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05.14.2024
Game 4 wins, dad jokes, and debunking bad Boston narratives with Richard White
The Boston Celtics have a commanding 3-1 series lead vs. the Cleveland Cavaliers in their East semis second round series. But there were moments in the contest where old Celtics habits crept back in and put the game's outcome in...
05.10.2024
What's sustainable for Cavs, Cs after Boston's Game 2 loss with Evan Damarell
In Game 2 of their 2024 Eastern Conference semifinals series with the Boston Celtics, the Cleveland Cavaliers came out with a plan and stuck to it. The Celtics, on the other hand, came out with an all-too-familiar lackluster effort that...
05.06.2024
Cavaliers emerge to face Boston in the East semis - what you need to know
The Boston Celtics finally know their opponent for the NBA's 2024 Eastern Conference semifinals series. With the Cleveland Cavaliers emerging victorious in their first round series vs. the Orlando Magic, Boston's next opponent is locked in. And with that knowledge,...
05.02.2024
Boston cancels Heat culture to advance to East semis to face Magic or Cavs
The Boston Celtics got their revenge against the Miami Heat for sending them fishing in the 2023 Eastern Conference Finals, instead kicking off the Heat's postseason with a Game 5 win over Miami in their 2024 NBA Eastern Conference first...
04.30.2024
Boston wins Game 4 vs. Miami, but lose Kristaps Porzingis; what happens next?
The Boston Celtics won Game 4 of their 2024 NBA Eastern Conference first round series with the Miami Heat to take a commanding 3-1 lead at Kaseya Center on Monday night, but the win came at a cost. The Celtics...
04.25.2024
What went wrong for Boston in Game 2, and how the Celtics can adjust for Game 3
The Boston Celtics let their fans down with a mediocre effort against the Miami Heat in Game 2 of their first round series, the level of urgency reminiscent of a mid-December tilt of little consequence. Attacking the Celtics with a relentless...
04.23.2024
On Kristaps Porzingis love of Mercedes-Benz, and whether the Heat can steal a game
The Boston Celtics played like a finely-tuned luxury car in their 114-94 blowout of the Miami Heat on Sunday in Game 1, and it was thanks in part to the addition of star big man Kristaps Porzingis this past offseason....
04.19.2024
NBA expansion and covering Boston (and the league) from abroad with Josh Coyne
The NBA is inching closer to a new, inevitable round of expansion, and based on what we have heard from league commissioner Adam Silver, it might not just be within the US and Canada. And while Mexico City might not...
04.14.2024
Maine's title run and Celtics full-season hardware with Noa Dalzell
The Boston Celtics' regular season is over, and the team is gearing up for the 2024 NBA Playoffs while waiting to hear back on whether any members of the organization will take home some hardware for their league-best season. But it...
04.09.2024
Sizing up the Boston Celtics' path to the 2024 NBA Finals with Steve Bulpett
The Boston Celtics own the best record in the NBA for the 2023-24 season and have an absurd 15-game lead over the next-closest team in the East, the Milwaukee Bucks. Records seem to be breaking on a regular basis, and...
04.02.2024
On the impact of Joel Embiid's return on the Boston Celtics' playoff picture with Ky Carlin
The Boston Celtics have all but locked up the top spot in the league, as well as home court in the East heading into the 2024 NBA Playoffs. Everything seems to be aligning for Boston to make a deep postseason...
03.25.2024
Stretch run, blurred lines; new media and gambling in the NBA with Sopan Deb
Fans of the Boston Celtics (and, truthfully, the entire league) can't watch their favorite team without a gambling segment, an ad about betting, or an opportunity to gamble. And when the game ends, more and more of the players playing...
03.19.2024
March Madness through a Boston Celtics lens
March Madness is officially here, and fans of the Boston Celtics tend to start paying attention to the college game around now if they have not been the whole time with their favorite NCAA squad. Potential Celtics draft prospects can...
03.12.2024
Sizing up unresolved concerns in the stretch run with Justin Turpin
The Boston Celtics are firmly within the thick of the NBA's 2024 stretch run as they try to wrap up loose ends on the court and nagging injuries while also getting into postseason form. That is not exactly the easiest...
03.04.2024
Historic blowouts, exorcising demons, and projecting All-NBA
The Boston Celtics have been playing like a ball club full of All-NBA players, even if they will likely only have two -- and it has not shown more this season than in their 140-88 demolition of the Golden State...
02.27.2024
10 lingering regular season questions for Boston's stretch run with Jake Issenberg
The NBA's 2024 trade deadline and All-Star Break are behind the Boston Celtics, and the stretch run to the 2024 playoffs ahead of them. With the best record in the league and a massive lead over the next-closest team in...
02.21.2024
Inside the minds of MVP voters with ESPN's Tim Bontemps
The NBA's All-Star Week has passed, and with it, attention now turns to the stretch run and whatever races for season-long hardware that is not already sewn up. This season, that includes the 2024 Most Valuable Player award. It feels...
02.19.2024
Breaking down the good, bad, and irretrievably broken of All-Star Week with Clemente Almanza
The NBA's 2024 All-Star Game has come and gone, and with it the successes of the Boston Celtics who participated. The week of All-Star festivities saw some significant changes, but perhaps none more so than the actual All-Star Game itself. Gone...
02.13.2024
On the NBA's postdeadline order and what Boston can still do to get better
The NBA's 2024 trade deadline has come and gone, and with it the ability to make trades to improve the Boston Celtics' roster. But Boston picked up Xavier Tillman, Sr. and Jaden Springer ahead of the deadline to bolster their...
02.06.2024
Previewing Boston's 2024 NBA trade deadline possibilities with Jack Simone
The NBA's 2024 trade deadline now perhaps better measured in hours than in days. And knowing what the range of possibilities that exists for the Boston Celtics to choose from to make moves to bolster their roster for a push...
01.30.2024
A deep dive into the deep rotation's Stay Ready Crew with Noa Dalzell
The Boston Celtics have by most accounts the best top six players in the entire NBA to match their league-best regular season record. So, it can be easy to forget about the rest of the team. The so-called "Stay Ready...
01.23.2024
Predicting how many Boston Celtics will be East NBA All-Stars with Chris Forsberg
With the final returns from the annual fan vote for the league's starters in the 2024 NBA All-Star Game set to go down in Indianapolis, Indiana in the month of February and the reserves selected by league coaches, we will...
01.17.2024
Projecting season-long hardware at 2023-24's midpoint with Kwani Lunis
Most of the teams in the NBA have played around half of their 82-game schedule, giving us enough of a sample size to get an idea of which players might be taking home some full-season hardware come April and onward. And...
01.09.2024
On the Sun at the Garden, Boston's season so far and more with Brionna Jones
There's a lot of basketball to be a fan of in New England. The Boston Celtics stand as the premier hoopers in the region, but greatness can also be found among the UConn Huskies women's and men's programs and the...
01.02.2024
Why Boston is probably not making big moves at the deadline with Yossi Gozlan
With the Boston Celtics rolling and their path to hanging Banner 18 looking more possible than it has in many years, you can't fault fans of the storied ball club for hoping for a reunion with former Boston big men...
12.26.2023
Boston beats the Lakers on Christmas Day, and making sense of trade rumors with Bobby Krivitsky
The Boston Celtics beat the Los Angeles Lakers on Christmas Day, the best kind of win for Celtics fans in the regular season if not the NBA Finals. And they did it despite in-game injuries, strong rallies from their opponent...
12.19.2023
On Boston's sizzling start with Max Lederman - and a Festivus for the rest of us
The holidays are here and the Boston Celtics are amazingly good, so in true New England fashion, over at the CLNS Media "Celtics Lab" podcast, we decided to do what any other New Englander (displaced or in-region) would otherwise be...
12.12.2023
Assessing the 2023-24 trade season around the NBA with A. Sherrod Blakely
The Boston Celtics might not be making any major moves at the NBA's 2024 trade deadline after having had one of the most active offseasons in the league this summer, but the rest of the league is not going to...
12.05.2023
No Vegas for Boston, but how can the Celtics get better from what they learned?
The Boston Celtics have been booted from the NBA's inaugural in-season tournament by the Indiana Pacers after a performance that was all too familiar for some. Fans have seen hungrier teams outwork the Celtics on nights when the 3-ball isn't...
11.29.2023
Assessing the East at the 2023-24 NBA season's quarter-mark with Ky Carlin
Now that the 2023-24 NBA season is roughly a quarter over with, we can see some rough outlines of what each of the league's Eastern Conference teams will look like by the time the 2024 NBA Playoffs roll around. Some...
11.21.2023
A Boston Celtics Thanksgiving (round) table with Bobby Krivitsky and Jack Simone
Sometimes, after the Boston Celtics drop a game to a team they have no business losing to, it can seem like some of the worst elements of seasons past are coming back to haunt fans of the team, it bears...
11.15.2023
On Boston's early trends 10 games into the 2023-24 season with Drew Carter
The Boston Celtics have now played over 10% of their 2023-24 NBA season, not quite enough to tell us all we need to know about this aspirant to the league's 2024 title but enough that we have an idea about...
11.07.2023
On Boston's hot start, life after Lakers - Celtics, cannabis biz with Derek Fisher, Gloria Govan
The histories of the Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Lakers are forever intertwined via the greatness both ball clubs honed against one another over the decades of their storied rivalry. Lakers legends and Celtics greats have taken their on-court battles...
10.28.2023
On Boston looking good to start the season and what they can do to get better with Yossi Gozlan
The Boston Celtics are now 2-0 to start their 2023-24 NBA season after having defeated the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden to kick off their current campaign, following it with a 119-110 victory over the ball club that...
10.26.2023
Assessing Boston's start to '23-24 season, NBA 2k official season sim with Ronnie 2k, Yossi Gozlan
The Boston Celtics just beat the New York Knicks to kick off their 2023-24 campaign for an auspicious start of their pursuit of an NBA-record 18th title, and if their campaign ends anything like the official season simulation by the...
10.23.2023
Looking ahead to Boston's 2023-24 season opener, wrapping up unfinished business
Opening night for the Boston Celtics' 2023-24 season opener against the New York Knicks is nearly upon us, leaving little time for the Celtics' front office to make final roster decisions about a number of rotation players, extend or offer...
10.19.2023
Boston vs. everyone - assessing NBA over/unders for 2023-24 with Souichi Terada
There has been no lack of coverage of the new-look Boston Celtics, and as their preseason slate of games has showed us, that's for a very good reason indeed. The additions of Kristaps Porzingis and Jrue Holiday have made this...
10.10.2023
Separating fact from fiction in Boston's 2023-24 campaign with Jeff Zilgitt
When a new NBA season begins, every team is undefeated, and, at least mathematically speaking, a title contender as well. But for fans of the Boston Celtics, such slights of hand are not going to be enough to slake the...
10.05.2023
Sorting out the new-look Celtics, Media Day and training camp with Jack Simone and Sam LaFrance
After a series of blockbuster trades to remake their roster into the vision Boston Celtics team president Brad Stevens and the rest of the team's front office have for a championship roster surrounding the ball club's All-NBA wings Jayson Tatum...
10.02.2023
What to expect from Jrue in Boston and Dame on the Bucks with Dalton Sell
The Boston Celtics pushed in a fair amount of their chips to land former Milwaukee Bucks All-Star guard Jrue Holiday in the wake of the Bucks trading away the UCLA alum to land ex-Portland Trail Blazers star guard Damian Lillard. The...
09.28.2023
Dame to Bucks, Jrue to Boston? Making sense of a wild NBA afternoon
Damian Lillard is no longer a member of the Portland Trail Blazers organization, having been dealt to the Milwaukee Bucks for veteran point guard Jrue Holiday in a move that likely vaults the Bucks into at least the same tier...
09.27.2023
Taking stock of unresolved storylines heading into Boston's training camp with Adam Kaufman
Less than a week away from the Boston Celtics' 2023 Media Day proceedings set to kick off on Monday, October 2, a number of unresolved storylines could potentially impact the team's 2023-24 campaign significantly should they remain in such a...
09.20.2023
Exploring the best and worst-case scenarios for Boston next season with Bobby Krivitsky
Depending on who you ask, the new-look Boston Celtics are either NBA title favorites or a lower body injury away from existential disaster. The trade that swapped out veteran floor general Marcus Smart for star big man Krisstaps Porzingis is...
09.13.2023
Assessing the West ahead of the NBA's 2023-24 season with Jack Simone
With the offseason just weeks away from training camp, most of the teams around the NBA have pretty close to the version of their roster that will be taking the floor on opening night under contract, even if they may...
09.06.2023
Sussing out the order of the East for 2023-24 with Adam Taylor
The Boston Celtics have signed Ukrainian wing Svi Mykhailiuk to their 14th regular roster spot, and may very well be done making moves to fortify their roster ahead of the NBA's 2023-24 season for some time. Around the league, other...
08.29.2023
Talking 'Winning Time' season two, Boston's rivalry with L.A. and more with Jeff Pearlman
For the first time in years, the Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Lakers both have a solid shot at winning a banner. With the tally tied up at 17 each, the stakes in this age-old rivalry are not small. Just...
08.25.2023
Projecting Boston's 2023-24 campaign with Trevor Hass
The Boston Celtics are nearly done building their team for the 2023-24 season, with one or perhaps two more signings for deep rotation players still left undone. But for all intents and purposes, we have a pretty good idea about...
08.15.2023
Hoops Hall happenings, Harden holdouts, and player rankings with Ronnie 2K
It may be the dog days of August in the NBA's 2023 offseason, but that doesn't mean we don't have plenty of Boston Celtics-related things to talk about in the depths of the summer doldrums. From training camp signings and Miami...
08.11.2023
FIBA flubs, insurance fraud and fan surveys in the doldrums with Wayne Spooney
The Boston Celtics and the rest of the league are supposedly in their summer doldrums period of the NBA's 2023 offseason, yet a surprising (and not always entirely positive) flow of news is still percolating. From rumored injuries and withdrawals from...
08.01.2023
On covering the tougher stories in NBA journalism with Gary Washburn
The past few seasons have been some of the bumpiest in recent memory for the Boston Celtics off the court, with everything from the pandemic to internal scandal taking a toll on the on-court product just as the team starts...

What's Celtics Lab NBA Basketball Podcast about?

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Celtics Lab NBA Basketball Podcast episodes:

Game 4 wins, dad jokes, and debunking bad Boston narratives with Richard White

What's sustainable for Cavs, Cs after Boston's Game 2 loss with Evan Damarell

Cavaliers emerge to face Boston in the East semis - what you need to know

Boston cancels Heat culture to advance to East semis to face Magic or Cavs

Boston wins Game 4 vs. Miami, but lose Kristaps Porzingis; what happens next?

What went wrong for Boston in Game 2, and how the Celtics can adjust for Game 3

On Kristaps Porzingis love of Mercedes-Benz, and whether the Heat can steal a game

NBA expansion and covering Boston (and the league) from abroad with Josh Coyne

Maine's title run and Celtics full-season hardware with Noa Dalzell

Sizing up the Boston Celtics' path to the 2024 NBA Finals with Steve Bulpett

On the impact of Joel Embiid's return on the Boston Celtics' playoff picture with Ky Carlin

Stretch run, blurred lines; new media and gambling in the NBA with Sopan Deb

March Madness through a Boston Celtics lens

Sizing up unresolved concerns in the stretch run with Justin Turpin

Historic blowouts, exorcising demons, and projecting All-NBA

10 lingering regular season questions for Boston's stretch run with Jake Issenberg

Inside the minds of MVP voters with ESPN's Tim Bontemps

Breaking down the good, bad, and irretrievably broken of All-Star Week with Clemente Almanza

On the NBA's postdeadline order and what Boston can still do to get better

Previewing Boston's 2024 NBA trade deadline possibilities with Jack Simone

A deep dive into the deep rotation's Stay Ready Crew with Noa Dalzell

Predicting how many Boston Celtics will be East NBA All-Stars with Chris Forsberg

Projecting season-long hardware at 2023-24's midpoint with Kwani Lunis

On the Sun at the Garden, Boston's season so far and more with Brionna Jones

Why Boston is probably not making big moves at the deadline with Yossi Gozlan

Boston beats the Lakers on Christmas Day, and making sense of trade rumors with Bobby Krivitsky

On Boston's sizzling start with Max Lederman - and a Festivus for the rest of us

Assessing the 2023-24 trade season around the NBA with A. Sherrod Blakely

No Vegas for Boston, but how can the Celtics get better from what they learned?

Assessing the East at the 2023-24 NBA season's quarter-mark with Ky Carlin

A Boston Celtics Thanksgiving (round) table with Bobby Krivitsky and Jack Simone

On Boston's early trends 10 games into the 2023-24 season with Drew Carter

On Boston's hot start, life after Lakers - Celtics, cannabis biz with Derek Fisher, Gloria Govan

On Boston looking good to start the season and what they can do to get better with Yossi Gozlan

Assessing Boston's start to '23-24 season, NBA 2k official season sim with Ronnie 2k, Yossi Gozlan

Looking ahead to Boston's 2023-24 season opener, wrapping up unfinished business

Boston vs. everyone - assessing NBA over/unders for 2023-24 with Souichi Terada

Separating fact from fiction in Boston's 2023-24 campaign with Jeff Zilgitt

Sorting out the new-look Celtics, Media Day and training camp with Jack Simone and Sam LaFrance

What to expect from Jrue in Boston and Dame on the Bucks with Dalton Sell

Dame to Bucks, Jrue to Boston? Making sense of a wild NBA afternoon

Taking stock of unresolved storylines heading into Boston's training camp with Adam Kaufman

Exploring the best and worst-case scenarios for Boston next season with Bobby Krivitsky

Assessing the West ahead of the NBA's 2023-24 season with Jack Simone

Sussing out the order of the East for 2023-24 with Adam Taylor

Talking 'Winning Time' season two, Boston's rivalry with L.A. and more with Jeff Pearlman

Projecting Boston's 2023-24 campaign with Trevor Hass

Hoops Hall happenings, Harden holdouts, and player rankings with Ronnie 2K

FIBA flubs, insurance fraud and fan surveys in the doldrums with Wayne Spooney

On covering the tougher stories in NBA journalism with Gary Washburn

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