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Raptors center Jakob Poeltl, who has been dealing with a back issue this season, will miss a second straight game on Saturday as Toronto hosts the Celtics, tweets Michael Grange of Sportsnet.ca. “We have a long-term plan for him,” head coach Darko Rajakovic said, “which consists of managing this injury and which consists of building his strength, which consists of him playing … [Read more...] about Injury Notes: Poeltl, Barrett, Dante, Sixers, Bradley, Brown

During the 2025 NBA Draft, 11 NBA teams could have reasonably selected Hugo Gonzalez, but he fell all the way to the Boston Celtics at pick No. 28. … [Read more...] about Celtics making 11 NBA teams look foolish thanks to Hugo Gonzalez

The Boston Bruins play the final game of their five-game home stand with a matchup against the Montreal Canadiens before Christmas. … [Read more...] about BSJ Live Coverage: Bruins 2 vs Canadiens 2 (2nd) – Bruins allow breakaway to start 2nd period

The beloved former Celtics guard said goodbye to his palatial Newton pad and headed back to Oregon this summer. The post Former Celtics star Jrue Holiday’s Newton home sells for $6.7M appeared first on Boston.com. … [Read more...] about Former Celtics star Jrue Holiday’s Newton home sells for $6.7M

There has been a league-wide trend toward winning streaks and losing streaks for most NHL teams this season, and the Boston Bruins are finding that they are no different than anybody else in the NHL.It hasn’t been as extreme as the early season when a couple of six game streaks either way proved to be a really volatile time for the B’s in terms of team performance, but the … [Read more...] about Haggerty: ‘Must-win’ for scuffling Bruins headed into break

Monday’s game looked like a loss for nearly 30 minutes, but the Celtics managed an ugly 103-95 win over the Pacers. The post Jaylen Brown, Celtics chip away and rally for impressive win over Pacers: 7 takeaways appeared first on Boston.com. … [Read more...] about Jaylen Brown, Celtics chip away and rally for impressive win over Pacers: 7 takeaways

The truth was that at that moment, their Finals MVP and likely All-NBA player, and two other key players on a championship roster, weren’t getting the job done. Instead, a 19-year-old, a guy off the scrap heap, and a player in every trade rumor for six months, were going to have to turn things around. And Mazzulla had no problem going with them. … [Read more...] about Joe Mazzulla took a big chance when things looked their worst, and his ‘great call’ paid off for the Celtics

Derrick White finished with 19 points, and Payton Pritchard and Anfernee Simons each had 11 for Boston, which won its third straight game. The post Jaylen Brown scores 31 points as Celtics rally past Pacers 103-95 appeared first on Boston.com. … [Read more...] about Jaylen Brown scores 31 points as Celtics rally past Pacers 103-95

The Pacers came out blistering hot from 3 while the Celtics were cold in the second quarter, falling behind by 20. Mazzulla benched his starters after a lazy start to the third, and the bench unit got it back to single digits. The Celtics dominated the fourth quarter to get their third straight win. … [Read more...] about BSJ Game Report: Celtics 103, Pacers 95 – Bench unit saves starters in fun comeback win