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LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Kemba Walker scored 27 points and hit a pair of clutch three-pointers late in the game as the Boston Celtics stretched their winning streak to seven games with a 112-111 win over Oklahoma City. Walker hit two threes from almost the exact same spot in the final three minutes to seal the win for Boston in front of a crowd of 18,200 at the Chesapeake Energy Arena. With the […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Bahamian guard Buddy Hield scored a season-high 35 points and the Sacramento Kings snapped the Boston Celtics’ 10-game NBA win streak with a 100-99 home triumph on Sunday. Sacramento center Richaun Holmes sank two decisive free throws with 13 seconds remaining to give the Kings their fifth win in seven games after an 0-5 start. Boston fell to 10-2, having not lost since their season opener 3 1/2 weeks […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Boston Celtics forward Gordon Hayward will miss the next six weeks of the NBA season with a broken left hand following surgery on Monday, the team announced. Hayward underwent the operation in New York to repair his ring finger, which was fractured Saturday in Boston’s 135-115 victory over San Antonio. If Hayward sits out a full six weeks, he will miss 19 Celtics games but be healthy to return […]
LOS ANGLES, United States (AFP) — Milwaukee became the first team to reach the NBA’s final four as the top-seeded Bucks beat the visiting Boston Celtics with a 116-91 series-clinching victory on Wednesday. The Bucks used balanced scoring and a stingy defense to eliminate the fourth-seeded Celtics in five games, avenging a seven-game first round loss to Boston last season. The Celtics had reached the NBA semi-finals against the Cleveland Cavaliers each of the last […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Gordon Hayward scored a team-high 20 points as the Boston Celtics defeated Indiana 110-106 on Sunday to complete a first-round NBA playoff sweep of the host Pacers. The Celtics captured their first best-of-seven series sweep since 2011 and advanced to a second-round matchup with either the Milwaukee Bucks or Detroit Pistons. “Any time you 4-0 a team, you feel great,” Hayward said. “We’re going to heal up a little […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Kyrie Irving scored 20 points as the Boston Celtics shrugged off the injury absence of Marcus Smart to defeat the Indiana Pacers 84-74 in their opening playoff game on Sunday. Irving was among five players to make double figures as Boston drew first blood in the best-of-seven series opener at the TD Garden. Boston had gone into the game reeling from the news that Smart is set to miss […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — The red-hot Los Angeles Clippers clinched an NBA playoff berth on Tuesday with their sixth win in a row, Danilo Gallinari scoring 25 points in a 122-111 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves. The Clippers are back in the post-season after missing out last year, becoming the fifth Western Conference team to punch their ticket. In the East the Boston Celtics’ playoff spot was confirmed with a 116-106 win over […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Boston Celtics guard Marcus Smart was fined $50,000 by the NBA on Thursday after forcefully shoving Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid to the floor in a loss a night earlier. Smart received a flagrant foul and automatic ejection for the shove, which took place with 7:06 remaining in the third quarter of Philadelphia’s 118-115 home victory over Boston on Wednesday. Cameroonian center Embiid was sent sprawling to the court […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Kyrie Irving scored 30 points and passed out 11 assists on Sunday as the Boston Celtics snapped Oklahoma City’s seven-game NBA win streak with a 134-129 home triumph. Marcus Morris added 19 points and Marcus Smart netted 18 as eight of nine players taking the court for Boston scored in double figures and the Celtics improved to 34-19, matching Philadelphia for third in the Eastern Conference. “We have great […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Jaylen Brown stepped in to fill some big shoes, finishing with 24 points and 10 rebounds as the Boston Celtics crushed the Charlotte Hornets 126-94 despite missing all-star Kyrie Irving. Jayson Tatum also chipped in with Irving out with a hip injury, scoring 20 points, and Terry Rozier finished with a career-high 10 assists at the Boston Garden arena. Irving has missed the last two games. Marcus Morris scored […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — The Boston Celtics said center Aron Baynes had successful surgery on his broken left hand on Thursday and will miss four to six weeks of NBA action. The Australian big man was apparently hurt in the first quarter of Boston’s 111-103 loss to the Phoenix Suns, when his hand struck the wrist of Deandre Ayton as the Phoenix rookie tried to make a pass. Baynes stayed in the game […]
Irving delivered a game-high 38 points, including consecutive three pointers in the final 40 seconds of overtime, to propel Boston past the Wizards for their seventh-straight NBA victory. Irving outduelled Wizard star guard John Wall and scored Boston’s last 12 points but he didn’t get the job done alone. Jayson Tatum scored 12 points and grabbed 12 boards for a double-double and Marcus Morris added 27 points for the Celtics, which played without three top […]
