On this day in 1964, Boston fielded the 1st all-Black starting 5 in league history when Willie Naulls replaced Tommy Heinsohn in the lineup.

You do not need to be a fan of the Boston Celtics to be dialed in to the meteoric rise of backup Boston combo guard Payton Pritchard.

Whenever Pritchard checks into a game, the TD Garden fans immediately anticipate buckets. He said he understands their excitement because he seeks to bring a lift with the second unit.

Or at least that is the position being taken by some league analysts in light of their historic assaults from beyond the arc on a nearly nightly basis.

Too many damn threes are being launched. So it’s a broader conversation than just about the All-Star Game,” LeBron James told the press recently, when asked about the current state of the NBA. Days before,