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Five NBA Teams That Need to Make a Move Before the Trade Deadline
Updated:The NBA season is past the halfway mark and the trade deadline is rapidly approaching. The deadline represents the last…
Read more »5 rational thoughts about the Celtics’ last-second victory over the Wizards
Updated:Well. We all thought that Celtics game was gonna slip out of reach—or at least I did—and then it didn’t,…
Read more »Rapid Recap: Tatum powers Celtics to nail-biting win over Wizards
Updated:Despite some weird mistakes, cold shooting stretches and allowing a titanic Bradley Beal performance, the Celtics stole a 111-110 win…
Read more »5 rational thoughts about the Celtics beating the Pacers
Updated:That Celtics win was quite the relief. I won’t take it for granted. What I’m also not gonna do, in…
Read more »Rapid Recap: Vintage Kemba and reserves’ energy lead Celtics over Pacers
Updated:The Celtics ain’t out of the woods yet, but they prevented further decline with a pretty solid 118-112 win against…
Read more »5 rational thoughts (sort of) about the Celtics’ collapse in Dixieland
Updated:Losses like what happened to the Celtics against the Pelicans yesterday get fans riled way the hell up. Understandably so,…
Read more »Rapid Recap: Celtics force OT but can’t reverse collapse vs Pelicans
The Celtics blew a lead in spectacular fashion to collapse to a rising Pelicans team, losing 120-115. New Orleans threw…
Read more »5 rational thoughts about a weird but satisfying Celtics win over Hawks
Updated:The Celtics won the rubber match in their miniseries with Atlanta on a freezing Friday night. Every game feels like…
Read more »Rapid Recap: Walker, Tatum lead Cs on birdkill spree against the Hawks
The Celtics flipped the script on the Hawks tonight for a much-needed 121-109 win. They were wildly energetic on the offensive…
Read more »5 rational thoughts about the Celtics losing to the Pistons again
Updated:There are some easy explanations for the Celtics dropping one to the Pistons last night. Trap game, second game of…
Read more »Rapid Recap: Detroit’s firepower, physicality sink the Celtics
Updated:The Celtics lost 102-108 to the Pistons—the worst team in the league, except when playing the Cs, or other top-of-the-conference…
Read more »5 rational thoughts about the Celtics shooting the Raptors’ lights out
Updated:If the Celtics wanted to erase memories of the depressing finale to their West Coast road trip, last night’s victory…
Read more »Rapid Recap: Celtics slaughter Raptors wholesale with spot-on shooting and ball movement
The Celtics looked more like the team fans expect to see for a Thursday night smackdown of the Raptors, in…
Read more »5 rational thoughts about an impressive Celtics win over the Clippers
Updated:What a game. What a win. Didn’t look like it was gonna happen for…more than a minute. But it did…
Read more »5 rational thoughts about a complicated Celtics loss to the Lakers
Updated:Last night’s game, and the aftermath to it on social media, was a wild whirlwind, made worse by the uncertainty…
Read more »Rapid Recap: Celtics lose to Lakers in final seconds, lose Smart to injury
Updated:I’ll be honest with y’all: Hopes weren’t high for this one. And I was right, for what little that’s worth….
Read more »5 rational thoughts about the Celtics blowout of the Cavs
Updated:Few things are more uplifting in a Celtics fan’s life than a wall-to-wall blowout after a streak of losses (and,…
Read more »Rapid Recap: Celtics snap losing streak by laying waste to Sexland and the Cavs
Updated:After three defeats in a row, the dam finally broke and the Celtics devastated a scrappy Cavaliers squad. The final…
Read more »5 rational thoughts following another collapse-driven Celtics loss to the Sixers
Updated:No (questionably) funny preambles come to mind, so let’s just dig into this Celtics defeat: 1. The Tatum-sized elephant not…
Read more »Rapid Recap: Celtics collapse in second half for second straight loss in Philly
Updated:Losing to the Sixers is always the most annoying type of losing. No doubt about it. So it’s even worse…
Read more »5 rational thoughts about a confounding Celtics loss in Philadelphia
Updated:Some losses feel thoroughly stupid, and this Celtics defeat by the Sixers was like that. In this case it’s not…
Read more »Rapid Recap: Theatrics from Kemba, Jaylen can’t overcome Celtics’ foul disparity in loss to Sixers
Updated:This year’s first Celtics-Sixers game came under strange circumstances: No in-person shit-talking between the league’s two rowdiest fanbases. No full-strength…
Read more »Jayson Tatum entering 10-14 day COVID-19 quarantine (report)
Updated:Boston Celtics star wing Jayson Tatum will enter the NBA’s health and safety protocols and quarantine for 10-14 day, according…
Read more »Tacko Fall steps up for shorthanded Boston Celtics, ‘In a lot of ways he changed the game’
Before their game against the Washington Wizards, the Boston Celtics found out they’d be without Tristan Thompson, Robert Williams, and…
Read more »5 rational thoughts about another razor’s-edge Celtics win (the Miami Edition)
Updated:Hey, if the Celtics won games easily, that would be boring, right? Surely these come-from-behind, seemingly pulled-out-of-the-ass wins are fine…
Read more »Rapid Recap: Relentless Tatum, game-winning FastPP lead Celtics to narrowly defeat Heat
On yet another night when it felt incredibly bizarre to be writing about sports, the Celtics and Heat faced off…
Read more »5 rational thoughts about the Celtics last-second win in Detroit
Updated:When tweeting out the recap for this game, I said I was just glad it was over. Glad the Celtics…
Read more »Rapid Recap: Jays lead Celtics to narrow victory in Pistons rematch
Updated:A second consecutive loss to Detroit would’ve been disastrous after the Friday collapse. That’s almost what happened due to Boston’s…
Read more »5 rational thoughts about the Celtics revenge in Indianapolis
Updated:Another close Celtics-Pacers game in the cavernous eeriness of a mostly empty Banker’s Life Fieldhouse, but with a better result…
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