In a late March interview with a Latvian sports magazine, Kristaps Porzingis said he wanted to spend the rest of his career with the New York Knicks — but he provided an important caveat. “Absolutely, I want to stay here all my career. You never know what will happen. At the end of the day […]
Continue ReadingIt has become the must-have play for any serious postseason team: a pick-and-roll involving a wing ball handler and whichever teammate is being defended by the opposing point guard. It is a way to yank the other team’s weakest defender, and often its most important offensive player, into untenable mismatches. The Celtics knew every playoff […]
Continue ReadingCeltics guard Isaiah Thomas lost a front tooth during Sunday’s Game 1 victory over the Washington Wizards, and the team’s initial efforts to reinsert it were unsuccessful. That didn’t stop Thomas from scoring a game-high 33 points on 11-of-23 shooting over 38 minutes while helping the Celtics rally from a 17-point deficit for a 123-111 […]
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