Celtics guard Derrick White left in the first half of Boston’s matchup with Philadelphia on Thursday night with a dental injury that was reminiscent of the one he suffered last year in the NBA Finals.

Boston fans will be happy to see their superstar back, but the Celtics will still be shorthanded against the 76ers. Jaylen Brown (right knee posterior impingement), Jrue Holiday (right hand mallet finger), Kristaps Porzingis (illness, non-COVID), Al Horford (left big toe sprain), and Sam Hauser (right ankle sprain) have all been ruled out.

It seems like the Celtics and Thunder are on a collision course toward a meeting in June. Check out what sportsbooks think about a potential Boston-OKC NBA Finals.

BOSTON — The Celtics were already without five rotation players against the 76ers on Wednesday, then one of their starters had to head to the locker room. C’s guard Derrick White looked like he lost a tooth after getting hit in the face by the 76ers' Kelly Oubre Jr. midway through the second quarter.

If we want to see the best basketball with top star power, a Nuggets-Celtics NBA Finals matchup would be the best-case scenario for the league," Harper writes. "Maybe it won’

The Boston Celtics hit the middle stretch of a seven-game homestand Thursday night at TD Garden with a visit from the Philadelphia 76ers.

Not all that long ago, such a prospect would have been quite the stretch, given where each of the two storied rivals were in their respective contention arcs. But after the Lakers were practically gifted a potential generational talent in Luka Doncic by the Dallas Mavericks,

Which teams are the biggest postseason threats to the Boston Celtics in the NBA's Western Conference? The consensus favorite to come out of the West and make the 2025 NBA Finals is of course the Oklahoma City Thunder, but there are growing opinions that the conference might have more than on serious contender in it this season.

The Knicks sit third in the Eastern Conference standings behind the NBA-leading Cleveland Cavaliers and reigning-champion Boston Celtics. That’s why they have the third-shortest odds to win the East behind Boston and Cleveland.