The Celtics didn't care about the cost of retaining their championship core after their dominant 2024 NBA Finals triumph last season. They hoped to break a long drought of NBA champions failing to defend their title. The last team to successfully do so was the 2018 Golden State Warriors, following up their 2017 triumph with another title.

Losing to the Knicks feels like death. But I was always taught that there’s life after death, so we’ll get ready for whatever’s next in the journey.” The post Here’s what the Celtics said after their season-ending Game 6 loss to the Knicks appeared first on Boston.

The third quarter of Wednesday’s beatdown, which extended the Knicks’ and Boston Celtics’ second-round series at least another 48 hours, was the capper. Advertisement The Celtics, even without perennial All-NBA first-teamer Jayson Tatum,

"He was having difficulty breathing, but he wanted to be out there. If we absolutely needed him, we would have been able to go to him.” The post Everything went the Celtics’ way in Game 5, other than further concern over Kristaps Porzingis’s lingering illness appeared first on Boston.

The Knicks dominated the second quarter to the tune of a 38-17 advantage and took a 64-37 halftime lead, and just like that, the undertaker was making plans for the Celtics' burial. Boston big man Kristaps Porzingis was once a member of the Knicks,

Boston Celtics star Jayson Tatum is out of a New York hospital and met with his teammates in an emotional reunion on Thursday. Tatum ruptured his right Achilles tendon in Monday's 121-113 loss to the host New York Knicks in Game 4.

Celtics star Jayson Tatum won’t be far from Madison Square Garden when Boston faces a must-win situation against the New York Knicks on Friday night as the defending champions attempt to force a decid

Celtics star Jayson Tatum won't be far from Madison Square Garden when Boston faces a must-win situation against the New York Knicks on Friday night as the defending champions attempt to force a deciding Game 7.