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Photo by Nathaniel S. Butler/NBAE via Getty Images After a Friday night beatdown loss against the Knicks, the Celtics became the latest defending NBA champions to lose in the second round of the playoffs or prior. NEW YORK — For the sixth consecutive NBA season, the defending champions have been eliminated in the second round of the playoffs (or prior). The 61-win … [Read more...] about Injuries, illness, and choked leads: how the Celtics’ repeat bid fell short

Photo by Brian Babineau/NBAE via Getty Images The defense cracked, the legs gave out, and the effort didn’t show up when it mattered most. Between missed rebounds and missed chances, Boston left the Madison Square Garden with more questions than answers. #1 – Once again, lack of rebounding The Knicks grabbed 39.6% of their misses, once again. The Celtics knew it was … [Read more...] about 10 takeaways from the last page of this Celtics season

David Butler II-USA TODAY Sports The season is over, Tatum is hurt, ...so what’s next for the Boston Celtics? The season is over and everyone processes that differently. If you aren’t ready to move on from the games just yet, feel free to bookmark this for later. For those of us who cope by looking to the future, let’s now turn our sad eyes towards the offseason. A … [Read more...] about The case for the Celtics taking a “Gap Year”

Photo by Brian Babineau/NBAE via Getty Images Less than a day after the Celtics’ blowout loss to the New York Knicks, Horford spoke to reporters about his looming free agency status for the first time in months. BOSTON — Al Horford wasn’t ready to talk about the future as he sat down at the Auerbach Center podium, less than 24 hours removed from a blowout loss to the … [Read more...] about Al Horford addresses uncertain future with Celtics after elimination to Knicks

Photo by Brian Babineau/NBAE via Getty Images Brown has been playing through a partially torn right meniscus, per ESPN’s Ramona Shelbourne. Jaylen Brown finished the season with a partially torn right meniscus, ESPN’s Ramona Shelbourne reported on Saturday. He will be evaluated this week to determine if surgery is needed. Brown missed the final three games of the … [Read more...] about Jaylen Brown’s knee injury was more serious than publicly known [Report]

Photo by Brian Fluharty/Getty Images Luke Kornet’s presence transformed the paint, and everyone followed. Boston’s defensive shape, focus, and energy flipped the game, and maybe the series. Tie game, still 24 minutes of basketball to play. The Celtics are a loss away from elimination, and they decided to take matters into their own hands. Luke Kornet starts instead of … [Read more...] about The 12 minutes that changed everything for the Celtics

Bob DeChiara-Imagn Images White’s scalability on offense allows him to flow between the 1st and 5th option, depending on what the Celtics need. Derrick White has never made an All-Star Game, but calling him a role player doesn’t adequately capture his value to the Celtics. Some nights, the game calls for him to take on a smaller role. But others, like Wednesday against … [Read more...] about Derrick White isn’t a role player — he’s a shapeshifter

Photo by Jesse D. Garrabrant/NBAE via Getty Images Payton Pritchard and Sam Hauser said that Tatum was in good spirits after undergoing surgery to repair a ruptured Achilles. NEW YORK — The Celtics visited Jayson Tatum on Thursday in New York City ahead of their Game 6 matchup against the New York Knicks. Tatum underwent surgery to repair a ruptured Achilles on … [Read more...] about Jayson Tatum reunited with Celtics teammates in New York City after surgery

Photo by Elsa/Getty Images Kristaps Porzingis returns to where it all started with a chance to make a difference in this series and reverse his reputation in Boston. This will be The Kristaps Porzingis Game. I fully admit that this is an attempt to speak this into existence. I’m not above trying to conjure the spirits of Celtics old or praying to the basketball gods for … [Read more...] about Manifest in the arena