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Yes. The Boston Celtics’ early season has gone more or less as we all expected: long stretches of casual dominance marred by a couple of slip-ups. But if there’s one bugaboo that’s consistently reared its ugly head, it’s rebounding problems on both sides of the floor. The Celtics currently rank 17th in defensive rebounding and 20th in offensive rebounding after being just … [Read more...] about Do the Celtics have a rebounding problem?

The NBA Cup | Photo by Brian Babineau/NBAE via Getty Images Get ready to learn Banner 18.5, buddy. Tonight, the Boston Celtics will host the Atlanta Hawks to open up the Emirates NBA Cup group stage. This will be the second season of the competition, so I’m sure there’s plenty of you out there who have either forgotten or never really understood the rules. So, here’s … [Read more...] about What you need to know before the Celtics quest for the NBA Cup starts tonight

Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images Down the stretch in the fourth quarter, the Celtics targeted Damian Lillard. We haven’t seen it as much this season, but in a slowed down, drag out playoff-like atmosphere against the Bucks on Sunday afternoon, the Celtics flexed their mismatch-hunting muscle in Milwaukee. As CelticsBlog’s Oliver Fox pointed out yesterday, what really … [Read more...] about Parquet plays: deer hunting in Milwaukee

Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images How do the Celtics stack up now that we’ve had a decent look at the league? We’re now just about three weeks into this young NBA season, and we already have some surprises. There have been some slight over-performers, some big under-performers, and some teams right where we expected them. There’s also been a whole slew of significant … [Read more...] about Re-assessing the NBA landscape

All the Celtics news you need in one convenient place. Herald Jayson Tatum added to Celtics injury report; two starters questionable vs. Hawks 2024 NBA Cup: Everything to know about Celtics’ schedule, court, format Globe Celtics install new court at TD Garden ahead of 2024 NBA Cup What we know about ‘Celtics City,’ HBO’s upcoming documentary Joel Embiid in line to make … [Read more...] about Boston Celtics Daily Links 11/12/24

Photo by Todd Kirkland/Getty Images The Celtics host the Atlanta Hawks for the first NBA Emirates Cup game in East Group C. After a come from behind win at Milwaukee on Sunday, the Celtics return home for the 2nd of 3 games against the Atlanta Hawks. The Celtics easily won their first meeting 123-93 in Atlanta on November 4. They will meet one more time in Boston on … [Read more...] about Atlanta Hawks (4-7) at Boston Celtics (9-2) Game #12 11/12/24

Giannis Antetokounmpo led all scorers with 27 points at halftime The Celtics are playing a basketball game in Milwaukee, they trail 69-58 at the half, and you need the takes. I am not going to make you wait for them. The Celtics need to have better energy in the 2nd half Milwaukee was hot from 3, they hit some ridiculous shots. Dame's floating three beats the shot clock! … [Read more...] about Halftime hot takes: Celtics had no answer for The Greek Freak

Huge second half by Jayson Tatum fuels Boston comeback as Milwaukee continues to struggle Coming off an overtime win against the Brooklyn Nets, the Boston Celtics go on the road to face a Milwaukee Bucks team who has been disappointing to start the season. The Bucks might be struggling with a 2-7 record but they should not be taken lightly. The Celtics got blown out twice in … [Read more...] about Celtics come back after being down 17, beat Bucks 113-107

Photo by Brian Fluharty/Getty Images Brown described Antetokounmpo as “a child” in his postgame press conference. If you had asked me going into Sunday how I felt about Giannis Antetokounmpo, I would have told you I like him and that he is the 2nd best player in the world. If you ask me how I feel about Giannis in a few days, I’ll probably tell you the same thing But … [Read more...] about If Jaylen Brown is out on Giannis then so am I