Celtics Tip-Off

Paul George is out for rest tonight, so Jayson Tatum and a deep bench face the 6-1 Rockets, who are missing Steven Adams and Clint Capela. Marcus gives his verdict on a 5-1 Boston team that is 3rd in the East.

Show page, transcript and chapters: https://hoopsnightly.com/teams/celtics/podcast/2026-11-02-tipoff

Hosts: The host and The analyst. Produced by the club's desk from the data on this site. The host and the analyst are roles, not people: no real person is portrayed, and every number in the show is on the page it links to.

Mitchell Robinson moved from day-to-day to out for rest on today's injury report, so Boston goes to Orlando at 4-1 without its starting center and without Devin Carter. The Magic are 2-3 and missing Paolo Banchero, Jalen Suggs and three others.

Show page, transcript and chapters: https://hoopsnightly.com/teams/celtics/podcast/2026-11-01-tipoff

Hosts: The host and The analyst. Produced by the club's desk from the data on this site. The host and the analyst are roles, not people: no real person is portrayed, and every number in the show is on the page it links to.

Derrick White is off the injury report and Devin Carter is the only Celtic out, as a 1-4 Bulls team comes back to Boston four days after the last meeting, with less rest and without Nic Claxton. The host sees a team that climbed from 21st to 6th in a week, while the analyst points to a one-point win over Brooklyn and a four-game sample.

Show page, transcript and chapters: https://hoopsnightly.com/teams/celtics/podcast/2026-10-30-tipoff

Hosts: The host and The analyst. Produced by the club's desk from the data on this site. The host and the analyst are roles, not people: no real person is portrayed, and every number in the show is on the page it links to.

Boston beat Chicago 134-99 without trailing once, and the blowout kept Jayson Tatum and Paul George to short minutes the night before the Nets come in at 0-3. Derrick White's right hip is on the report, Julius Randle is the matchup, and a Kris Rhim report about Jaylen Brown brings the Brooklyn pick ledger back up.

Show page, transcript and chapters: https://hoopsnightly.com/teams/celtics/podcast/2026-10-27-tipoff

Hosts: The host and The analyst. Produced by the club's desk from the data on this site. The host and the analyst are roles, not people: no real person is portrayed, and every number in the show is on the page it links to.

Boston hosts a 1-2 Chicago team that played 108.8 pace last season against Boston's 96.5, with Jayson Tatum shooting 17.6% from three. The number of the day compares a five-man unit that no longer exists with Chicago's rough start.

Show page, transcript and chapters: https://hoopsnightly.com/teams/celtics/podcast/2026-10-26-tipoff

Hosts: The host and The analyst. Produced by the club's desk from the data on this site. The host and the analyst are roles, not people: no real person is portrayed, and every number in the show is on the page it links to.

After a 113-121 loss in Detroit, Boston plays its home opener against a Knicks team with nobody on the injury report, Prime Video. Jalen Brunson and Karl-Anthony Towns test a defense that gave up 121, and the number of the day shows the hole the Jaylen Brown trade left in Boston's best lineups.

Show page, transcript and chapters: https://hoopsnightly.com/teams/celtics/podcast/2026-10-23-tipoff

Hosts: The host and The analyst. Produced by the club's desk from the data on this site. The host and the analyst are roles, not people: no real person is portrayed, and every number in the show is on the page it links to.

Boston opens the 2026-27 season in Detroit on NBC and Peacock with the starters rested, Devin Carter out until November 8 and the payroll sitting under the tax line. The matchup is Derrick White on Cade Cunningham, and the number of the day is the +17.9 lineup Boston can no longer put on the floor.

Show page, transcript and chapters: https://hoopsnightly.com/teams/celtics/podcast/2026-10-20-tipoff

Hosts: The host and The analyst. Produced by the club's desk from the data on this site. The host and the analyst are roles, not people: no real person is portrayed, and every number in the show is on the page it links to.

Two days after beating Cleveland in Boston's preseason opener, the Celtics host Philadelphia at the Garden on NBA TV with seven players held out as rest and Payton Pritchard cleared off the injury report hours before tip-off. Joel Embiid and Jaylen Brown, the two biggest names on the other bench, headline who Boston won't see tonight.

Show page, transcript and chapters: https://hoopsnightly.com/teams/celtics/podcast/2026-10-10-tipoff

Hosts: The host and The analyst. Produced by the club's desk from the data on this site. The host and the analyst are roles, not people: no real person is portrayed, and every number in the show is on the page it links to.

Jayson Tatum takes the floor tonight for the first time since playing just sixteen games last season, and Boston's undersized frontcourt faces Cleveland's Evan Mobley and Jarrett Allen. Paul George gets his first look in green as the roster sits above the luxury tax, two days before coming home to face Philadelphia.

Show page, transcript and chapters: https://hoopsnightly.com/teams/celtics/podcast/2026-10-08-tipoff

Hosts: The host and The analyst. Produced by the club's desk from the data on this site. The host and the analyst are roles, not people: no real person is portrayed, and every number in the show is on the page it links to.