BOSTON – As a crowd of Philadelphia faithful gathered in a corner of TD Garden, Joel Embiid and Tyrese Maxey emerged from the tunnel to celebrate with their fans after a stunning comeback from a 3-1 deficit to eliminate the heavily favored Celtics. “We want Boston,” Philadelphia fans chanted. Advertisement The phrase became a battle…
How the Trail Blazers’ Scoot Henderson, who ended a 405-day drought, sparked an upset against the Spurs originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as your preferred source by clicking here. The Portland Trail Blazers have done it. While it took some bad luck for Victor Wembanyama to finally be ruled out,…
PORTLAND, Oregon, USA (AP) — Deni Avdija scored 35 points, Donovan Clingan had 18 points and 13 rebounds, and the Portland Trail Blazers defeated the Los Angeles Clippers 116-97 on Friday to take the inside track and seek eighth place in the Western Conference. If Portland beats the Sacramento Kings on Sunday, the Blazers will…
Hornets head coach explains Celtics’ remarkable success this season originally appeared on NESN. Add NESN as a preferred source by clicking here. Perhaps no NBA team lost more talent this past offseason than the Boston Celtics, who parted ways with Jrue Holiday, Kristaps Porzingis, Luke Kornet and Al Horford. They also lost Jayson Tatum to…
PORTLAND (AP) — Jerami Grant scored 23 points and the Portland Trail Blazers snapped a six-game losing streak by beating the Memphis Grizzlies 135-115 on Friday to open a two-game set. The teams will meet again Saturday night in Portland. Advertisement Jrue Holiday had 20 points and seven assists for the Blazers, who led by…
The Cleveland Cavaliers bounced back from a poor performance against the Phoenix Suns on Friday by defeating the Portland Trail Blazers with a 130-111 victory. Jarrett Allen’s 40-point performance led the way. Allen was simply the best player on the court in what was the most impressive game of his entire career. Portland had absolutely…
PORTLAND, Oregon (AP) — Sandro Mamukelashvili scored 22 points and Brandon Ingram added 20 to help the Toronto Raptors beat the Portland Trail Blazers 110-98 on Friday. The Raptors led by as many as 13 and dominated most of the game despite being outscored from the 3-point line (39-27) and losing the turnover battle (16-13)….
The Boston Celtics are exceeding expectations in a season where Jayson Tatum is sidelined with an Achilles injury, and Al Horford, Luke Kornet, Kristaps Porzingis and Jrue Holiday are now playing for other clubs. Much of that success can be attributed to the MVP-level play of star forward Jaylen Brown and the advancements of Neemias…
Boston (AP) – Jayson Tatum wants to play again in a NBA game as soon as possible. Nor does it feel any additional impulse for that to happen only five months after rupting your right Achilles tendon. “Without pressure,” Tatum said Monday on the day of the Celtic media. “There is no pressure to return…
The presence of Al Horford will be surprised in Boston. He will feel in Golden State, where Horford intends to sign a several year contract with the Warriors, leaving the Celtics for the second time in their historical history, according to Shams Charania de ESPN. Advertisement Jayson Tatum called Horford “one of the best teammates…
