The Boston Celtics seemed to be on the rise until the past week or so and will continue a five-game road trip tonight against the Detroit Pistons at The Palace of Auburn Hills. The Celtics made some noise with a five-game winning streak from Jan. 31 - Fe

Based simply on the emergence of Jeremy Lin, the gambling website Bovada recently lowered the odds of the Knicks winning the NBA title from 40-1 to 18-1. Who knew? No one. Not the Warriors, who cut him despite having Lin’s rights for most of last season.

Barry Chin/The Boston Globe/Getty Images The Celtics and Pistons meet again, just four days after a battle in Boston. Stumbling towards the All-Star break, the Boston Celtics (15-14, 4-6 away) visit the Detroit Pistons (10-22, 7-10 home) on Sunday evenin

The Celtics didn’t take advantage of playing most of their games so far at home so they’ll have to hit their stride on the road. That’s not usually the preferred route, but Celtics coach Doc Rivers doesn’t care. “That part doesn’t bother me, the road-hom

But Doc will be there for Austin, and therein lies the essence of his approach to sports parenting — a theory he has practiced with daughter Callie and sons Jeremiah and Spencer, as well as freshman sensation Austin. He is more concerned with being dad t

CHICAGO - It has been an issue for years with the Celtics on defense. The inability to stop dribble penetration causes all types of havoc, even for the best interior defenses. That was the focus of a two-hour practice yesterday at the University of Illin

CHICAGO — The Celtics [team stats] walked a fine line as they rumbled through a longer than expected practice yesterday at the University of Illinois-Chicago. “Great practice,” said coach Doc Rivers as he prepared to leave for the airport. “We needed it.

CHICAGO – The blueprint for defeating the Celtics evidently includes a chalk outline. To beat the Celts, you must first beat them up with prolonged effort. The Old Men of Rivers still have a lot of skill left in their tank, but, as has been the case incr

BOSTON (WHDH) -- The doctor who saved singer Adele’s voice is talking about her surgery and the ‘shout out’ he received at the Grammy’s. Dr. Steve Zeitels is hoping the high profile procedure will help give a voice to even more people in the future. Adel

Gary Dineen/NBAE via Getty Images The Celtics tried to force Chicago to shoot jumpres Thursday by switching to a zone defense. To the surprise of many -- old friend Tony Allen included -- the Boston Celtics have resorted to employing a zone defense at ti

February, 18, 2012 Feb 18 10:30 AM ET After taking a typical offday Friday on the heels of a back-to-back, the Celtics return to the court Saturday with an afternoon practice at a Chicago-area college. Boston, which has lost four of its last five, had go

With the West Suburban Gold championship on the line, Proviso East turned to its defense, much like the Pirates did when Glenn "Doc" Rivers played for the school. The Boston Celtics coach watched his alma mater hang on to defeat Downers Grove South 65-62

Glenn "Doc" Rivers was a big deal at Proviso East High School back in the day. A sturdy and resourceful 6-foot-4, 185-pound guard, Rivers didn't flash the razzle-dazzle of an Isiah Thomas, but he was powerful and able to create his own shots with fundame

Glenn "Doc" Rivers was a big deal at Proviso East High School back in the day. A sturdy and resourceful 6-foot-4, 185-pound guard, Rivers didn't flash the razzle-dazzle of an Isiah Thomas, but he was powerful and able to create his own shots with fundame

Glad I wasn’t the only one. There’s been a noticeable difference in Pierce’s game since Rondo came back. He’s not in the flow, he’s just standing around watching Rondo, then taking his turn when it comes. They’ve got this Melo + Amare thing going, which

Gary Dineen/NBAE/Getty Images Ray Allen showed signs of breaking out of his recent shooting funk. CHICAGO -- Anyone else might have stopped shooting, but as Celtics coach Doc Rivers loves to point out, what makes Ray Allen great is that he always thinks

Release Date: 2/17/2012 TNT's NBA coverage continues Monday, January 20, 2012 at 8 p.m. ET with a special doubleheader featuring the Boston Celtics Dallas Mavericks (8 p.m. ET) followed by the Portland Trail Blazers Los Angeles Lakers (10:30 p.m. ET)

Last night’s 89-80 loss to the Bulls was a small microcosm of the Celtics offensive struggles this year. The Celtics defense was more than good enough to beat the conference leading Chicago Bulls. However, the offense was just not even close to solid as

The Charlotte Bobcats have been absolutely pathetic so far this season and it wouldn't really surprise me at all if an elite college team like the Kentucky Wildcats could steal a game from them if the NBA and NCAA somehow decided to let that happen. I wo