The Boston Celtics have been trending in the right direction in terms of health in recent games, but for the second half of their back-to-back at TD Garden against the Atlanta Hawks, the Celtics took the floor without two of their best bigs in Kristaps Porzingis and Al Horford,

The Atlanta Hawks have did something tonight that they have not done since the 2009-2010 season. That would be beating the Boston Celtics twice in Boston. Des

All eyes were on Payton Pritchard Saturday night. With Al Horford and Kristaps Porzingis out, and Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown carrying heavy workloads the night before, the Celtics had room for someone to step up.

Huge performances from Trae Young and Onyeka Okongwu lifted the Hawks to their third straight win and their second win of the year in Boston.After the game, social media had plenty to say about the Hawks win over the Celtics.

The Celtics nearly blew one win already this past week with brutal crutch time execution. A repeat performance on Saturday night was enough to sink them this time around. The Celtics had the ball and a three-point lead in the final 20 seconds of regulation but still blew the lead and eventually the game in a 119-115 overtime loss to the Hawks.

Scattershot shooting and poor late-game execution doomed the shorthanded Celtics in an overtime loss to the Hawks.

BOSTON — The Celtics had their chances to close out the Hawks, but instead, they lost 119-115 on Saturday at TD Garden in an overtime thriller. The C’s couldn’t make the necessary plays down the stretch as they dropped to 29-13 on the season. The Hawks improved to 22-19.

Payton Pritchard admitted that he was surprised to see the Celtics select him with the 26th pick in the 2020 NBA Draft.

Derrick White has been one of the Celtics’ most consistent players this season, and his strong play for much of the year even ignited some early All-Star buzz. But he is currently in the midst of a rough shooting slump.

Pritchard posted 20 points (7-11 FG, 4-8 3Pt, 2-3 FT), four assists, two boards and a steal in 31 minutes of action in the 110-97 loss to the Raptors on Wednesday.

Many fans of the Boston Celtics are familiar with the viral video of a younger Payton Pritchard practicing his dribbling routine like a madman before the the University of Oregon alum had yet been drafted by the Celtics.

There may be no better view of the state of the Boston Celtics than from its backcourt and the parquet, and the Celtics duo of Payton Pritchard and Derrick White have had that point of view in front of them for some time now.