SALT LAKE CITY — Joe Ingles matched his career high with 27 points and added a season-high seven assists to help the Utah Jazz beat the Boston Celtics 123-115 on Friday night in Gordon Hayward’s return to Utah. Hayward had 13 points and seven assists in his first game back in Utah since leaving the […]
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Kyrie Irving leads Celtics rally to overtime win over Suns
PHOENIX — Kyrie Irving scored 18 of his season-high 39 points in the fourth quarter and overtime, and the Boston Celtics rallied from a 22-point deficit for a 116-109 win over the Phoenix Suns on Thursday night. Irving scored Boston’s first six points in the extra period, and Marcus Morris finished with 17 against his […]
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Celtics’ Kyrie Irving fined $25K for throwing ball into stands
NEW YORK — Boston Celtics point guard Kyrie Irving has been fined $25,000 by the NBA for throwing a basketball into the stands after a game. The fine was handed down Tuesday by league discipline executive Kiki VanDeWeghe. The incident occurred at the end of the Celtics’ 115-107 loss to the Denver Nuggets on Monday […]
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Jamal Murray scores 48 — tried hard for 50 — as Nuggets beat Celtics
DENVER (AP) — Jamal Murray simply got caught up in the moment when he hoisted a long shot with the clock winding down. He took some heat for it. No disrespect meant, he maintained. Murray scored a career-high 48 points, including 19 in the fourth quarter, and the Denver Nuggets overcame a sluggish start to […]
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Victor Oladipo’s 3-pointer sends Pacers over Celtics
INDIANAPOLIS — Victor Oladipo heard the final buzzer and pranced to the sideline, pointing both index fingers to the floor, and mouthing, “My city.” Oladipo’s 3-pointer with 3.4 seconds remaining Saturday night gave Indiana a 102-101 comeback victory over the Boston Celtics and was yet another example of his increasingly routine heroics at Bankers Life […]
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Celtics drain 24 3-pointers, beat Bucks
BOSTON — Kyrie Irving scored 28 points, making six of Boston’s franchise record 24 3-pointers, as the Celtics knocked off the last unbeaten team in the NBA with a 117-113 win over the Milwaukee Bucks on Thursday night. Gordon Hayward added a season-high 18 points, Al Horford also scored 18 and Marcus Morris had 17 points […]
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Kyrie Irving scores 31, Celtics beat Pistons again
BOSTON — Kyrie Irving scored a season-high 31 points, Marcus Morris had 15 points and nine rebounds and the Boston Celtics beat Detroit 108-105 on Tuesday night, handing the Pistons back-to-back losses after a 4-0 start. Jayson Tatum scored 16, Jaylen Brown had 14 points and Al Horford scored 11 for Boston. Blake Griffin had 24 […]
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Celtics hand Pistons first loss of season
DETROIT — With Jaylen Brown struggling offensive so far this season, Brad Stevens still asked him if he wanted a shot at defending one of the NBA’s hottest players. Not only did Brown slow down the much bigger Blake Griffin, his offense also perked up in the process. Brown scored 19 points and Marcus Morris […]
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Celtics rally to top winless Thunder
OKLAHOMA CITY — Kyrie Irving was overthinking how to fit in. He missed last season’s playoffs after left knee surgery, and because the Boston Celtics reached the Eastern Conference finals without him, he was cautious when he returned this season. Once he relaxed and started having fun, everything flowed. Jayson Tatum scored 24 points, Irving […]
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Magic hold on to beat Celtics
BOSTON (AP) — Nikola Vucevic had 24 points and 12 rebounds while the Orlando Magic survived two 3-point attempts by Boston in the closing seconds to beat the Celtics 93-90 on Monday night. Jonathan Isaac added 18 points and 12 boards for the Magic (2-2). Kyrie Irving led the Celtics (2-2) with 22 points. Al […]