Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics

The Celtics were fairly clear about their strategy in defending the Spurs superstar: Give up threes rather than twos and hope he can't shoot you out of the game. The strategy makes some sense - Wembanyama is solid, but he's only making 35 percent of his 3-point attempts this year. Joe Mazzulla loves to try to manipulate the math in his favor, and when part of the equation is a 7-foot-4 center that can do a little bit of everything offensively, the numbers become more difficult to square.

Robert, who has helped turn the small Lennoxville school into a Canadian university basketball powerhouse, was desperate to complete a storybook ending. He made a left-handed hook shot in the paint and had a great take to help the Gaiters inch within three points. Though not known as a 3-point threat, he hit one but couldn't make the desperation 3 right before the final buzzer.

Tatum served up a sophisticated layering of Parisian luxury, '90s nostalgia, street swagger, and fire footwear. Examining more closely, there is a lot of beautiful clothing worn around the league, but who is wearing Lanvin with Timberlands? The ensemble, shared and liked everywhere, flashed on maybe millions of screens, and elevated the basketball style conversation.

What I loved about it at first was the oranges. The parents were responsible for half-time, and a lot of times I couldn't wait for half-time because they cut up oranges, but I fell in love with the game because it was just being outside playing with my friends. I played centre forward and I wanted to score. I found out very fast what scoring was all about and also what it was like playing with team-mates.

I and others throughout the league were surprised by and object to the Hawks decision. We desire to provide an environment where fans of all ages can safely come and enjoy the game of basketball and where we can celebrate the history and culture of communities in good conscience. The celebration of a strip club is not conduct aligned with that vision.

I'm looking at Jaylen Brown, and I'm saying I would give it to him. The MVP doesn't always go to the best player. If that's the case, Michael Jordan would have won it about 10 times, okay? The fact of the matter is sometimes it goes to the most valuable individual [during] that particular season - taking all things into consideration in terms of what you bring it to the table, what you have to work with, and what you're working against.

With or without Tatum, even if Tatum doesn't come back, the Celtics are the scariest team in the Eastern Conference. The reason being is that there are no expectations. People thought this was going to be a gap year without Tatum.

The lawsuit alleges that comments Karen Russell made in a Boston Globe column last October "tarnished" her father's legacy. "My dad had well-known cognitive issues," Karen Russell told the Globe. "He was also hard of hearing at the end of his life, which made it hard for everyone to be in contact with him." The comments were made in a sports column called "Bill Russell's daughter had never met Bob Cousy. Until now."

Less than 48 hours since they went 1-for-20 in the first half of a comeback victory against the Heat, the Celtics bricked their way to their worst performance of the season from 3-point range: 7-for-41, a brutal 17.1 percent from deep. Previously, the Celtics' worst performance this season was 11-for-51 (21.6 percent) in a loss to the Jazz in November. The last time they shot 17.1 percent or worse was Dec. 10, 2021 in a loss to the Suns (a season, incidentally, that featured a lot of incredibly bad 3-point shooting, including a 2-for-26 performance against the Wizards).

Jaylen Brown had 29 points while Payton Pritchard scored 24 points to help the Boston Celtics make their biggest comeback of the season, rallying from a 22-point deficit to defeat the Miami Heat 98-96 on Friday night. Derrick White hit a 3-pointer from the corner with 1:31 remaining that provided the Celtics - winners of five straight - the final margin. White shot 6 of 20 but ended up with 21 points.