Celtics

Mitchell Scores 36 as Cavs Bounce Back, Celtics Downed

Donovan Mitchell scored 36 points as the Cleveland Cavaliers roared back to form with a 124-117 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Saturday. The Eastern Conference leaders arrived in Minneapolis having lost two of their three previous games including a 134-114 rout by the red-hot Oklahoma City Thunder on Thursday. But after finding ...

Raptors Upset Celtics, Rockets Rout Nuggets

R.J. Barrett scored 22 points as the lowly Toronto Raptors turned the tables on the Boston Celtics with a dominant 110-97 victory over the reigning NBA champions on Wednesday. The Raptors, who are languishing three places off the bottom of the Eastern Conference, grabbed only their 10th win of the season after stifling Boston's offense at the ...

Young's Buzzer-Beater Lifts Hawks, Celtics Down Nuggets

Trae Young's sensational buzzer-beating three-pointer lifted the Atlanta Hawks to a 124-121 victory over the Utah Jazz on Tuesday as Boston beat Denver in a battle of the last two NBA champions. At the end of a tight game, the crowd in Salt Lake City roared as Collin Sexton drilled a three-pointer to pull the Jazz level at 121-121 with four ...

Thunder Rally to Top Celtics, Push NBA Win Streak to 15

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 33 points and the Oklahoma City Thunder clamped down defensively in the second half to beat the NBA champion Boston Celtics 105-92 on Sunday for a franchise record 15th straight win. For the fourth straight game, the Western Conference-leading Thunder won after trailing by at least a dozen points. Thunder forward ...

Thunder Stretch NBA Win Streak to 13 as Celtics Edge T-Wolves

Oklahoma City stretched the NBA's best win streak to 13 games with a home victory Thursday while the reigning champion Boston Celtics held on for a last-shot triumph at Minnesota. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had game highs of 29 points and eight assists to spark the host Thunder over the Los Angeles Clippers 116-98, improving the Western Conference ...

Haliburton Shines as Pacers Avenge Blowout Loss to Celtics

Indiana's Tyrese Haliburton scored 31 points as the Pacers turned the tables on the NBA champion Celtics with a confident 123-114 victory in Boston on Sunday. Two days after Jaylen Brown's 44 points propelled the Celtics to a 142-105 blowout victory over the Pacers Indiana got their revenge. Haliburton added six rebounds and seven assists ...

Brown Dominates as NBA Champion Celtics Snap Skid

Jaylen Brown delivered a 44-point gem as the NBA champion Boston Celtics snapped a two-game losing streak with a 142-105 blowout of the Indiana Pacers on Friday. Brown set the tone with 15 points in the first quarter, when the Celtics out-scored the Pacers 39-22 to take control. He finished with six of the Celtics' 23 three-pointers and came up ...

Tatum’s 43-Point Triple-Double Propels Celtics Over Bulls

Jayson Tatum exploded for 43 points in his first triple-double of the season Saturday as the NBA champion Boston Celtics beat the Chicago Bulls 123-98 to avenge a defeat just days earlier. Tatum added 16 rebounds and 10 assists in a dominant performance in Chicago, connecting on 16 of his 24 shot attempts and nine of 15 from three-point ...

Short-Handed Celtics Cruise Past Pistons

The NBA champion Boston Celtics shrugged off the absence of All-Star Jayson Tatum, raining 20 three-pointers in a lopsided 123-99 victory over the Detroit Pistons on Thursday. With Tatum sidelined by a sore right knee, reserve Payton Pritchard stepped up to lead the Celtics scoring with 27 points and 10 assists as they notched a 12th straight ...

Jokic’s 56 Points Not Enough as Nuggets Fall to Wizards

The Washington Wizards withstood a 56-point explosion from Denver star Nikola Jokic to beat the Nuggets 122-113 on Saturday and snap their 16-game NBA losing streak. Jokic, who won his third NBA Most Valuable Player award last season, posted a career scoring high -- surpassing a 53-point performance in game four of the 2023 Western Conference ...

Hot Hawks Pip LeBron's Lakers, Celtics Beat Bucks

The Atlanta Hawks earned their sixth straight win in the NBA with Trae Young scoring a three-pointer with 7.4 seconds left in overtime to beat the Los Angeles Lakers 134-132 and overcome a LeBron James triple-double. James, who put up 39 points for the Lakers along with 10 rebounds and 11 assists, saw his 31-foot three-pointer with 1.2 seconds ...

Cavs Get 'Statement' Win Over Celtics in Showdown of NBA's Best

Donovan Mitchell scored 35 points and the Cleveland Cavaliers avenged a heartbreaking loss with a 115-111 victory over Boston on Sunday in a matchup of the NBA's top teams. Mitchell scored 20 points in the fourth quarter as the Cavs rallied from 14 points down in the second half to defeat the reigning NBA champions. The Cavaliers started the ...