Sign In Utilizing a well-deserved week off to practice, re-calibrate, and mentally prepare for the strenuous journey of a long-awaited playoff run, the Boston Celtics have already set the bar heading into their first-round series. Before Opening Night in October, the front office delivered, introducing Kristaps Porzingis and Jrue Holiday to an already-talented lineup. The team committed a record-setting $303 million to retain Jaylen Brown and expressed confidence in Payton Pritchard via a four-year, $30 million raise. Guard Derrick White was promoted to a full-time starter position and nearly ..read more

Sign In The Boston Celtics begin their quest for Banner 18 on Sunday, but they still don’t know who their first-round opponent will be. The Philadelphia 76ers defeated the Miami Heat 105-104 in their Play-In Tournament matchup on Wednesday night, making them the only team the Celtics won’t face to begin the postseason. The Heat will face the loser of the Chicago Bulls and Atlanta Hawks contest on Thursday, with the winner clinching the eighth and final seed in the Eastern Conference. With its season on the line, Miami could be without star forward Jimmy Butler for the foreseeable future due to ..read more

Sign In It’ll take more than Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown and the rest of the starting five for the Boston Celtics to make their 2023-24 NBA Playoff bid a success, meaning a dark horse — or dark horses — will need to rise to the challenge. The Celtics await the winner of the No. 8 seed from the Play-In Tournament to match up in the first round, starting Sunday afternoon. And while the team did go a combined 7-1 in the regular season when facing Philadelphia and Miami, records mean nothing. It doesn’t matter that Boston went 64-18, finished as the No. 1 seed in the Eastern Conference or limited i ..read more

Sign In The Boston Celtics on Wednesday announced their schedule for the first round of the 2024 NBA playoffs. The Celtics still didn’t know their opponent — they’re awaiting the results of the Eastern Conference Play-In Tournament — and many game times were yet to be determined. But we know Boston’s game dates for Round 1. Here’s the Celtics’ full first-round schedule: Game 1: Sunday, April 21, 1 p.m. at Boston Game 2: Wednesday, April 24, 7 p.m. at Boston Game 3: Saturday, April 27, 6 p.m. at TBD Game 4: Monday, April 29, TBD at TBD Game 5*: Wednesday, May 1, TBD at Boston Game 6*: Friday, M ..read more

Sign In The first round of the NBA playoffs should be a cakewalk for the Boston Celtics. Just a mere four games they have to play en route to a much larger goal. But it might not be that way for the top-seeded Celtics, especially if Boston opens the postseason against the Miami Heat. Miami first would have to get there, though, which only would happen if they lose to the Philadelphia 76ers in the play-in tournament Wednesday night and then beat either the Atlanta Hawks or Chicago Bulls on Friday. That’s definitely a plausible outcome, but the Celtics should hope that the Heat handle business o ..read more

Sign In The first words to come out of Al Horford’s mouth when he found out Blake Griffin retired Tuesday came as no surprise. It seems like every member of the Boston Celtics felt this way about Griffin. “Great teammate,” Horford told reporters, per NBCS Sports Boston. “Everybody here, we love Blake.” Like some of his teammates, Al Horford wanted Griffin on the Celtics roster this season. Instead, Griffin called it career. The six-time All-Star, who spent the 2022-23 campaign with the Celtics, announced his retirement on social media following 13 seasons playing in the NBA. Griffin was out of ..read more

Sign In Jrue Holiday’s contract extension was widely celebrated in Boston, as it helped maintain the Celtics’ prospects of being an NBA championship contender for years to come. However, the pact likely made many Green Teamers nervous about a potential ripple effect. Derrick White’s future on Causeway Street remains unclear. The veteran guard is under contract through next season, but it figures to be challenging for White and the Celtics to reach a new agreement. White, one of the NBA’s better two-way guards, might have already priced himself out of Boston, where the franchise will be hard-pr ..read more

Sign In Celtics president of basketball operations Brad Stevens put together a fairly talented roster for the 2023-24 season. Is that underselling it? Stevens, who has proven to be pretty damn good at this roster building thing, actually put together one of the most talented teams the NBA has seen in a long time. Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown have been around for a while, but the additions of Derrick White, Kristaps Porzingis and Jrue Holiday, as well as the reintroduction of Al Horford, have been master strokes over the last two offseasons. The Celtics, with all that talent, have been exactly ..read more

Sign In Blake Griffin is closing the book on his NBA career. Griffin on Tuesday announced his retirement from the league after 14 seasons. The No. 1 overall pick in the 2009 NBA Draft leaves the game with a pretty decorated résumé, which includes six All-Star selections, three Second-Team All-NBA nods, the 2011 Rookie of the Year Award and the 2011 Slam Dunk Contest title. The Oklahoma product played the first seven-plus seasons of his career with the Los Angeles Clippers before spending time with the Detroit Pistons and the Brooklyn Nets. Griffin played his final campaign in Boston, where the ..read more

Sign In If the Celtics reach the NBA Finals this summer, two Boston stars will be challenged to make a quick pivot to an exciting challenge. Jayson Tatum and Jrue Holiday will be on the men’s basketball team representing the United States at the 2024 Paris Olympics, per ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Tatum and Holiday reportedly will join forces with some of the NBA’s premier talents, including LeBron James, Stephen Curry, Joel Embiid and Kevin Durant. Neither Tatum nor Holiday is a stranger to the Olympic games. The Celtics teammates both were on the 2020 men’s basketball team that won the gold m ..read more