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Despite a flurry of cost-cutting moves this summer, the Boston Celtics are unlikely to embrace a tanking season
The Boston Celtics have been connected to a big trade with an Eastern Conference foe that would fill a major need.
The Brooklyn Nets took a trip to the nation’s capital to face the Washington Wizards. Both teams are at the bottom of the Eastern Conference standings, but the Nets were the better team on Sunday evening as they cruised to a 23 point victory. This will come in handy later, but the Nets lead the season series 1-0.
So far, the Celtics are 7-7 on the season. Jordan Walsh, Luka Garza, Josh Minott and Neemias Queta have all impressed at different stages of the opening months. Mazzulla's hardline style of coaching is clearly forcing his younger talents to develop on the fly and remain competitive in the search for playing time.
BOTTOM LINE: Eastern Conference foes Orlando and Boston will play on Sunday. Orlando finished 41-41 overall, 31-21 in Eastern Conference games and 22-19 at home during the 2024-25 season. The Magic averaged 23.0 assists per game on 38.2 made field goals last season.
Following their victory against the Philadelphia 76ers on Wednesday night, the Boston Celtics overtook the top position in the Eastern Conference standings. As a result, Philadelphia was relegated to the second spot in the standings. On a recent episode of ...
The Boston Celtics face the Philadelphia 76ers in a regular season NBA game on Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025 (11/4/25) at Xfinity Mobile Arena in Philadelphia, Pa.
The Celtics are shooting 44.4% from the field this season, 3.9 percentage points lower than the 48.3% the Grizzlies allow to opponents. The Grizzlies are shooting 44.3% from the field, 0.1% higher than the 44.2% the Celtics' opponents have shot this season.
It wasn't pretty, but the mistake-prone Celtics held off the lowly Nets to climb above .500 for the first time this season.
Pregame analysis and predictions of the Brooklyn Nets vs. Boston Celtics NBA game to be played on November 21, 2025 on ESPN.