Boston Celtics

Jayson Tatum stepped up in crunch time for the Celtics in their Game 7 win. As our A. Sherrod Blakely writes, the 22-year-old’s performance spoke volumes about how far he’s come as both a player and leader.

It took every bit of seven games, but Jayson Tatum and the Boston Celtics are headed to the Eastern Conference finals. And they dethroned the NBA champions to get there. Tatum scored 29 points, Jaylen Brown had 21 and the Celtics topped the Toronto Raptors 92-87 on Friday night in Game 7 of the East semifinal series. Marcus Smart scored…...

The Celtics’ five starters received a special pick-me-up ahead of Game 7 against the Raptors.

Kemba Walker wanted to come to Boston to compete for titles. As our Chris Forsberg writes, the first-year Celtic has a great chance to help carry his team to the Eastern Conference Finals.

Steve Pagliuca, co-owner of the Boston Celtics, joins Raul Martinez ahead of Game 7 after the organization donated $25 million to social justice causes.

Why did Celtics star Jayson Tatum commit a brutal turnover late in Game 6? Raptors coach Nick Nurse may have had something to do with it.

After failing to close out the Raptors in a double-OT thriller Wednesday night, the Celtics know they must collect themselves and shift focus to a do-or-die Game 7 on Friday, our Chris Forsberg writes.

The Boston Celtics couldn’t eliminate the reigning NBA champions, the Toronto Raptors, Wednesday night, losing 125-122 in double overtime of Game 6 of their playoff matchup. The result of the scrappy game sends the teams to a decisive Game 7 in the Eastern Conference semifinals. The Celtics’ Daniel Theis managed a pair of alley-oops in ...

The Boston Celtics and the NBA team’s community outreach foundation have announced a $25 million, decade-long initiative to fight problems the Black community is facing because of systemic racism. The move, announced Tuesday by the Celtics and the Boston Celtics Shamrock Foundation, is being called the Boston Celtics United for Social Justice...

The game plan from Boston coach Brad Stevens was simple: Start things off with an increased effort on defense to set an immediate tone. The Celtics did exactly as he asked and put the reigning NBA champions on the ropes. Jaylen Brown scored 27 points and the Celtics never trailed, rolling past the Toronto Raptors 111-89 in Game 5 of…

As Gordon Hayward heads back to Orlando to rejoin the Celtics inside the NBA’s bubble, Chris Forsberg asks if the C’s will go deep enough into the playoffs for Hayward to get back on the floor.

A. Sherrod Blakely highlights five areas where the Boston Celtics must improve to take back control of their playoff series against the Toronto Raptors.

Forty-eight hours removed from a heart-wrenching Game 3 loss, the Celtics failed to match the Raptors’ intensity in Game 4, writes Chris Forsberg.