Revolution

The Jrue Holiday tribute video provided a brief intermission to the chaos, but the start of Monday night’s game between the Boston Celtics and Portland Trail Blazers was a complete onslaught. … [Read more...] about BSJ Game Report: Celtics 102, Trail Blazers 94 – Brown and Pritchard start it, White ends it

Exhaustion. Injuries. Travel. None are excuses, but all were very present on Saturday night. The Boston Celtics entered the United Center having just battled their way to an overtime victory over the Brooklyn Nets less than 24 hours prior. … [Read more...] about Simone’s Six: Red-hot shooting, Robin, and a breakdown in Celtics-Bulls

Much like the first two games of the season, the Brooklyn Nets had the Boston Celtics’ number on Friday night. Or rather, Jordi Fernandez, their number. After three straight games of seeing bigs press up to the level against their ball-handlers, Boston finally saw a different coverage. … [Read more...] about BSJ Game Report: Celtics 130, Nets 126 (2OT) – Clutch plays help Boston scrape by in thriller

BSJ’s Greg Bedard joins CLNS Media’s John Zannis as they react to the Patriots' 28-16 victory over the Houston Texans in the AFC Divisional Round on Sunday. … [Read more...] about Podcasts: Bedard breaks down Patriots-Texans, matchup with Broncos with CLNS and 98.5 The Sportshub

Threes. Threes. Threes. The Atlanta Hawks decided to put two on the ball early and often on Saturday night, and the Boston Celtics responded by… well, accepting that reality. … [Read more...] about BSJ Game Report: Celtics 132, Hawks 106 – Hauser leads three-point beatdown

Bichette is expected to meet with the Phillies, where he has a connection to new bench coach Don Mattingly stemming from their time together in Toronto. Philadelphia has been seeking another right-handed bat, and with talks with catcher J.T. Realmuto reportedly cooling, the Phillies could be positioning themselves to make room for Bichette. … [Read more...] about After missing on Alex Bregman, the Red Sox are running out of answers – and bats

The key to a terrific defensive effort was the Patriots' pass coverage. The final advanced stats won't say much about man coverage (73% zone, 20% man), but that doesn't tell the tale. The Patriots did change up for this game. … [Read more...] about BSJ Game Report: Patriots 16, Chargers 3 – New England finally emerges as defense shuts down Herbert, LA

Sam Hauser led an offensive explosion that grew the lead as high as 12 early on, but the Raptors were hot too, and they cut it to three early in the second. They took a lead halfway through the quarter, but then Anfernee Simons got going and Boston led by eight at halftime. Payton Pritchard helped push it to 20, but a Raptors run cut it to 11 going into the fourth. They got it … [Read more...] about BSJ Game Report: Celtics 125, Raptors 117 – Celtics offense on fire, even without 3-pointers

Jaylen Brown and Derrick White combined for 25 of Boston’s 35 first-quarter points as they took a four-point lead into the second. The teams traded runs in the second quarter and ended up tied at halftime. They did it again in the third with Boston taking a three-point lead into the fourth. But Denver went on a monster run to close out the game and get the win. … [Read more...] about BSJ Game Report: Nuggets 114, Celtics 110 – Murray outshines Brown late in C’s loss