Irving's Big 2nd Half Leads Celtics Past Thunder 101-94
The Boston Celtics rallied from 18 down to beat the Thunder 101-94 on Friday night for their seventh straight victory.
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The Boston Celtics rallied from 18 down to beat the Thunder 101-94 on Friday night for their seventh straight victory.
Marcus Morris will make his long-awaited Celtics debut Friday night when the team takes on the Thunder in Oklahoma City.
Friday night's tilt between the Celtics and Thunder may actually be one of the young season's best defensive battles.
Gordon Hayward has no shortage of fellow athletes to turn to as he recovers from the devastating ankle injury he suffered just five minutes into his Boston Celtics career, but no one is better suited to help him out than Paul George.
Just two weeks after suffering a devastating injury five minutes into his Celtics career, Gordon Hayward was in good spirits Thursday morning as he address the Boston media for the first time since that difficult night in Cleveland.
Danny Ainge covered a number of topics in his Thursday morning chat with Toucher & Rich, from Gordon Hayward's recovery to what the Celtics plan on doing with their disabled player exception.
Hayward teared up when talking about seeing his parents in the crowd after he suffered his injury.
Kyrie Irving and Jaylen Brown each scored 22 points in three quarters on Wednesday.
It was only a matter of time until we got another story about a potential Jahlil Okafor-Philadelphia 76ers divorce, and reports of the Boston Celtics being interested in the big man's services.
Celtics head coach Brad Stevens says Gordon Hayward is "moving in a great direction" as the forward recovers from his devastating ankle injury.
The 5-2 Celtics have overcome some early season adversity and are off to a great start. The Cleveland Cavaliers, on the other hand, are not.
Danny Ainge picked up options on two of his young stars-in-the-making on Tuesday.
Tatum struggled on offense against the Spurs, but he played great defense and showed his potential as a complete player.
Questions about Kyrie Irving's comfort level in Boston are getting a bit stale with the way the point guard has played over the last four games.
Kyrie Irving scored 24 points, Jaylen Brown added 18 and Al Horford had 13 rebounds on Monday night to help the Celtics beat the San Antonio Spurs.
Marcus Morris will not make his long-awaited Celtics debut on Monday night.
Kyrie Irving scored nine of his 24 points in the final 2:03, and the Boston Celtics beat the Miami Heat 96-90 on Saturday night.
Adam Kaufman broke down Boston's elite defensive play and above-average work on the boards, anchored by often underappreciated veteran leader Al Horford.
Al Horford doesn't need to stuff the box score every night to have a positive effect on the Celtics, but he did just about everything Thursday night in Milwaukee.
Kyrie Irving was worried about the MECCA floor prior to Thursday night's game, but it certainly didn't bother him once things tipped off.
Most Celtics players think the throwback court in Milwaukee is pretty cool, but Kyrie Irving isn't one of them.
Smart participated in Boston's morning shootaround in Milwaukee and if there are no setbacks leading up to the 8pm tip-off, he'll suit up for Thursday night's tilt.
For the second time in this young season, the Celtics will look to contain Giannis Antetokounmpo when they visit Milwaukee on Thursday night.
Celtics president of basketball ops. Danny Ainge joined Toucher & Rich on Thursday to discuss a number of topics, including Kyrie Irving's outburst at a fan in Philadelphia.
Celtics head coach Brad Stevens joined Zolak & Bertrand on Wednesday to give a quick update on Gordon Hayward, and discuss the play of the team in their first four games of the season.
