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.

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

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

There’s been hype coming out of New York for months and yet still no substance after the Knicks were pelted for the third time this season by the Celtics.

The Celtics starters haven't been at their best throughout this season, but they're looking to clean up their play with the playoffs creeping closer.

The Celtics now own a four-game lead over the Knicks and the head-to-head tiebreaker for the two-seed in the East (Boston still trails Cleveland by six games for the top seed). The two teams will square off one final time in the regular season when they meet at Madison Square Garden on April 8.

This past week, the Boston Celtics won some key match ups in order to prove that they are the reigning NBA Champions for a reason. In their last four games, the

Multiple Celtics players have preached the need to perform better on the Garden parquet, and these last two outings — comfortable wins over San Antonio and New York — have been an encouraging step forward.

Boston Celtics superstar Jayson Tatum responds to how other teams in the league are building to compete against them.