Besteon Ceeltas

It 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 […]

Celtics 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 […]