Let’s just get one thing straight off the rip: Jayson Tatum is HIM. In what was easily the best game of his NBA career to date, Tatum took over when the Celtics needed him most. Season on the line. On the road in Milwaukee. Backs against the wall versus the defending champs. Tatum delivered, leading …
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Down one with 11 seconds to go, the ball found its way into the hands of Marcus Smart. One masterful defensive play later, the Celtics’ chances of winning the game took a drastic hit. Several things went wrong during the course of the fourth quarter, which ultimately led to Boston’s downfall, but the mystery of …
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There are not many who could have seen this coming. Be honest here. When you heard Boston was bringing back Al Horford, this was never a thought inside your head. Never once did it cross your mind that he could be an x-factor player for the Celtics. Especially not come playoff time. Yet here we …
BY LESLIE MONTEIRO (Photo by J. Conrad Williams Jr./Newsday RM via Getty Images) Kyrie Irving, Nets head coach Steve Nash and even Ben Simmons received criticism for the Boston Celtics sweeping the Nets. They deserved it. Irving and Nash stunk in their roles, and Simmons quit on the Nets being on the brink of elimination …
BY LESLIE MONTEIRO (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images) Not only did Ben Simmons decide that it was not worth playing Game 4 in the Nets’ first-round series against the Boston Celtics on Monday night, but he decided not to sit with his teammates on the bench as he did in this series. It’s doubtful he was …
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BY LESLIE MONTEIRO (Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images) Nothing has gone right for the Brooklyn Nets in their first-round playoff series against the Boston Celtics. Kevin Durant stunk in all three games of the series by shooting 19-for-52, and ever since Kyrie Irving offered to take on the Celtics fans after a 39-point Game 1 …
BY LESLIE MONTEIRO (Photo by Matthew J. Lee/The Boston Globe via Getty Images) No one expected this. The Nets are down 2-0 against the Boston Celtics in their NBA playoff series. They have been outplayed and outcoached by the other team. Kevin Durant stunk in both games. The Nets poo-pooed their Game 1 loss by …
BY LESLIE MONTEIRO (Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images) Ben Simmons has been practicing with his Nets teammates. I know because I saw footage of it. That’s the problem. He’s practicing, but he’s not playing. He has yet to play a game for the Brooklyn Nets since being acquired from the Philadelphia 76ers for James Harden, …
BY LESLIE MONTEIRO (Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images) No one questions Kyrie Irving’s basketball intelligence. It’s a sight to behold when he has the basketball. He makes it so easy when he shoots. His defense gets overlooked. No one can teach what he does. In fact, he almost willed the Nets to a Game 1 …
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BY LESLIE MONTEIRO (Photo by Jeff Haynes/NBAE via Getty Images) Knicks president of basketball operations Leon Rose woke up from his hibernation and addressed the Knicks fans. Sort of. He spoke to Knicks play-by-play man Mike Breen in a pre-taped interview to address this awful season on MSG Network prior to the Knicks’ 105-94 season …
