BOSTON — After blowing a colossal lead in a gut-busting loss to the Los Angeles Lakers on Thursday night, the Celtics continued to give fans heart palpitations Saturday night against LA’s other team — the Clippers. The C’s saw a 28-point first-half lead disappear, and ultimately fell 123-112 at TD Garden. To add on, the Celtics lost Kyrie Irving for the second half because of a right knee strain. He finished with 14 points. Gordon Hayward led the Celtics with 19 points. Montrezl Harrell had 21 while Danilo Galinari had 19 for the Clippers. The Celtics move to 35-21 with the loss, while the Clippers climb to 31-26 with the with.
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Tim Tebow Gets Brutal Assessment From Scouts After Arizona Fall League
Tim Tebow sure is trying to make this baseball thing work, but so far, that’s just not happening. The former NFL quarterback signed with the New York Mets in September and has been playing in the Arizona Fall League, where he put up a .194/.296/.242 slash line with three doubles, no home runs and 20 strikeouts in 19 games. And with those numbers came pretty rough assessments from major league scouts. Here’s what a few had to say, via the New York Post: “Awful,” one American League scout said. “Stinks,” one National League scout said. “Ugly,” another executive said. “In the field and at the plate, nothing looks natu... NESN.com
Red Sox Have To ‘Dig In’ To Make It Through Brutal Remaining Road Schedule
Share this: The Boston Red Sox’s schedule isn’t getting any easier. With 63 games remaining, the Sox will play 41 of those away from the friendly confines of Fenway Park, a daunting task for even the toughest, most consistent teams. Fortunately, they’ve got a lot of youth on the roster to help combat the exhaustion that might creep in, but it’ll take more than just young legs to stay afloat. WEEI.com’s Rob Bradford joined NESN’s “Red Sox Gameday Live” before Thursday’s game against the Los Angeles Angels and broke down how the Red Sox can get through the upcoming gauntlet. Check it out in the video above. Thumbnail photo via Kirby Lee/USA TODAY Sports Images More Stories Source link
Red Sox Notes: Dustin Pedroia Keeps Faith In Boston After Brutal Loss To Angels
BOSTON — As far as losses go, it doesn’t get much worse than what happened to the Red Sox on Saturday night. The Los Angeles Angels demolished Boston 21-2 in a game that Red Sox manager John Farrell said he was embarrassed by. The contest was rough for everyone, as the pitching (obviously) imploded, the defense allowed seven unearned runs on a season-high four errors and the offense barely got on the board. But Dustin Pedroia wasn’t ready to give up on his team quite so easily after the game. “Yeah, absolutely we need to get out of (the slump),” the second baseman said. “We need to play better. But going into the year,