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The Boston Celtics completed a clean sweep of the Brooklyn Nets on Monday night, taking game 4 in Brooklyn by a score of 116-112. All four Celtics wins were decided by 7 points or less, and Boston took game 1 by a narrow 1-point margin. But the Nets played from behind for most of the series […] READ MORE
Game 1 between the Boston Celtics and Brooklyn Nets gave us everything we wanted and then some. The league-leading Celtics defense lived up to its reputation and put on an absolute clinic, switching on everything and forcing Kevin Durant into one of the worst playoff-shooting performances of his career. TD Garden was buzzing more like […] READ MORE
The 3rd seed Milwaukee Bucks are poised to make a second consecutive title run as they battle the 6th seed Chicago Bulls in the first round of the NBA playoffs. Few are giving the Bulls a chance in this series, with the Bucks having won all 4 regular-season matchups between the two teams. Let’s take […] READ MORE
The Boston Celtics and Brooklyn Nets are set to battle it out in the first round of the NBA playoffs. Last season the Nets beat the Celtics 4-1 in the first round, with the Celtics playing without Jaylen Brown and the Nets still playing with James Harden, who’s now in Philadelphia. Both teams enter the […] READ MORE
After 82 regular-season games, it’s time for the NBA play-in tournament to determine the 7th and 8th seeds in each conference. In the Eastern Conference, the 7th seed Brooklyn Nets will host the 8th seed Cleveland Cavaliers on Tuesday night. The winner will face the 2nd seed Boston Celtics in the first round of the NBA […] READ MORE
The battle for the 2022 NBA MVP is coming down to the wire. MVP races usually sort themselves out by this point in the season. The key metrics used to determine the league’s most valuable player tend to reveal a true frontrunner come April. At a bare minimum, the MVP checks the following boxes: They’re […] READ MORE
The Miami Heat have quietly sat atop the Eastern Conference standings for most of the regular season. At the beginning of March, the Heat held the best home record in the East. 11 of their 15 games in March would be played in Miami. The Heat seemed poised to cruise into the playoffs as the […] READ MORE
Kyrie Irving can play in Brooklyn Nets home games now that NYC Mayor Eric Adams has lifted the vaccine mandate for private employers in the city. This Sunday, Irving will make his Barclays Center season debut against the Charlotte Hornets. Sunday’s game will be the Nets’ 75th game of the season. It will also be […] READ MORE
We’re inching closer to the NBA postseason and the second NBA play-in tournament. With March Madness upon us, we become captivated by the chance of shocking upsets in a single-elimination format. Despite the long odds of a 15-seeded St Peter’s defeating a second-seed Kentucky, we tune in to watch. And when the near-impossible happens, we’re […] READ MORE
The Boston Celtics finished last season with a 36-36 record and were bounced from the first round of the playoffs by the Brooklyn Nets. In the offseason, Ime Udoka replaced Brad Stevens as head coach and the Celtics didn’t do much to upgrade their roster. The team struggled out of the gate in 2021, with […] READ MORE
