Share this: The Boston Celtics’ roller coaster western road trip ended with a thud Friday night. The C’s followed up their win over Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors with a 119-99 loss to the Denver Nuggets at Pepsi Center. It was as ugly as it sounds/looks. Wilson Chandler (23 points, eight rebounds) led all scorers, while Denver teammates Nikola Jokic (21 points, 10 rebounds, seven assists), Danilo Gallinari (20 points) and Jamaal Murray (13 points) also all reached double figures. Isaiah Thomas paced Boston with 21 points. With the win, the Nuggets improved to 30-35, while the Celtics dropped to 41-25. Here’s how it all went down. STARTING FIVEIsaiah Thomas, Avery Bradley, Jae Crowder, Amir Johnson, Al Horford SLEEPWALKING IN DENVERIt wasn’t the best of starts for the
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Watch Barcelona’s Luis Suarez Effortlessly Score A Brilliant Volley Goal
Share this: Luis Suarez is one of the best soccer players in the world, and on Wednesday he showed why. In the first half of Barcelona’s matchup against Sporting Gijon, Suarez laced a volley into the back of the net to give his team a comfortable 3-1 advantage going into the break. You can check out Suarez’s brilliant strike in the video below. While volleys are no easy task, Suarez made it took effortless, as he seems to do on a game-by-game basis. Barcelona went on to double its first-half goal total in the second frame, and defeated Sporting Gijon by a 6-1 margin. More Stories Source link
Celtics Wrap: C’s Sink Clippers 107-102 In Paul Pierce’s Boston Finale
BOSTON — The Celtics gave Paul Pierce a fitting tribute Sunday afternoon, but they didn’t cut his team any slack between the whistles. Boston dispatched Los Angeles Clippers 107-102 in a wire-to-wire victory at TD Garden, sending Pierce off into the sunset with a loss in his final visit to the city before he retires at the end of the season. Isaiah Thomas (28 points, eight assists), led a balanced Celtics attack that put seven players — including all five starters — in double figures. Jamal Crawford and Blake Griffin paced the Clippers with 23 points each. Here’s how this one went down: STARTING FIVE
Draymond Green Reverts To His Old Ways, Kicks James Harden In The Face
Share this: Draymond Green is at it again. In double overtime of Thursday night’s matchup between the Golden State Warriors and Houston Rockets, Green went up for a layup, and on his way down his foot just so happened to find James Harden’s face. Green was penalized with a flagrant one foul, and to add insult to injury, the Warriors lost 132-127. Dirty plays aren’t exactly new for Green. Fans remember his now-infamous kick to Steven Adams’ groin in the 2016 playoffs, as well as his shoving match with LeBron James, which earned him a suspension for Game 5 of last season’s NBA Finals. In fact, Green’s kick of Harden may have been his way of making up for a missed opportunity. In Game 4 of the Warriors’ first-round matchup
Celtics Wrap: Boston Mounts Furious Fourth-Quarter Comeback To Win 99-93
They say basketball is a game of runs. But a 19-0 run? Now that’s something you don’t see everyday in the NBA. But that one stretch proved to be the difference Monday night between the Boston Celtics and Minnesota Timberwolves. After falling behind by double digits, the C’s mounted a furious 19-0 comeback, starting with Al Horford’s jumper at the end of the third quarter. Boston then scored the first 17 points of the fourth to take back the lead and eventually win 99-93. Isaiah Thomas led the Celtics with 29 points. Al Horford (20 points), Avery Bradley (13) and Terry Rozier (12) also finished in double figures. Minnesota’s Karl-Anthony Towns ... NESN.com
Celtics’ Marcus Smart Has Words For John Wall After Apparent Cheap Shot
Share this: The Boston Celtics didn’t put up much of a fight Wednesday night, but things still managed to get interesting in the fourth quarter. The Washington Wizards led Boston by 20 points with under six minutes remaining at Verizon Center when Celtics guard Marcus Smart dribbled into a double team in his own end. John Wall trapped Smart, but rather than go for the ball, the Wizards guard instead tossed Smart pretty forcefully to the ground. Never one to back down from a conflict, Smart immediately started jawing at Wall. The referees hit Smart with a technical foul, but Wall received the most severe punishment, getting ejected from the game after being assessed a flagrant two. It was a pretty strange show of
Red Sox Notes: Clay Buchholz Bouncing Back At Perfect Time For Boston
Share this: BOSTON — It’s something that you never would have expected to hear after the first half of the season, but the Red Sox are getting accustomed to winning when Clay Buchholz is on the mound. Buchholz was 2-5 with a 6.35 ERA to start the season before he was relegated to the bullpen at the end of May. But since the right-hander has slotted back into the rotation in August after injuries to Steven Wright and later Eduardo Rodriguez, he’s been consistently good, winning all his decisions and giving up no more than three runs in five of his six starts. His last start against the Toronto Blue Jays was a dud, but Buchholz came up big Friday in a 7-4