BOSTON (AP) — Payton Pritchard scored 23 points, hitting buzzer-beaters to end each of the first two quarters, and Jaylen Brown added 20 on Monday night to lead the Boston Celtics to a 102-94 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers.Derrick White scored 18 points, making a 3-pointer after Portland cut what had been a 23-point deficit to five in the final minute. White also stole the ball on the Blazers’ next possession.Jerami Grant scored 19 and former UConn star Donovan Clingan had 15 rebounds for the Blazers, who had won four of their previous five games to briefly climb above…
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The Boston Celtics were not expected to be good this season. After losing Jrue Holiday, Kristaps Porzingis, Al Horford and Luke Kornet last offseason, plus Jayson Tatum to an Achilles injury, it looked like they would struggle to make the playoffs. But despite losing all that talent, the Celtics have remained one of the best teams in basketball. They’re now 29-17 after beating the Portland Trail Blazers 102-94 at TD Garden on Monday, good for second place in the Eastern Conference behind only the Detroit Pistons. Holiday, who was traded to the Trail Blazers last summer after two seasons with…
The Boston Celtics took care of business at home against the Portland Trail Blazers on Monday night, 102-94. Payton Pritchard led the C’s with 23 points. Jaylen Brown added 20 in what was a lackluster shooting night for Boston (43 percent from the floor). Boston bounced back from Saturday’s loss despite being outscored in the second, third, and fourth quarters. A 32-11 first quarter proved too much for Portland to overcome. The Celtics honored 2024 NBA champion Jrue Holiday after the first quarter with a tribute video. Both he and fellow ex-Celtic Robert Williams were playing their first game back…
ALL-SCHOLASTICS ABBIE ALLENIPSWICH Allen was once again one of the state’s top goaltenders against a heavy workload, posting a 1.30 goals allowed average. The four-year starter earned her fourth Cape Ann League All-Star selection, finishing a standout career in net with 861 career saves. A two-time All-Scholastic, Allen was a MSFHCA Best of 60 Senior All-Star Games participant and is a National Honors Society officer. AVA ANDERSONWATERTOWN Anderson stepped into a leading role for Watertown as a sophomore, posting 18 goals and four assists to help anchor the Raiders return to a fifth straight Div. 3 Final Four appearance. She…
It’s been a hard year and we’re still in January.I’ve been working on some stuff. Researching. Hitting the archives. Looking for lost media. The digital world is an interesting place. The saying was, at one point, “the internet is forever” but now we know linkrot is a plague for the internet as websites shut down. Having a link to a site that doesn’t exist anymore is, aside from a few things like the Wayback Machine, useless.We’re past the 20th anniversary of the 2004 World Series, but one of the moments I will always remember was from a game on June…
The bottom-line mandate for the Bruins on Monday night was to grab two points against the worst team in the Eastern Conference. They had the deuce in their grasp and they failed in their mission. The Blueshirts’ rookie Matthew Robertson beat Joonas Korpisalo with a low wrist shot at 3:53 of overtime, lifting the Rangers to a 4-3 victory at Madison Square Garden. The B’s got a point but, in the incredibly tight conference standings, these are the squandered second points that could be regretted in April. The Bruins took a 3-2 lead into the third period, but they slept…
Nineteen months after beating the Dallas Mavericks together in the 2024 NBA Finals, Jaylen Brown and Jrue Holiday shared a court as rivals rather than teammates. Brown’s Boston Celtics hosted Holiday’s Portland Trail Blazers on Monday night at TD Garden. It was Holiday’s first time facing his former team since being traded to the Trail Blazers last summer. Not surprisingly, Holiday received a warm reception from his former fans, teammates and coaches. The 35-year-old guard is one of the most respected and popular players in the league. The Celtics also welcomed back Robert Williams III, who was traded to Portland…
Payton Pritchard scored a game-high 23 points, including buzzer-beaters to end the first and second quarters, to lead the Celtics past his hometown Portland Trail Blazers on Monday night. The Oregon native went 8-for-17 from the field and 5-for-11 from three as Boston grinded out a 102-94 win at TD Garden. An injury to his left pinky finger — which Pritchard said has bothered him for a month — briefly sent him to the locker room during the fourth quarter, but he later returned. “I’ll be all right,” the Celtics guard said after icing his finger postgame. “I’ve been dealing…
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Joe Mazzulla tipped his cap to Patriots counterpart Mike Vrabel after New England punched its ticket to Super Bowl LX. One day after the Patriots knocked off the Denver Broncos in the AFC Championship Game, Mazzulla was asked what stands out to him when he watches Vrabel’s Pats. “I think when you just take a look at it, they’re a team that’s developed an identity over the course of the season,” the Celtics head coach said before Monday’s matchup with the Portland Trail Blazers at TD Garden. “And every coach, regardless of the sport, is looking for that — creating…