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NBA Finals Game 6 Preview: What’s at Stake for Boston and Golden State
The Boston Celtics are in dire straits after losing to Golden State on Monday in Game 5 of the N.B.A. finals, leaving them in a 3-2 deficit as the series shifts to Boston on Thursday. Teams with 3-2 leads in best-of-seven N.B.A. finals have won the championship 39 of 48 times — 81.3 percent. Some […]
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The Boston Celtics Have Faced Elimination, but Not Like This
SAN FRANCISCO — Jayson Tatum offered a resigned chuckle when he was asked about the Boston Celtics’ confidence level after losing Game 5 of the N.B.A. finals. If any nihilistic thoughts tormented him after a game in which he scored 27 points and grabbed 10 rebounds in a losing effort against Golden State, he suppressed […]
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Steph Curry’s 43 Points Help Golden State Beat Celtics in NBA Finals
BOSTON — For two days, Golden State forward Draymond Green saw it in his teammate Stephen Curry. The fire Curry plays with isn’t always apparent to outsiders, but Green sensed that it was simmering within. Their team was down in the N.B.A. finals, 2-1, and Curry was not going to let them lose Game 4. […]
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N.B.A. Finals: Boston Celtics Take On Golden State Warriors
It would be Stephen Curry’s fourth N.B.A. championship, or Jayson Tatum’s first. It would be a comeback story for the ages for Klay Thompson, or a fairy-tale ending to the debut of the first-time head coach Ime Udoka. Much is at stake in the 2022 N.B.A. finals for Golden State and the Boston Celtics, two […]
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Miami Heat Force Game 7 Against Boston Celtics Behind Jimmy Butler
BOSTON — In a playoff series that had long ago lost any semblance of order or predictability, Jimmy Butler of the Miami Heat on Friday night emerged as a rare source of stability, and perhaps the only one. He rose over flat-footed defenders for 3-pointers. He negotiated rush-hour traffic for layups. He drew fouls and […]
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Marcus Smart Leads Boston Celtics Over Miami Heat in Game 2
Boston Celtics guard Marcus Smart had an open lane for an easy fast-break basket. Then he unnecessarily moved the ball behind his back and flubbed a layup. A minute later, he had the ball again and hit an acrobatic circus shot on the baseline from behind the backboard. He drew a foul, too. That was […]
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NBA Preview: Miami Heat and Boston Celtics Fight to Win the East
A group of mostly 20-something out-of-towners heading to Miami this time of year typically would be called spring breakers. But for our purposes, we’re referring to the Boston Celtics. Their reward for outlasting the Milwaukee Bucks in a grueling seven-game Eastern Conference semifinal series is a date in the conference finals with the No. 1-seeded […]
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Jayson Tatum Saves the Boston Celtics’ Season With 46 Points
There was a time when the Boston Celtics’ season seemed in danger of crumbling into a pile of fine dust. They had a losing record in late January. They were scuffling through a series of injuries. There were questions about whether Jayson Tatum could coexist with Jaylen Brown — was it time for the team […]
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The Nets May Be in Trouble. But They Still Have Kevin Durant.
BOSTON — Kevin Durant had no room. He admitted as much. Whenever he had the ball against the Celtics on Wednesday night, and even when he did not, defenders were crowding his space, shadowing him, draping themselves all over him like Saran wrap. They were on the perimeter, and in the paint, and at the […]
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