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The Boston Celtics and Orlando Magic announced their starting lineups ahead of their Emirates NBA Cup matchup on Friday. The Celtics are coming off of a bounceb
The Celtics starters were everywhere Wednesday in the win over the Wizards, snapping a two-game losing streak.
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Celtics bounce back from loss by rolling through Washington Wizards
Points off turnovers: Boston's defense forced 19 turnovers on the Washington Wizards on Wednesday, and their offense capitalized, scoring 30 points off of those turnovers. The Celtics looked like the team they had becoe over the past few seasons where their defense would transition into consistent offensive production.
The Boston Celtics are expected to rebuild and return to contention next season, and one trade target gives them everything they need.
With the Wizards big men carving up the Celtics on the pick-and-roll through much of the first quarter against Garza, Joe Mazzulla made a key adjustment, opting for Neemias Queta or Josh Minott to play center for the entire second quarter.
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Brown scores 35 points in 26 minutes before watching Celtics coast to 136-107 win over Wizards
Jaylen Brown scores 35 points as the Boston Celtics overcome a double-digit first-quarter deficit to beat Washington 136-107.
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Magic pick up NBA Cup win over Celtics in first game of back-to-back
The Orlando Magic defeated the Boston Celtics in NBA Cup play on Friday, the first of two straight meetings between the two teams.
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Celtics drop first NBA Cup game, lost to Magic 123-110
Boston fought back from down 16, but ultimately, Orlando’s hot-shooting handed the Celtics their first NBA Cup loss.
Jaylen Brown anotó 35 puntos y los Celtics de Boston se sobrepusieron a un déficit de dos dígitos en el primer cuarto para vapulear el miércoles 136-107 a los Wizards de Washington, condenados a su sexta derrota consecutiva.
Facing the franchise that eliminated them from the first round of the NBA playoffs last season, the Magic didn’t need to find any extra motivation against the Celtics at Kia Center on Friday night. And just in case they did,
Anfernee Simons spent his NBA career in Portland before being traded to the Boston Celtics this season. On Sunday, Simons reached two career milestones that marked all he had done with the Trail Blazers while showing that he can still be key for Boston. In fact, he hit both milestones on the same shot.