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Boston Celtics star Jaylen Brown | Photo by Brian Babineau/NBAE via Getty Images 20 turnovers, 20 offensive rebounds allowed to Atlanta. Sometimes you’re going to lose games, even when you’re the Boston Celtics. There are going to be nights where there’s absolutely nothing that you can do to stop a hot shooter or a team that just has it going. Tuesday...well, Tuesday … [Read more...] about 20/20 vision not great for ‘careless’ Celtics in loss to Hawks

Photo by Brian Babineau/NBAE via Getty Images Despite a tough loss in their NBA Cup opener, the Celtics showcased their signature style, from fast breaks to elite ball movement. Yet turnovers, rebounding struggles, and unexpected contributions from the Hawks’ lineup highlighted areas the team must address. #1 - Even in a loss, Celtics Basketball is still … [Read more...] about 10 takeaways from the Celtics’ first NBA Cup loss to Hawks

David Butler II-Imagn Images Basketball has a cruel way of punishing you for the mess you make. Boston found out what that means on the last two possessions against the Hawks. The NBA has a poetic way of rewarding you for your strengths and making you pay for your shortcomings. For the Boston Celtics and Atlanta Hawks last night, fate played the hits in the biggest … [Read more...] about How the Celtics became their failures against the Hawks

All the Celtics news you need in one convenient place. Herald Should league adopt Joe Mazzulla’s idea to improve NBA Cup? Celtics outplayed in ‘every facet’ in upset NBA Cup loss to Hawks Joe Mazzulla pinpoints one area Celtics ‘absolutely’ must imporve Globe Joe Mazzulla’s love of ‘The Town’ lands him on ‘Jeopardy!’ Takeaways: Celtics’ 20 turnovers lead to loss vs. … [Read more...] about Boston Celtics Daily Links 11/13/24

Photo by Barry Chin/The Boston Globe via Getty Images The Celtics look to bounce back from a 1 point loss to the Hawks as they take on the Nets in Brooklyn. … [Read more...] about Boston Celtics (9-3) at Brooklyn Nets (5-6) Game #13 11/13/24

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