Nick Nurse Is Complaining About Jayson Tatum's Star Treatment From Refs
Raptors head coach Nick Nurse wasn't pleased with the Game 2 refs, upset that Jayson Tatum got 14 trips to the free throw line.
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Raptors head coach Nick Nurse wasn't pleased with the Game 2 refs, upset that Jayson Tatum got 14 trips to the free throw line.
The Celtics have a handful of players who can beat you, and that can change on any give night. Heck, in Game 2, it changed quarter-to-quarter.
There is no one like Marcus Smart.
What. A. Game.
Kemba Walker's left knee was once again the center of attention on Monday, after the Celtics point guard tweaked it in Sunday's Game 1 victory over the Raptors. Walker says not to worry though, because he's feeling great.
The Celtics blew out the Toronto Raptors in Game 1 on Sunday, something not many teams have been able to do to the defending champs. But even after watching his team jump out to giant leads before ultimately taking the contest 112-94, Boston head coach Brad Stevens still found some nits to pick.
The Celtics have made it look easy against the Toronto Raptors this season, but they know that beating the defending champs in the East semis will be anything but easy.
The defending NBA champion Toronto Raptors have just two losses in the NBA's Orlando bubble. Both of those defeats have come at the hands of the Boston Celtics.
The NBA Playoffs will resume Saturday, but the Celtics and the Raptors will have to wait another day to start their second-round series.
After postponing playoff games on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday as players refused to play in protest of the Jacob Blake shooting, the NBA has announced it will resume the postseason on Saturday.
Game 1 of the Celtics-Raptors playoff series has been put on hold.
The Celtics and Raptors are supposed to tip off their second-round playoff series Thursday night in Orlando. That may not happen, as the two teams have discussed a potential boycott in light of the Jacob Blake shooting.
The Boston Celtics were not in any mood to talk about basketball on Tuesday.
The Celtics are going to have to flirt with perfection every night in the second round if they want to beat the defending champion Raptors.
After sweeping the 76ers in the first round, the Celtics will now have a tough matchup against the defending champion Toronto Raptors.
An upset stomach on Sunday morning wasn't going to slow down Kemba Walker. Not with his first trip to the second round of the NBA playoffs so close.
The Celtics are moving on in the NBA playoffs after sweeping the Philadelphia 76ers out of the first round.
Friday night's Game 3 against the 76ers was a lot more uncomfortable than the previous two games for the Celtics. But Boston made the plays it needed to in the end, closing the game on a 10-0 run and escaping with a 102-94 victory over Philadelphia.
Gordon Hayward talked with reporters about his sprained ankle on Thursday.
Jayson Tatum has found some sort of cheat code in the Orlando bubble, thrusting himself into "superstar" status in the process.
When it looked like Philadelphia was ready to blow out Boston in Game 2, it was the Celtics reserves who flipped the script and changed the complexion of the game.
The Celtics let the 76ers jump out to an early lead, but absolutely demolished Philadelphia the rest of the way off another monster performance by Jayson Tatum.
The Celtics are going to be without Gordon Hayward for at least a month.
Monday night's Celtics Game 1 win could very well go down as a preview of the greatness that is to come from the team's rising stars, Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown.
The Celtics had to hold off a pesky Philadelphia 76ers team Monday night in Game 1 of their opening round playoff series, but ultimately walked away with a 109-101 victory in the NBA bubble in Orlando.
