In Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals on Wednesday night, Jimmy Butler scored 35 points, including 20 after halftime, and the Miami Heat rallied to defeat the Boston Celtics 123-116. After taking a nine-point halftime lead, Miami turned the tide by scoring a franchise playoff record 46 points in the third quarter and outscoring…
The Golden State Warriors beat the Boston Celtics 103-90 on Thursday night to win their fourth NBA title in the last eight seasons, led by Stephen Curry’s 34 points. Curry, Klay Thompson, and Draymond Green have won their fourth championship together, all under the direction of Steve Kerr. They previously won titles in 2015, 2017…
For the Boston Celtics’ 127-102 Game 2 win against the Miami Heat in the Eastern Conference finals on Thursday, both Al Horford and Marcus Smart were back in the starting lineup. Horford, who entered the NBA’s health and safety protocols a few hours before Boston’s 118-107 Game 1 loss on Tuesday, was raised to doubtful…
The Boston Celtics are concluding an agreement with Brooklyn Nets assistant Ime Udoka to make him the franchise’s new coach, sources told ESPN. Udoka will supplant Celtics president of basketball operations Brad Stevens, who stepped down as coach recently to supplant Danny Ainge running the franchise’s basketball operations. Udoka, 43, isolated himself rapidly in the…
Indiana Pacers small forward Bojan Bogdanovic achieved a four-year, $73 million deal with the Utah Jazz, league sources told ESPN and the Deseret News on Sunday. Bogdanovic thrived with the Pacers after guard Victor Oladipo endured a season-finishing ruptured quad tendon in January. The forward averaged 23.1 points in February and 21.8 points per game…
The Golden State Warriors play their Finals fifth back to back NBA , something unheard of since the incredible Bill Russell Boston Celtics played up to 10 followed somewhere in the range of 1957 and 1966. The Californian group cleared the Portland Trail Blazerstras overwhelmed by 117-119 in the extension of the fourth game of…