What to KnowCeltics insider Chris Forsberg shared more analysis and player reaction in a postgame edition of the Celtics Talk Podcast.The Celtics (3-3) have won three straight games. Jaylen Brown led the C’s with 32 points on 68.4 percent shooting (13-for-19).Anfernee Simons (19), Derrick White (15) and Payton Pritchard (15) also scored in double figures.The Celtics are 1-0 in NBA Cup play while the Sixers are 0-1. The Celtics played stretches of really good basketball in their 109-108 victory against the 76ers at Wells Fargo Center on Friday night. Fortunately, those stretches were enough. Boston, which held a 24-point lead with three…
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Jaylen Brown scored 32 points, Anfernee Simons added 19 and the Boston Celtics never trailed in a 109-108 win against the Philadelphia 76ers on Friday night.Payton Pritchard and Derrick White had 15 points apiece for the Celtics, who evened their record at .500 by winning their third straight after beginning the season with three consecutive losses. Boston evened a 117-116 season-opening defeat to the 76ers on Oct. 22.Tyrese Maxey scored 26 points to lead Philadelphia, which entered as one of four unbeaten teams in the league.The game was the first as part of the NBA Cup for…
The Boston Celtics defeated the Philadelphia 76ers by a score of109-108 on the road on Friday in the first NBA Cup Group Stage contest of the season. Jaylen Brown led the Celtics with 32 points, six assists, and three rebounds on 13-of-19 from the field anf 4-of-7 from three-point range. Anfernee Simons was Boston’s second-leading scorer with 19 points and four rebounds in 29 minutes off the bench (3-of-9 from three). He was also a game-high +23. Other double-figure scorers for the Celtics were Derrick White (15 points) and Payton Pritchard (15 points). Hugo González was productive in 15 minutes…
2025 In A Discarded-On-The-Dugout-Floor NutshellIn a season that started with infield candidates ranging from Alex Bregman, Trevor Story, Kristian Campbell, Triston Casas, Rafael Devers, and Marcelo Mayer, David Hamilton managed to make it into 91 games. That’s way too many! His large presence in box scores is the byproduct of a tumultuous year in the infield.David Hamilton is fast, and actually plays good defense when used at second base. If he’s the last guy on your roster, he’s not a bad guy to have around.Everything else. His bat is poor to at times horrific, his baserunning isn’t anywhere near as…
The Patriots have a chance to extend their winning streak to five games at home Sunday when they take on the Falcons before hitting the road again in Week 10. The Patriots are in a surprising position at 6-2 and atop the AFC East standings near the midway point in the season. They’ve strung together two straight blowout wins over the Titans and Browns and are currently favored by 5.5 over the Falcons. Here’s what we’re watching on Sunday when the Falcons come to Gillette Stadium: • The Falcons have had one of the stingiest pass defenses in the NFL…
MILTON – All tricks and no treats when Natick came to visit Milton in the final week of the regular season. Milton head coach Steve Dembowski promised to be better in the second half with play calling and the longtime Wildcats’ leader proved it with a master class as Milton came back for a thrilling 21-14 victory over Bay State Conference nemesis Natick (6-2). Patrick Collins tossed his second touchdown for the game-winner with 1:34 left and found Patrick Mason wide open in the end zone on a perfectly timed play-action pass for the 32-yard touchdown strike to improve to…
Drake Maye has elevated his performance this season, and linebacker Robert Spillane praised Maye for developing into a strong leader. “Confidence, leadership, swag, he walks around with a lot of swag,” Spillane said on Thursday during NFL Network’s “The Insiders”, via Carlos A. Lopez. “A guy that people really gravitate towards. He has control of the locker room. Guys respect him, and he does not take that lightly.” Maye is currently in his second NFL season, and he’s playing like a seasoned veteran. Over eight games, Maye has thrown for 2,026 yards, racked up 15 touchdowns, and committed only three…
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TORONTO (AP) — Yoshinobu Yamamoto beat Toronto for the second time in a week, slumping Mookie Betts hit a two-run single in a three-run third inning and the defending champion Los Angeles Dodgers held off the Blue Jays 3-1 on Friday night to force the World Series to a decisive Game 7. Yamamoto was not quite as sharp as in his Game 2 four-hitter, the first World Series complete game in a decade. He lasted six innings and allowed only a third-inning RBI single by George Springer, who returned after missing two games with an injury to his right side.…
Give Todd Downing a share, too. If you were to divvy up the credit pie and award percentages to those who get the most for New England’s turnaround, a handful of names would surface before the Patriots wide receivers coach. Rightfully so, of course. Mike Vrabel and Drake Maye, in one order or the other, sit atop the list. Josh McDaniels likely is third in line. Perhaps the improved offensive line is up there, too. Where does Downing sit? Well, we’re not going to go down the line one by one. But he should sit somewhere. “The way he’s got…