That unusual quirk of a path would later make it possible for Boston Celtics managerial legend Red Auerbach to draft the Indiana native while he was still in college due to a tech

Think about that: Jayson Tatum has yet to suit up, the Celtics lost a 17-point-per-game player in Kristaps Porzingis this offseason, and their offense, rather than cratering, has actually improved, at least in the modest sample size we’ve seen thus far.

Don’t look now, but the Boston Celtics have won nine of their last 11 games after a big win against the Los Angeles Lakers on Friday. This success is far from people’s expectations ahead of the 2025-26 season,

That Boston has been stacking wins in the middle of a stretch of games that projected to be among the toughest remaining on the Celtics' 2025-26 regular season schedule is all the more impressive, and Pritchard had praise for his teammates for pulling it off.

Austin Reaves finishes with 36 points, but the Lakers can't overcome the absences of Luka Doncic and LeBron James in a 126-105 loss to the Boston Celtics.

The Boston Celtics are hosting the Los Angeles Lakers for the first of two meetings between the hated rivals on Friday, Dec. 5.

Before this season, Boston Celtics head coach Joe Mazzulla had never really had a reputation as a developmental coach in the NBA, however unfairly. Mazzulla, after all, came up through the Celtics organization as an assistant with the Maine Red Claws (now,

The Celtics weren’t supposed to look like this. Not after trading two starters, watching two more walk in free agency, and bracing for what some in Boston politely labeled a “gap year.” But here they are anyway,