The Celtics’ Dominican center will end next season at the age of 37 within a limited game plan Last season the Boston Celtics were very close to being champions in the NBA. Only an experienced and healthy Golden State Warriors team interfered with their plans, but next season they have to be counted among the … Read more
The NBA will honor the 11-time champion and all-time legend bill russell retiring the number 6 in all 30 franchises, making him the first player to receive such an honor. A commemorative Russell patch on the right shoulder of the jerseys and a No. 6 trefoil logo will also be worn throughout the NBA for … Read more
The Utah Jazz are finalizing a five-year deal with Boston Celtics assistant Will Hardy to make him the franchise’s next head coach, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Hardy, 34, will be the youngest active coach in the NBA. Hardy was one of four finalists who met with owners in Salt Lake this week, including Celtics … Read more
He said he was going to be ready for Game 4 and boy did he deliver… From the (certain) hand of Stephen Currythe Golden State Warriors came to life in the NBA Finals, beating the Boston Celtics 102-97 at TD Garden to even the best-of-seven series at two wins apiece and send it back to … Read more
The Dominican admitted that the flagrant foul in the third game of the Final Series was a “fair” decision by the referees With five minutes remaining in the third quarter of game 3 of the NBA Final Series between Boston and Golden State, the center of the Celtics Al Horford tried to cover a three-point … Read more
8:57AM ET Bruno Altieri Close is responsible for the basketball section at ESPNdeportes.com. He works since 2003 for ESPN. He covered, among other tournaments, the 2013 NBA Finals, the 2011 FIBA ​​Americas Pre-Olympic Games, the 2009 NBA All-Star, the 2009-10, 2011-12 League of the Americas, Argentina’s preparations for the 2004 and 2008 Olympic Games and … Read more
Draymond Green entered Game 2 of the NBA Finals with a very clear mindset: play hard. “I couldn’t live with myself if we lost the NBA Finals because we couldn’t match strength with strength,” Green said before practice in Boston on Tuesday. “So I guess that was it for me like I said, that (the … Read more
SAN FRANCISCO — Boston Celtics star Jayson Tatum said he wastes no time worrying about his 3-for-17 shooting performance in Game 1, saying it’s not the first time he’s had a bad game and he’s confident which will be recovered for Game 2. “Once you’ve done something before, you know how to respond,” Tatum said … Read more
Stephen Curry Golden State has never won an NBA Finals MVP award, but oddsmakers think this is his year. Curry is the consensus favorite to be named Finals MVP between the Warriors and Boston Celtics at sportsbooks across the country. He’s Caesars Sportsbook favorite at +100. Jayson Tatum from Boston is the second favorite at … Read more
The first step in the race towards the NBA championship was given by the Boston Celtics on Thursday when they beat the Golden State Warriors at the Chase Center to the surprise of many and more than the Western Conference monarchs themselves. San Francisco was the first team since the 2013 Miami Heat to lose … Read more
