With 21 games left, the Celtics need to concentrate on holding off the Knicks for the second seed. New York’s rally and overtime win over the Heat on Sunday kept them within 2½ games. The two teams meet once more in New York on April 8, and the path to the second seed means taking care of business against the lesser teams.

Can the Cleveland Cavaliers dethrone the Boston Celtics in the NBA's 2025 Eastern Conference Playoffs? As recently as the third of four meetings between the two East contenders ago, that question might not have seemed worth too much thought given how easily the Celtics dispatched the Cavs in the 2024 East Playoff series the two teams shared.

The Los Angeles Lakers are set to take on the Boston Celtics on Saturday in a highly anticipated NBA matchup between two of the league's top teams. L.A. enters the contest with a 40-21 record, owning the No. 2 seed in the Western Conference, while Boston is 45-18 and is No. 2 in the Eastern Conference.

How would a postseason series between the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Boston Celtics end up going if the two Eastern Conference contenders collided in the 2025 NBA Playoffs? Over the course of the current regular season,

The LA Lakers will head to Boston to face the defending champion Celtics in a highly anticipated regular season matchup on Saturday.

LeBron James and the Lakers are ready for the Celtics in primetime after taking care of business against the Knicks.

Jayson Tatum scored 40 points as the Boston Celtics halted the Los Angeles Lakers' eight-game unbeaten streak with a statement 111-101 victory in their heavyweight NBA showdown at TD Garden on Saturday (Sunday in Manila).

Saturday night's marquee matchup between the Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Lakers was bound to be a hot ticket with a decades-long rivalry between the two legendary NBA franchises and both teams currently holding the No.