There’s no sugarcoating it. The last week and a half of Celtics basketball, starting with their 1-point overtime loss to the Houston Rockets, has been one of their worst stretches of play this entire season. On the surface, it doesn’t look all that bad. Yes, they’ve lost 4 of their last 5 games, but Houston, …
Despite Their Recent Struggles, There’s No Time for the Celtics to Hang Their Heads Read More »
Despite all the talent boasted by the Boston Celtics, the team as a whole isn’t very deep. After Marcus Smart, the Celtics do not seem to have any other clear-cut players to fill out the seventh and eighth spots of their playoff rotation. ​​Enes Kanter and Brad Wanamaker are the most obvious candidates, and Brad Stevens may consider Grant Williams, Robert …
NBA Free Agents Appear to Be Interested in Boston; Will Danny Ainge Make a Move? Read More »
Alright everybody… I am getting back into the Morning Cup of Green (MCG) series. What a throwback. If you are new here, MCG was a daily series back in the day in which I would, simply put, quickly blog my thoughts about this Celtics team or whatever else was going on at the time. So …
The Celtics NEEDED That Win (Morning Cup of Green 3/5/20) Read More »
Last time the Boston Celtics matched up with the Utah Jazz in Salt Lake City it was the Jayson Tatum and Donovan Mitchell show. Both players matched each other shot for shot during a stretch in the second quarter which led to a 38 combined points between the two young stars. Mitchell ended up with a game high 37 …
Newly 22 year old Jayson Tatum is the first Boston Celtics player to be named the Eastern Conference Player of the Month (February) since Isaiah Thomas received the honor in January 2017.Over the course of the 12-game month, Tatum averaged 30.7 points, 7.9 rebounds and 3.2 assists. February saw the first-time all-star really come into his own as a …
The Celtics finished up an impressive west coast road trip last night and head home with a record of 3-1 in those games. Their only heartbreaking loss came at the hands of the Los Angeles Lakers on Sunday by a score of 114-112, but it was a game that was just another example of just …
Lock It In: Jayson Tatum Will Be an MVP Candidate in 2021 Read More »
It seems like all season long the number one priority for the Celtics has been to get everybody healthy at the same time, and things are no different heading into the homestretch of the season. However, healthy or not, the Celtics are going to have to keep pushing. As things stand, they sit 2.5 games …
The Celtics Must Win the Race for the Second Seed in the East Read More »
For the fourth time this season, Jayson Tatum took the court against one of the two title contenders in Los Angeles and played like the best player on the court. While he’s taken his game to a new level over the last month or two in general, nothing has stood out more than his dominance …
The Celtics lost a nail-biter to the Los Angeles Lakers yesterday afternoon, ending their brief two-game win streak. While players and fans walked away from the game with a bitter taste in their mouths, there are both positives and negatives to take away from one of Boston’s biggest games of the season. Good – Jayson …
Celtics vs. Lakers: Taking the Good with the Bad Read More »
