Payton Pritchard went from feeling like a long shot to making them on the court when the Celtics need them the most.

Playing without six of their top eight rotation players, Derrick Jones Jr., Kevin Porter Jr and Amir Coffey lead a gutty effort as the hosts push the reigning champs until the end in a 117-113 ...

Wednesday's game between the Celtics and Clippers was highly entertaining ... players didn't use that as an excuse. SF/PF Derrick Jones Jr. (7%), SF/PF Amir Coffey (3%), and PG Kevin Porter ...

Wednesday’s game between the Celtics ... Derrick White in the lineup. The Clippers were down four starters (James Harden, Norman Powell, Kawhi Leonard, and Ivica Zubac), but the available players didn ...

The Celtics need to execute better, especially during fourth-quarter possessions. They also need to sharpen up on offense and defense.

The Celtics opened the five-minute extra session with 3-pointers by White, Tatum and Brown that stretched the lead to 112-105. The Clippers twice cut the deficit to two points, the last time on Coffey ...

Jayson Tatum’s clutch heroics propelled the Celtics to a 118-116 victory over the Pelicans on Friday. Read more on Boston.com ...

Derrick Jones Jr. was the only LA starter who ... Sam Hauser and Luke Kornet filled the vacancies in Boston’s starting five. Though the Celtics didn’t need to deal with the likes of Harden ...

Next up on the Celtics’ schedule: a date with the Los Angeles Clippers’ JV squad. Amid a grueling stretch of four games in five days, the Clippers chose to sit nearly all of their regulars for ...

Jaylen Brown scored 25 points, Jayson Tatum added 24 and the Boston Celtics rallied past ... Jrue Holiday and Kristaps Porzingis. Derrick Jones Jr. scored a career-high 29 points, 17 in the ...

Derrick White and the Celtics put together a 122-107 win over ... team that was without any of its stars, letting Derrick Jones Jr. take them to overtime. On the other hand, the wins that ...