Boston Celtics
Dončić earns fourth straight All-NBA First Team selection
Luka Dončić, the Slovenian basketball superstar, has been named to the All-NBA First Team for the fourth year running even as his Dallas Mavericks failed to appear in this year's NBA play-offs.
Celtics edge Lakers amid controversy
The Boston Celtics edged the Los Angeles Lakers 125-121 in an overtime battle tinged by controversy on Jan. 28 as Philadelphia 76ers big-man Joel Embiid out-dueled Denver's Nikola Jokic as NBA rivalries took center stage.
The league-leading Celtics came out on top in a game that featured 19 lead changes, snapping a three-game skid.
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Depleted Celtics edge Raptors
The Boston Celtics shook off the absence of injured Jayson Tatum and the early exits of Marcus Smart and Robert Williams to beat the Toronto Raptors 106-104 on Jan. 21 and push their NBA winning streak to nine games.
Jaylen Brown scored 27 points and Grant Williams added a career-high 25 for the Celtics, who improved their league-best record to 35-12.
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Tatum scores 34 as Celtics hold off Spurs
Jayson Tatum scored 34 points, including a go-ahead basket with 33.7 seconds remaining on Jan. 7 as the Boston Celtics escaped San Antonio with a 121-116 NBA victory over the tenacious Spurs.
While the Celtics followed up their dominant victory over the Dallas Mavericks on Jan. 5, the Mavs bounced back with a 127-117 victory over the
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Celtics down Magic for third straight win
Boston forward Jayson Tatum poured in 40 points as the Celtics beat the Orlando Magic 126-120 on Oct. 22 to improve to 3-0 in the fledgling NBA season while the Philadelphia 76ers fell to 0-3.
The rebuilding San Antonio Spurs stunned the Sixers 114-105 in Philadelphia, where frustrated 76ers coach Doc Rivers said after the game his team was "not ready" to win yet.
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Golden State Warriors win NBA title
They beat the Celtics in the 6th game
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Celtics push Nets to brink
The Toronto Raptors stayed alive, the Utah Jazz and Minnesota Timberwolves pulled level, and the Boston Celtics pushed the Brooklyn Nets to the brink of elimination in the NBA playoffs on April 23.
Jayson Tatum scored 39 points to lead the Celtics in a 109-103 victory over the Nets in Brooklyn that pushed their lead in the NBA Eastern Conference first-round series to 3-0.
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Rick Pitino to coach Greek national basketball team
Rick Pitino has agreed to coach the Greek national basketball team and lead its effort to qualify for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
The Greek basketball federation said on Friday Pitino will be officially presented on Monday, when details of his agreement will be announced.
Cavaliers not interested in Greens' coach Pitino
The Cleveland Cavaliers were quick to halt any talk that they have interest in Rick Pitino as a candidate for their vacant head coaching position, cleveland.com reported on Sunday.
The report, citing an unnamed source, said the Cavaliers have had no conversations with Pitino and "are respectfully not interested in him at all."
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LeBron carries Cavs back to NBA Finals
LeBron James booked his eighth straight NBA finals appearance, delivering another epic game-seven performance on the road as the Cleveland Cavaliers rallied to beat the Boston Celtics 87-79 on May 27.
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