The league has held preseason games in the United Arab Emirates for three years. It says its impact has been positive, but others say it’s helping a repressive regime.
Category: Mazzulla, Joe (1988- )
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Miami Heat Beat Boston Celtics in Game 7 to Advance to NBA Finals
The Heat are just the second eighth seed to reach the N.B.A. championship series. They beat Boston, the No. 2 seed, in the Eastern Conference finals.
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Boston Celtics Finally Look Like They Want to Beat the Miami Heat
Boston hadn’t looked like the team that went to the N.B.A. finals last season — or like a team that wanted to get there this year.
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Jimmy Butler and the Miami Heat Have the Boston Celtics on the Ropes
Butler has shaped the Miami Heat in his no-quit, self-assured image, which is bad news for a reeling Boston team that is one loss from elimination in the Eastern Conference finals.
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Celtics’ Jayson Tatum Overcomes Own Poor Play to Force Game 7
Tatum said after Game 6 that he is “one of the best basketball players in the world.” But for the first three quarters against the 76ers, he sure didn’t look like it.
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The Celtics Won’t Have Inexperience to Blame if They Don’t Win This Year
The New York Times – Sports:Boston has superstar leaders, a deep bench, a hot new head coach and recent N.B.A. finals experience. What the team won’t have, if it loses in the postseason, will be excuses.
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Boston Celtics Hire Joe Mazzulla, Cutting Ties With Ime Udoka
The New York Times – Sports:The Boston Celtics had named Mazzulla the interim head coach in September after suspending Udoka for the season for violating team policies.