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USA Basketball announces its men's team for the Paris Olympics
USA Basketball studied every men's basketball game it has played for about two decades and a clear trend eventually appeared. When the defense isn't good enough, the Americans tend to get themselves into trouble. And the team for the Paris Olympics was built with that in mind. ...
Payton Pritchard scores career-high 38 points in Celtics' 132-122 win over Wizards
BOSTON (AP) — Payton Pritchard scored a career-high 38 points and the NBA-best Boston Celtics rested their entire starting lineup in a 132-122 victory over the Washington Wizards on Sunday in the teams’ regular-season finale. Svi Mykhailiuk added 26 points and Sam Hauser 16 for...
Payton Pritchard scores a career-high 31 points as Celtics rest starters and cruise past Hornets
BOSTON (AP) — Payton Prichard scored a career-high 31 points and the Boston Celtics rolled to a 131-98 win over the Charlotte Hornets on Friday night. Pritchard added 11 assists for his second double-double this season and helped the Celtics avoid losing three consecutive games in...
Celtics' Jrue Holiday says signing long-term extension was what he envisioned after offseason trade
BOSTON (AP) — The Celtics always hoped to keep Jrue Holiday on their roster beyond this season. It didn’t take Holiday long this season to view Boston as a franchise he wanted to play for on a long-term basis. A day after he agreed to a four-year, $135 million extension to...
Analysis: All-NBA will be more like an All-World team this season, once again
The voting hasn't taken place yet, though it's fairly obvious that Denver's Nikola Jokic will be the NBA's MVP this season and therefore extend the record streak to six consecutive years in which a foreign-born player wins that trophy. That's not the only international trend that...
Celtics star Jayson Tatum sits out against Trail Blazers because of right knee contusion
BOSTON (AP) — Boston Celtics star Jayson Tatum sat out Sunday night against the Portland Trail Blazers because of a right knee contusion. Tatum leads Boston in scoring at 27.0 points per game and rebounding at 8.2. He has missed six games this season. Boston has...
Porzingis scores 27, Celtics earn home-court advantage in playoffs with 135-100 win over Thunder
BOSTON (AP) — Oklahoma City coach Mark Daigneault likened the Celtics' performance this season to that of a Ferrari. Boston's latest victory over the Thunder earned it yet another luxury with the playoffs fast approaching. Kristaps Porzingis had 27 points, 12...
Jayson Tatum, Sam Hauser each score 25 as Celtics beat Hornets 118-104 for 11th win in 13 games
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Jayson Tatum had 25 points and 10 rebounds, Sam Hauser poured in 25 points on seven 3s and the Boston Celtics avenged an early season loss to the Charlotte Hornets with a 118-104 victory on Monday night. Kristaps Porzingis added 20 points and Derrick White...
Tatum scores 23 as Celtics rebound from back-to-back losses with 104-92 win over Pelicans
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Jayson Tatum scored 23 points and the Boston Celtics rebounded from back-to-back losses to Atlanta, pulling away in the third quarter for a 104-92 win over the New Orleans Pelicans on Saturday. Kristaps Porzingis added 19 points, 10 rebounds and four blocked...
Analysis: Celtics have an average victory margin that puts them in elite club
No team in NBA history has more wins than the Boston Celtics. No franchise has more championships than the Celtics, who are tied with the Los Angeles Lakers with 17 apiece. They built the dynasty of NBA dynasties with eight consecutive championship seasons spanning parts of the 1950s and 1960s; no...
