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76ers star Joel Embiid falls during warmups but remains in lineup for matchup with Celtics
BOSTON (AP) — Philadelphia 76ers star Joel Embiid wasn't going to let a pregame stumble keep him from playing the rival Boston Celtics in one of the NBA's marquee games. Embiid got caught up in a barrier used to keep courtside fans away from the players and fell to the parquet...
Embiid shakes off pregame fall, leads Sixers to 118-114 win over Celtics
BOSTON (AP) — Joel Embiid popped up from a pregame fall and scored 27 points with nine rebounds, making 4 of 5 from 3-point range and sinking a pair of free throws with 3 seconds left to turn back Boston’s final rally and lead the Philadelphia 76ers to a 118-114 victory on Wednesday. ...
Da Silva's late 3 preserves Magic's 108-104 comeback win over Tatum-less Celtics
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Tristan da Silva scored 18 points and made a critical 3-pointer with 9.9 seconds left, and the Orlando Magic rallied from a 15-point halftime deficit Monday night for a 108-104 victory over the Boston Celtics, who were missing Jayson Tatum because of an illness. ...
Jayson Tatum's big night: 1st 40-plus point triple-double for Celtics since Larry Bird in 1992
CHICAGO (AP) — Jayson Tatum and the Boston Celtics started slowly, tussling early with the Chicago Bulls. But the defending NBA champions came on and prevailed 123-98 on Saturday night, with Tatum's 43-point, 16-rebound and 10-assist effort earning the five-time All-Star...
Tatum scores a season-high 43 to go with 16 rebounds, 10 assist in Celtics 123-98 win over Bulls
CHICAGO (AP) — Jayson Tatum scored a season-high 43 points, grabbed 16 rebounds and dished out 10 assists for his third career triple-double and the Boston Celtics beat the Chicago Bulls 123-98 on Saturday night. Kristaps Porzingis scored 22 points and Jaylen Brown added 19 to help...
NBA fines Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla $35,000 for postgame comments toward officials
NEW YORK (AP) — Joe Mazzulla's Christmas greetings were costly. The NBA fined the Boston Celtics coach $35,000 on Saturday “for aggressively pursuing and directing inappropriate language toward a game official” at the end of his team's loss to the Chicago Bulls on Thursday...
A LeBron record. Xmas greetings from Mazzulla. Steph went 0 for 7. Thursday wasn't boring in the NBA
LeBron James set a record, which was good. Stephen Curry set a personal record, which was not good. Detroit faced the biggest early deficit of any team this season. Golden State faced the biggest overall deficit of any game this season. And Victor Wembanyama showed,...
Celtics' Jaylen Brown calls out ref for technical calls on himself, Joe Mazzulla in loss to Bulls
BOSTON (AP) — Celtics forward Jaylen Brown took issue with back-to-back technical fouls called on coach Joe Mazzulla and himself late in the fourth quarter of Boston’s 117-108 loss to the Chicago Bulls. on Thursday night Boston led 86-82 before Chicago opened the final period...
Zach LaVine scores season-high 36 points to help the Bulls hold off the Celtics 117-108
BOSTON (AP) — Zach LaVine scored a season-high 36 points and the Chicago Bulls used a fourth-quarter flurry to hold off the Boston Celtics 117-108 on Thursday night in the opener of a home-and-home set. The teams will meet again in Chicago on Saturday night. Ayo...
Dick Van Arsdale, 3-time All-Star and a member of the original Phoenix Suns in 1968, dies at 81
PHOENIX (AP) — Dick Van Arsdale, a three-time All-Star who became the first Phoenix Suns player after being selected by the franchise in the 1968 expansion draft, has died. He was 81. The Suns announced Van Arsdale's death in a statement on Monday and a team spokesman confirmed...
