The Boston Celtics overcame a very imperfect fourth quarter to keep their perfect season going. Kevin Garnett had 26 points and 11 rebounds, Paul Pierce made the go-ahead layup with 25 seconds left after Boston blew a 15-point fourth-quarter lead, and the Celtics beat the Miami Heat 92-91 on Friday night to improve their record to 8-0. Complete Story...
Not even three sluggish quarters and a subpar game by Kevin Garnett could keep the Boston Celtics from running off to their best start in 35 years. The role players on the NBA's only unbeaten team made sure of that. Boston routed the New Jersey Nets 91-69 Wednesday night, turning up the defense and the tempo while Garnett was on the bench with three fouls.
Paul Pierce scored 31 points, and the Boston Celtics beat the Indiana Pacers 101-86 on Tuesday night to remain unbeaten. Pierce made 14 of 14 free throws and had 11 rebounds.
The Boston Celtics won one for Doc Rivers and sent the New Jersey Nets a message in the process. Hours after attending the funeral of his father in Illinois, Rivers saw the new-look Celtics remain the NBA's only undefeated team and personally show the Nets they are the team to beat in the Atlantic Division with an impressive 112-101 win on Saturday night.
Kevin Garnett had 27 points and 19 rebounds, Paul Pierce scored 23 and the Boston Celtics beat the Atlanta Hawks 106-83 Friday night, their third blowout win of a season in which they're off to their best start in 20 years.
Hard to believe, but Boston's newest Big Three thinks it can play even better.
Kevin Garnett is leaving Minnesota after the Boston Celtics agreed to acquire the All-Star forward in a multiplayer trade with the Timberwolves, a Celtics official told The Associated Press on Monday.
The Boston Celtics added seven-time all-star Ray Allen and subtracted any reason for not being a contender. They also made Paul Pierce one very happy aging star.
The Boston Celtics are severing ties with guard Sebastian Telfair days after he was arrested in the New York area and charged with carrying a loaded gun in his car.
Boston Celtics guard Sebastian Telfair was arrested early Friday after police stopped him for speeding and found a loaded handgun under a seat in his SUV.
Dirk Nowitzki came through with a strong fourth-quarter finish to help the Dallas Mavericks end a rare slump. Nowitzki scored 30 points, 19 in the final quarter, and Josh Howard matched a career high with 30 points as the Mavericks bounced back from consecutive defeats, rallying from a 10-point halftime deficit to beat the Boston Celtics 106-101 on Friday.
Paul Pierce's halftime speech warned Boston to not let another lead slip away. Al Jefferson had 23 points to lift the Celtics to a 109-88 victory over the Atlanta Hawks on Wednesday night.
Ben Wallace and Tyrus Thomas made the Boston Celtics pay for ignoring them. Wallace had 19 points and 16 rebounds, Thomas scored a career-high 23 points, and the Chicago Bulls beat the Celtics 95-87 on Tuesday night.
Kirk Hinrich scored 26 points and Ben Gordon had 21 to lead the surging Chicago Bulls to a 94-78 victory over the Boston Celtics on Sunday.
After falling a point short of his career high in scoring, all Boston Celtics forward Al Jefferson wanted to talk about was defense.
After 44 minutes of awful basketball, Paul Pierce and the Boston Celtics did everything necessary to make the New Jersey Nets feel miserable. Pierce atoned for a woeful shooting effort with a 3-pointer late in regulation and two jumpers in overtime to rally the Celtics to a 96-88 victory Saturday.
Boston Celtics radio analyst Cedric Maxwell apologized on the air Wednesday night for saying that a female referee should "go back to the kitchen" after he disagreed with one of her calls.
Boston Celtics coach Doc Rivers got two important things out of Monday's game against the Houston Rockets: a win and a teaching tool. Rivers was impressed with the maturity his young team showed in a 77-72 victory over the short-handed Rockets that broke a 12-game road losing streak.
With two starters out because of injuries and two others playing while they recover, the Utah Jazz are relying more on their less experienced players. The young Jazz got a lesson Saturday night in how to build a big lead, blow it and then build it back up again in a 105-87 win over the struggling Boston Celtics.
Kobe Bryant had 38 points and nine assists while the Los Angeles Lakers routed the hapless Boston Celtics 122-96 to end a six-game losing streak — the longest of Phil Jackson's 16-year coaching career.
The Phoenix Suns were far from their best Wednesday night, just good enough to get past the Boston Celtics.
Paul Pierce hit a 3-pointer in Ron Artest's face and then talked about it all the way upcourt. Artest replied with a driving layup, which provided another topic of conversation.
Al Jefferson was happily watching the final seconds of garbage time from the Boston bench when Delonte West gave him a piece of advice.
San Antonio coach Gregg Popovich is getting the consistency he expects from his veteran stars. Playing against the undermanned Hornets team they easily could have overlooked, the Spurs started fast and never trailed in a dominant 103-77 victory over New Orleans on Thursday night.
Now that the Boston Celtics are through playing in February, Paul Pierce can reflect on perhaps the finest month of his eight-year NBA career. Pierce scored 39 points, including the deciding free throw with 3.2 seconds remaining, and also had seven rebounds, four assists and two steals Sunday, leading the Boston Celtics to a 112-111 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers.
Good morning. Our point guard is 6-foot-9, rebounds, shoots 50 percent and may be the best passer of all-time. What say you?
Not so fast...hold up on all of those asinine sports claims.
The Sports Watchers (TSW) brings you the a forecast for the 2007-08 Boston Celtics.
The Celtics are not the first "Big Three" to play in the 21st century.
The NBA basketball season is just around the corner, and that means it is time for power rankings!
The NBA basketball season is just around the corner, and that means it is time for power rankings!
The NBA basketball season is just around the corner, and that means it is time for power rankings!
The NBA basketball season is just around the corner, and that means it is time for power rankings!
The NBA basketball season is just around the corner, and that means it is time for power rankings!
The NBA basketball season is just around the corner, and that means it is time for power rankings!
The NBA basketball season is just around the corner, and that means it is time for power rankings!
The NBA basketball season is just around the corner, and that means it is time for power rankings!
The NBA basketball season is just around the corner, and that means it is time for power rankings!
The NBA basketball season is just around the corner, and that means it is time for power rankings!
I feel for the Boston Celtics fans, but they just don't have the D.
Maybe luck is on the side of the Portland Trailblazers?
...Kevin Garnett should soon become the newest member of the Celtics, according to multiple league sources who said it was only a matter of time before Boston and Minnesota finalized a blockbuster deal.
Georgetown University junior Jeff Green, who led the Hoyas to the Final Four in 2007, was selected with the fifth pick in the 2007 NBA Draft. Boston will trade Jeff Green to the Seattle Sonics for Ray Allen.
...two league sources said the Sonics are calling around the league to gauge interest in guard Ray Allen. KJR-AM radio reported that the Sonics offered Allen to the Boston Celtics for the fifth pick and Theo Ratliff.
The Phoenix Suns are discussing a trade with the Charlotte Bobcats for the No. 8 pick to get into the NBA draft lottery...
....With less than three days until the draft, teams are hustling and compromising in an effort to come to terms on trades.
Bill Simmons' emergence as a columnist may be the most interesting development in sports journalism in the last decade. As I've been reading his articles over the last few years he has become the number one reason I regularly visit the ESPN website.