Cleveland Cavaliers guard Isaiah Thomas was ejected after clotheslining Minnesota Timberwolves' Andrew Wiggins to the floor.  Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid had some choice words for the Boston Celtics before they play in a much-anticipated game in London.  The Celtics also stayed at the #2 spot on the NBA Power Rankings. Play one-day fantasy basketball for a chance to win a share of $10,000 with the code: CLNS at DraftKings.com!

Tuesday Tirades: Evan Valenti and Zaire deliver their hot takes for the second half of the year.

1:00 - Boston Celtics will have best record in the East

5:45 - Jaylen Brown is trending in the wrong direction

18:16 - Terry Rozier will carve out larger role

The Boston Celtics are just past the halfway point of their season. Today the team is flying to London to prepare for its game against the Philadelphia 76ers on Thursday. LaVar Ball said he wouldn't take shots at Lakers head coach Luke Walton. Ball even agreed with Magic Johnson he wouldn't critique Walton. Ball could only last just under half of a season before he felt he needed to chime in.

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Sam Sheehan, Lucky's Pipe, and the Ignal brothers talk about a variety of Celtics topics on this Monday Mailbag.

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The Boston Celtics beat the Nets 87-85 in Brooklyn for their 6th straight victory. Kyrie Irving led all scorers with 21 points. The win moves the Celtics to 33-10 and the season as they now head to London to face the Philadelphia 76ers.

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Bryan Fonseca of Netsdaily.com talks about the impact of guys like Rondae Hollis-Jefferson and Spencer Dinwiddie have in the Nets' franchise as they take on the Celtics at Brooklyn and what Boston's win over the Cavaliers means to the Eastern Conference

A complete rotational effort was needed Friday night as the Boston Celtics ground out a low-scoring duel against the Minnesota Timberwolves in Boston. The duo of Marcus Smart and Terry Rozier was the true catalyst in the victory, as stopping Karl-Anthony Towns proved to be no easy task for the first-place Celtics.

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Yesterday the Boston Celtics hosted the Cleveland Cavaliers where Boston came out on top 102-88. Terry Rozier was the MVP of the game scoring a career high 20 points and drawing praise from LeBron James. Jayson Tatum was named the Kia Eastern Conference Rookie of the month. Isaiah Thomas and Danny Ainge talk to each other and get closer again. Paul Pierce has some things to say about IT's video tribute. Other NBA news.