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 […]
Thomas leads Celtics to easy 111-95 win over Rockets (Yahoo Sports)
The Boston Celtics were playing their fifth game in seven days on Monday night. With the energy and hustle they showed in a blowout win over the Houston Rockets it was certainly hard to tell. Isaiah Thomas scored 23 points and the Celtics used a 32-point third quarter to pull away and cruise to a […]