Brown Scores 27, Celtics Outlast Jokic, Nuggets 112-99
Jaylen Brown had 27 points and eight assists to help the Boston Celtics withstand a 43-point night from Nikola Jokic and beat the Denver Nuggets 112-99 on Tuesday.
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Jaylen Brown had 27 points and eight assists to help the Boston Celtics withstand a 43-point night from Nikola Jokic and beat the Denver Nuggets 112-99 on Tuesday.
It has been three weeks since Jayson Tatum returned from his bout with COVID-19. The Celtics star forward admitted Tuesday that he is still feeling some lingering effects from the virus.
The Celtics will be without the team's most consistent big man when they welcome Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggest to TD Garden on Tuesday night.
Kemba Walker and Jalen Brown each scored 25 points for Boston, which has lost 10 of 16.
Saddiq Bey scored 30 points and the Detroit Pistons held on to beat the Celtics 108-102 on Friday night.
The most glaring omission from all of these discussions remains Bill Russell. T
For the first time ever, a pair of Celtics teammates made six three-pointers in the same game. And it's not the duo you would expect.
Semi Ojeleye had a career-high 24 points and six 3-pointers, and the Boston Celtics rolled to a 120-106 win over the Toronto Raptors on Thursday night.
Danny Ainge dropped a pretty big update Thursday morning, revealing that Jaylen Brown is currently dealing with knee tendinitis.
The Celtics have issues this season. Many of them. One of the most glaring and obvious is Kemba Walker's struggles since his return in mid-January.
The Celtics wrapped up their west coast trip with a loss to the Utah Jazz, another defeat that could have gone in their favor had they exerted a little more on the defensive end.
The Celtics (12-11) lost for the third time in four games.
The NBA trade deadline isn't until March 25, but the trade winds are already starting to blow for the Boston Celtics.
Jaylen Brown is questionable for Boston's tilt against the Utah Jazz and is in jeopardy of missing his third straight game with knee soreness.
The Celtics had a tough shooting day on Sunday and couldn't keep up with Devin Booker and the Phoenix Suns.
The Boston Celtics held off the Clippers 119-115 on Friday night.
The NBA has told players that there will be an All-Star game in Atlanta next month. Most players are in agreement that holding the exhibition game during a pandemic is not a great idea.
There's some good news and some potentially bad news stemming from the Celtics injury report on Thursday.
Bill Russell, an 11-time NBA champ and five-time MVP during his Hall of Fame career with the Boston Celtics, revealed that he has received the COVID-19 vaccine in a video released by the NBA on Thursday.
Danny Ainge has plans for the TPE, but he's not going to take the first offer send Boston's way.
The Celtics expect to have Payton Pritchard back on the team's current road trip, and the rookie could return as early as Friday night against the Clippers.
The Celtics played without three of their top guards due to injuries.
It's going to get pretty interesting for the Celtics on Wednesday night.
Kemba Walker is still not where he -- or the Celtics -- need him to be for the point guard to make his usual impact on games. But he looked much better during Tuesday night's win over the Golden State Warriors.
After being glued to the bench Saturday night against the Lakers, Grant Williams had his best game of the season to help the Celtics beat the Warriors.
