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Celtics beat Mavericks 105-98 and take 2-0 lead in NBA Finals
BOSTON (AP) — Jrue Holiday had 26 points and 11 rebounds, and Jayson Tatum made up for a rough shooting night with 12 assists and nine rebounds as the Boston Celtics beat the Dallas Mavericks 105-98...
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Celtics’ Porzingis has rare leg injury but may play in Game 3 of Finals
DALLAS — Kristaps Porzingis has a dislocated tendon in his lower left leg but hasn’t been ruled out of Game 3 of the NBA Finals for the Boston Celtics against the Dallas Mavericks. The team said...
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Celtics top Mavericks 106-99 to go up 3-0 in NBA Finals
DALLAS (AP) — Joe Mazzulla is a big fan of UFC matches and splices highlights of fights into some of the basketball film he shows the Boston Celtics for their video sessions. He doesn’t do it for...
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Mavericks roll past the Celtics 122-84 to avoid a sweep in the NBA Finals
DALLAS — There were two options for the Dallas Mavericks. Pack for Boston, or pack for vacation. Boston awaits. These NBA Finals are not over, thanks to one of the biggest blowouts in title-round...
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Celtics back home with chance to clinch record 18th NBA title
BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Celtics’ catastrophic performance in Game 4 of the NBA Finals gave them a chance to clinch another championship on Monday night under the 17 banners already hanging in the TD...
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Celtics win NBA championship with Game 5 victory over Mavericks
BOSTON — The Boston Celtics again stand alone among NBA champions. Jayson Tatum had 31 points, 11 assists and eight rebounds as the Celtics topped the Dallas Mavericks 106-88 on Monday night to win...
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NBA teams may already be positioning themselves to draft Cooper Flagg
Basketball phenom Cooper Flagg is widely considered to be the No. 1 pick in the 2025 NBA Draft, and teams may have already started making moves to get him. National NBA writers and fans are...
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Son of late UMaine women’s basketball player picked 7th in NBA Draft
Joe Arruda Hartford Courant (TNS) NEW YORK — The Bristol Boy is off the board. With the No. 7 overall pick in the NBA draft, former Bristol Central and UConn star Donovan Clingan was selected by the...
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Ownership group of Boston Celtics is putting team up for sale
BOSTON (AP) — The ownership group that controls the reigning NBA champion Boston Celtics says it intends to sell all its shares of the team. In a statement released Monday, Boston Basketball Partners...
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Cooper Flagg’s ‘Maine attributes’ helped him shine against USA Olympians
Newport native Cooper Flagg made waves on social media Monday with videos of him scoring on various United States Olympians being circulated by the New York Times, the Washington Post and USA Today...
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Dikembe Mutombo, Hall of Fame NBA player, dies at 58 from brain cancer
Dikembe Mutombo, a Basketball Hall of Famer who was one of the best defensive players in NBA history and a longtime global ambassador for the game, died Monday from brain cancer, the league announced....
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Celtics hand Cavaliers first loss of season winning 120-117
BOSTON (AP) — The defending NBA champions held off the league’s hottest team on Tuesday night, with Jayson Tatum scoring 33 points and adding 12 rebounds to lead the Boston Celtics to a 120-117...
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Doncic to the Lakers, Davis to the Mavs in trade, source says
Luka Doncic led Dallas to the NBA Finals last season. Anthony Davis won a championship with the Los Angeles Lakers. They’re switching teams now — in an absolute blockbuster. Doncic is being traded by...
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This year’s NBA draft lottery expected to be the Cooper Flagg sweepstakes
They call it a lottery for a reason. The process to determine who gets the first pick in the NBA draft is anything but a sure bet. Just ask the Detroit Pistons. Detroit had the best odds to win the...
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Report: Boston Celtics to be sold to STG co-founder William Chisholm
The Celtics are onto a new era. The Celtics ownership group has agreed to sell the team to William Chisholm, co-founder of Symphony Technology Group, according to the Boston Globe’s Adam...
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Cooper Flagg declares for the NBA draft
A kid from Maine may be chosen first in the NBA draft for the first time ever. Cooper Flagg ended the national speculation over his basketball future on Monday by declaring for the NBA draft. Flagg is...
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Defending champion Celtics close out Magic 120-89 for 4-1 playoff series win
BOSTON — Jayson Tatum had 35 points, 10 assists and eight rebounds, and the Boston Celtics pulled away after Magic star Paolo Banchero went to the bench with five fouls, beating Orlando 120-89 in Game...
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Maine ties would make this NBA team an interesting landing spot for Cooper...
The Charlotte Hornets already have an owner from Maine, an assistant coach from Maine and a scout from Maine. And now they have as good a chance as any team to draft a star player from Maine. The 14...
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The Celtics don’t have a chance of drafting Cooper Flagg. But this Boston...
He was the architect of a dramatic rebuild that helped set the Boston Celtics up for last year’s NBA championship. Now he has a chance to orchestrate another revamp for a different franchise — and he...
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These are some of the best teams that could win the Cooper Flagg lottery
The NBA draft lottery provides an element of unpredictability. Just look at last year, when the Atlanta Hawks only had a 3 percent chance of winning the top pick but still secured it. This year’s...
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