so Boston focused on containing Jamal Murray, sending two defenders at him on nearly every possession in the second half, playing with the appropriate sense of urgency. The Celtics needed this ...

A night without the Nuggets’ starting frontcourt provided a more in-depth look at two of the most important players to Denver’s rest-of-season outlook. With Aaron Gordon missing a seventh ...

Jaylen Brown scored 28 points and Jayson Tatum added 27, including a tiebreaking jumper with 0.2 seconds left, as the visiting Boston Celtics held off the New Orleans Pelicans 118-116 on Friday night.

Jamal Murray also began to score, and Denver brought the deficit down to two. The Boston Celtics crumbled on offense and defense and surrendered their entire lead. At halftime, the game was ...

Boston Celtics defeated the Denver Nuggets on the ... Credit guys like Russell Westbrook and Jamal Murray for stepping up and Jokić's absence. But Boston was the better team down the stretch ...

the Celtics and Nuggets played a nip and tuck game for most of the second half until Boston took command midway through the fourth quarter. With Jamal Murray on the bench, the Celtics ...

Jamal Murray had a huge period ... The third quarter started just like in the first as both the Boston Celtics and Denver Nuggets go back-and-forth. It was a close game until a late run by ...

January 8 - Jayson Tatum had 29 points, Kristaps Porzingis finished with 25 points and 11 rebounds and the visiting Boston Celtics ... minutes of court time. Jamal Murray and Julian Strawther ...

Clippers are holding Kawhi Leonard out on front end of back-to-back tomorrow vs Celtics, and Ivica Zubac (eye) also is not ...

Jayson Tatum's jumper with 0.7 seconds left gave the Boston Celtics a 118-116 victory over the short-handed New Orleans ...