NBA Suspends Season After Utah Jazz Player Tests Positive For Coronavirus
The NBA is suspending the season after a player on the Utah Jazz preliminarily tested positive for COVID-19.
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The NBA is suspending the season after a player on the Utah Jazz preliminarily tested positive for COVID-19.
The Boston Celtics have locked down their spot in the NBA playoffs.
Jaylen Brown was expected to miss a week when he strained his hamstring last Tuesday night. His absence may stretch a little bit longer.
While it's a lesser concern, the broadcasts may end up being affected, too. And considering those may be the only way that fans can actually see the games, it figures to be a fairly significant consideration.
Tuesday night is a must-win for the Boston Celtics, just to prove that they can still beat good teams in the NBA.
The NBA, NHL, Major League Baseball and Major League Soccer are closing access to locker rooms and clubhouses to all non-essential personnel in response to the coronavirus crisis, the leagues announced in a joint statement Monday night.
The Celtics are in a funk. They have let two extremely winnable games slip away over the last week, two losses that will likely come back to haunt the team as playoff seeding shakes out over the next six weeks.
The Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Boston Celtics 105-104 on Sunday night.
In what is becoming a daily tradition, the Celtics had to provide a rather lengthy update on all their injured players. But Friday's update contained mostly good news for Boston.
The Celtics will not have Jaylen Brown or Gordon Hayward for Friday night's home game against the Utah Jazz, the team announced Thursday.
Marcus Smart will not lose any game checks for his animated discussion with officials after Tuesday night's frustrating Celtics loss to the Brooklyn Nets. But the meltdown is going to cost him a decent amount of cheddar.
The legend of Jayson Tatum continues to grow.
A matchup with the 14-44 Cavaliers would usually be the perfect elixir to cure a two-game losing skid, but the Celtics will be without three of their star players for the tilt.
A frustrating evening for the Celtics ended with Marcus Smart being escorted off the court after lashing out at officials.
February was a pretty good month for Jayson Tatum.
An illness is ruining Jayson Tatum's birthday, as he will be forced to sit out Tuesday night's Celtics game against the Nets.
Happy Birthday, Jayson Tatum. The Celtics superstar in the making turns 22 on Tuesday.
The coronavirus outbreak has everyone's attention in the U.S., including the NBA. Many teams are already taking precautions as more and more cases are being reported around the country, including the Boston Celtics.
Kemba Walker may return Tuesday, but the Celtics may be down a couple of other key players when they take on the Nets at TD Garden.
For years now, ever since the electric Celtics postseason run of 2018, the comparisons of Jayson Tatum to Paul Piece have unavoidable. That's a comparison that Pierce himself apparently doesn't mind at all.
Russell Westbrook scored 41 points and James Harden had 21, including a pair of free throws with 25 seconds left in overtime to give the Houston Rockets their sixth straight victory, a 111-110 win over the Boston Celtics on Saturday night.
Attention, everyone shouting from high above that the Celtics need more depth at center for the stretch run: They're about to get some more depth at center for the stretch run.
Go ahead and do it. Slide the Boston Celtics in as title contenders this year -- if you haven't already.
Jayson Tatum took over the game when Boston needed his offense. Then his teammates finished the job in the fourth quarter.
As expected, Kemba Walker will miss his fourth straight game Wednesday night. The Celtics point guard will once again sit out with left knee soreness when Boston visits the Utah Jazz.
