Boston Celtics

For most of the night, the Boston Celtics controlled the tempo and the scoreboard. But the moment everyone talked about after Boston’s 112–93 win over the Sacramento Kings wasn’t a …

There are coaches who use the summer to decompress, and then there’s Joe Mazzulla, apparently dialing players on their birthdays just to remind them the league is doubting them. On …

The Celtics were about to inbound the ball late in the first overtime Friday night in Brooklyn. As the Nets set their defense, Joe Mazzulla caught something he didn’t like …

Nobody penciled this in. Not after Jayson Tatum went down. And yet, somehow, Boston is sitting second in the East at 27–16, quietly defying the math most people had already …

When Joe Mazzulla was asked this week what Celtics fans should expect from Jayson Tatum’s recovery timeline, Boston’s coach didn’t offer a date, a target month, or even a vague …

It didn’t look like a publicity stop at first. Just a regular outdoor run, kids in hoodies, a worn court, the usual rhythm of a local game that belongs to …

Joe Mazzulla didn’t walk into the postgame media room in Indianapolis to explain a loss. He walked in to file a complaint. After Boston’s 98–96 defeat to the Indiana Pacers …

Payton Pritchard didn’t sound like a player checking the standings for reassurance. He sounded like someone reminding everyone what the uniform demands. “We’re not sitting here like ‘Oh we’re 3rd …

Without Jayson Tatum, the Boston Celtics could easily be hovering out of the playoff picture. That is not what has happened. Instead, the Celtics are third in the Eastern Conference …