Brown’s message didn’t come across as a challenge. It sounded more like encouragement, the words of a caring teammate looking to empower one of his brothers.

Holiday (rest) has been ruled out for Tuesday's game against Toronto, Justin Turpin of WEEI.com reports.

While the majority of Boston's core is healthy as things stand, their star guard and impact player from last season, Jrue Holiday, has struggled to stay on the court this season. Holiday has had a lingering shoulder issue,

The Boston Celtics are set to take on the San Antonio Spurs at home in this non-conference matchup. This will be the first and final time the Celtics will host

The Celtics will be missing at least two important pieces when they visit the Toronto Raptors on Tuesday night.

BOSTON — Josh Hart finished one assist short of a triple-double with 20 points in his return from a two-game absence to rest his sore knee, an issue he’s been dealing with throughout his career and which required extended time off around the All-Star break to calm down.

Holiday (shoulder) recorded eight points (3-6 FG, 2-3 3Pt), two assists and one rebound across 20 minutes in Thursday's 124-104 win over the 76ers. Holiday had missed the Celtics' final four games before the All-Star break due to a right shoulder impingement,

Jrue Holiday sat a stretch of games before the All-Star break, giving him an extended period to rest his lingering shoulder injury.

Celtics guard Jrue Holiday will be available for Thursday's game with the 76ers after sitting out the past four games because of a shoulder injury.

Built to compete with the Eastern Conference’s elite during the offseason, the New York Knicks are trying to still figure out how to break into the top group after the past two games.

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The Celtics always seem to take matchups against the Knicks personally as they put up a two-way masterclass on Sunday night.