Celtics Play A Pretty Important Basketball Game Tuesday Night
Of their eight seeding games ahead of the NBA playoffs, Tuesday night's is the most important tilt for the Boston Celtics.
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Of their eight seeding games ahead of the NBA playoffs, Tuesday night's is the most important tilt for the Boston Celtics.
Kemba Walker saw a slight uptick in playing time on Sunday afternoon, playing 22 minutes in Boston's win over the Portland Trail Blazers. The Celtics point guard is still on a minutes restriction due to lingering left knee soreness, but when he's on the floor, Walker looks like the All-Star point guard who helped guide the Celtics near the top of the Eastern Conference this season.
In his first game back of the NBA's restarted season, Jayson Tatum looked like a guy who forgot how to play basketball. It was worrisome, but most felt pretty confident that the 22-year-old would remember how to put the ball in the hoop fairly quickly.
Jayson Tatum scored 34 points, Jaylen Brown added 30 and the Boston Celtics built a big lead early before holding on for a 128-124 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers on Sunday.
What went right -- and what didn't -- for the Celtics in their first game back.
Giannis Antetokounmpo converted a tiebreaking three-point play with 1:28 left on an overturned call that kept him in the game and helped the Milwaukee Bucks beat the Boston Celtics 119-112 on Friday night.
Before the Celtics and Bucks could tip off in Orlando, the two teams came together to send a message of unity. Both teams locked arms and took a knee during the national anthem.
Players and coaches from all four teams involved in the NBA's re-opening night took a knee and locked arms during the national anthem.
We knew that Kemba Walker would play in Boston's bubble opener on Friday night, but now we know how much the Celtics point guard will play against the Bucks.
The Celtics will face a formidable foe in the Milwaukee Bucks in their first game back Friday night. But while the Bucks still have Giannis Antetokounmpo, they will not have their full herd against Boston.
We've been thinking long and hard about the return of Celtics basketball, and here is what we'll be looking forward to the most when things tip off once again on the 2019-20 season.
For the Celtics, the value of the NBA's seeding games lies more in knocking off any lingering rust from a four-month layoff and rebuilding the team's chemistry of the regular season more than wins and losses.
We've been talking about Kemba Walker's knee for weeks, but we can finally talk about the point guard playing for the Boston Celtics.
Fans obviously won't be able to attend games inside the NBA bubble in Orlando in person. But the league is giving them a chance to be part of the fun virtually.
Before the COVID-19 pandemic forced the NBA to pause its season in March, the Celtics were a team still trying to figure out what it could be.
