Among the Boston Celtics' starry starting five (and, heck, among their top six, really, if we count reserve big man Al Horford), only one player has never made

The Celtics also have a really good sixth man who is in the running for Sixth Man of the Year. Payton Pritchard has been playing the best basketball of his young career. He's averaging 14.8 points per game on 46.7 percent shooting from the field and 42 percent shooting from three.

Bleacher Report NBA analyst Zach Buckley recently took the time to survey the league for a player on each team who ought to be trusted to take such a high leverage shot. "There is literally no bigger shot that a team can attempt,

Holiday recently opened up about the impact Porzingis has on Boston's ability to stack victories after a recent win over the Denver Nuggets.

And for today's article, we will continue with the first of 29 people to wear the No. 11 jersey, Boston big man alum Chuck Connors. After ending his college career at Seton Hall, Connors joined the Celtics in their and the BAA's first season of existence, 1946-47.

The Boston Celtics head to the Ball Arena to face the Denver Nuggets in a non-conference matchup. The Celtics are 26-10, which puts them in second place in the Eastern Conference. The Nuggets are 20-14, which puts them in fourth place in the Western Conference.

The Boston Celtics held off the depleted Denver Nuggets 118-106 on Tuesday night as Nikola Jokic sat out because of an illness.

The Nuggets were third in the NBA in scoring entering Monday's play, one rung ahead of the Celtics, with an offense not surprisingly built around what star Nikola Jokić does best.

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This might not be the Nuggets behemoth of recent seasons. But they are still a dangerous opponent the Celtics will need to bring their best against.

The Celtics tightened their rotation for this clash ... a two-game absence due to a right shoulder sprain, finishing as Boston's second-leading scorer behind Jayson Tatum (26 points) in the ...