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2024-25 Celtics schedule tracker: Latest updates on best games, dates originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston For the first time in 16 years, the Boston Celtics will open a new NBA season as the defending champions. The Celtics won a league record 18th championship by defeating the Dallas Mavericks in five games in the 2024 NBA Finals back in June. …

Celtics to raise banner, get rings vs. Knicks on NBA Opening Night originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston The Boston Celtics will kick off the new NBA season by raising their 2024 championship banner and receiving their rings on Tuesday, Oct. 22. And one of their most historic rivals will be there. The Celtics will welcome the new-look New York …

Report: Sixers to open 2024-25 season vs. Doc Rivers’ Bucks originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia The Sixers will reportedly start their 2024-25 season almost exactly as they did last year. The Athletic’s Shams Charania reported Monday that the Sixers will begin a second consecutive season by matching up against the Bucks. This time, the Sixers will host Milwaukee on …

Report: Klay’s first Mavericks game vs. Warriors set for mid-November originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Warriors fans will not have to wait long to welcome Klay Thompson back to Chase Center. The longtime Golden State guard will face off against his former team in San Francisco for the first time as a member of the Dallas Mavericks on …

2024 Olympics – Men’s Gold Medal Game: France v USA Savor this moment, we may never see anything like Paris again. Three of the top 15 players ever to lace them up joined forces on the court — LeBron James, Stephen Curry, and Kevin Durant — and all rose to the occasion to bring home gold for Team USA. It …

Ex-Celtics star Isaiah Thomas makes bold Jayson Tatum prediction for 2025 originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston You don’t have to look far to find someone who thinks Boston Celtics superstar Jayson Tatum’s lack of playing time at the 2024 Paris Olympics will motivate him entering the 2024-25 NBA season. One of his former teammates is willing to go even …

Four pitfalls that Celtics must avoid in quest to defend title originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston Welcome to basketball’s summer doldrums. We were spoiled with basically 10+ months of nonstop Celtics news spanning from the Jrue Holiday acquisition in late September 2023 to Boston’s Team USA trio securing gold in Paris. Now we’ll likely see a 45-day downshift (though …

PARIS, FRANCE – AUGUST 10: Stephen Curry of United States gestures during Men’s Gold Medal Game of Basketball between France and United States on Bercy Arena during the Paris 2024 Olympics Games on August 10, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo By Manu Reino/Europa Press via Getty Images) Stephen Curry’s clutch 3-point shooting helped Team USA held off a late rally …

Basketball – Olympic Games Paris 2024 – Day 15 Guerschon Yabusele has evolved into an impressive player in the past five years — and he’s ready to return to the NBA. Yabusele spent two seasons in Boston from 2017-19, but the Yabusele Celtics fans remember was not this strong, his game was not this polished and mature, and he wasn’t …

French announcers bemoan ‘this devil named Curry’ during Steph flurry originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Steph Curry went demon mode, literally, in Team USA’s win over France in the 2024 Paris Olympics gold medal game. Curry scored 24 points on 8-of-14 shooting from the field and 8 of 13 from 3-point range with one rebound, five assists and …

This embedded content is not available in your region. Subscribe to Ball Don’t Lie On this episode of the Good Word with Goodwill, Yahoo Sports senior NBA reporter Vincent Goodwill is joined by James Edwards III to talk all things Team USA after LeBron James, Kevin Durant and Steph Curry secured gold with a win over France on Saturday. The …

BASKETBALL-OLY-PARIS-2024-FRA-USA-MEDALS We fans will always have Paris. This has been an Olympics to remember for hoop fans and USA Basketball, when a generation of all-time great players came together to have some fun, push each other and win gold. They did just that, beating France in dramatic fashion on Saturday. For fans, it was a chance to savor watching these …

Basketball – Olympics Games Paris 2024: Day 15 Few things are as awe-inspiring in sports as when Stephen Curry gets red hot — as he did in the final minutes against France in the gold medal game of the Paris Olympics. There may be nothing that unites our nation right now like a Curry flurry. His performance — 24 points …

Yahoo Sports senior NBA reporter Vincent Goodwill reacts to Team USA’s 98-87 win over France and discusses the significance of the American win. View more Video Transcript Stephen Curry was bound to have a moment, an Olympic moment, a golden moment in his first Olympics. It was on him to close the door on a game, France team and a …

Tatum, White join exclusive club with NBA title, Olympic gold in same year originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston It’s been a very good year for Boston Celtics stars Jayson Tatum, Jrue Holiday and Derrick White. Not only did this trio win an NBA championship with their Celtics teammates back in June, they also helped the United States men’s basketball …

Stevens: Brown’s Olympic snub ‘will probably add more fuel to his fire’ originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston Boston Celtics guard Jaylen Brown does a great job of finding motivation, and he’s used it throughout his career to become one of the best basketball players in the world. A lot has been said and written about Brown not being selected …

2024 NBA Finals – Boston Celtics v Dallas Mavericks The NBA Finals crystalized just how much better the Boston Celtics are with Kristaps Porzingis on the court: He played 60 minutes total and was +33, sixth best on the team. Those minutes were limited because of an ankle injury. Porzingis played through it for 16 minutes in Game 5 — …

Boston Celtics v Detroit Pistons This is an end-of-summer, end-of-the-bench move by the Jazz, but it was a good upside swing. This is also a case of the numbers reported being somewhat different from how things can play out in reality. Utah has agreed to a four-year, $15 million contract with Svi Mykhailiuk, reports Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN. The report …

For the USA, Saturday’s gold medal game is about legacies. For American fans, it’s about memories—getting to see LeBron James and Kevin Durant with “USA” across their chest one last time. It’s about seeing Stephen Curry round out his Hall of Fame resume with a gold medal. It’s about savoring one final run with arguably the greatest collections of basketball …

Report: Kuminga seeking five-year max Warriors contract originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area The Warriors’ recently cultivated financial flexibility could prove crucial as one of Golden State’s young stars seeks a massive pay day. Fourth-year forward Jonathan Kuminga is seeking a five-year, $224 million max contract from The Warriors Yahoo Sports Jake Fischer reported on the “No Cap Room” …

In the ultimate clutch moment, in the fourth quarter of a semi-final matchup with Serbia as the USA’s gold medal dreams were fading into nothing (or maybe bronze), Steve Kerr trusted the old lions of the NBA: Kevin Durant, LeBron James and Stephen Curry. They delivered in the most dramatic way possible. Against France in the gold medal game Saturday, …

2024 NBA Playoffs – Indiana Pacers v New York Knicks Jalen Brunson became a Knicks legend this summer. First by leading New York back to the second round of the playoffs, the first time New York had made the second round (or farther) in the playoffs since 1999-2000. Then, after the season, he took a massive discount with his next …

PARIS, FRANCE – AUGUST 08: Stephen Curry of United States celebrates after the Men’s Basketball Semifinal Game between USA and Serbia on day thirteen of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Bercy Arena on August 08, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Christina Pahnke – sampics/Getty Images) Team USA pulled off one of its most dramatic comebacks in Olympics history, …

KD applauds Steph’s ‘incredible’ heroics in Team USA’s comeback win originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Kevin Durant and Steve Kerr have witnessed Steph Curry’s greatness up close, but Thursday was different. As his NBA teammate and coach, respectively, Durant and Kerr have been blown away by Curry’s showcases with the Warriors for years. But playing with Team USA …

Celtics legend calls out Kerr over Tatum’s playing time at Olympics originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston Boston Celtics fans aren’t the only people confused and/or upset over Jayson Tatum’s lack of consistent playing time for Team USA at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. One of the franchise’s greatest players isn’t happy about it, either. Hall of Fame point …