friday night. Michael Beasley added 18 points and eight rebounds, and Dwight Howard finished with 12 points and 12 rebounds for Houston, which has won three straight – all on […]