The Magic need to hope their bruising defense generates a poor shooting night for Boston, so keep an eye on how well the Celtics are shooting it early.

Or at least that is the position of Boston broadcaster and Celtics champion forward Cedric Maxwell -- and a pretty reasonable one, at that. As a fellow NBA Finals Most Valuable Player award winner, Maxwell knows what it takes for a forward to help put his team in position to win it all,

On the eve of the Boston Celtics’ playoff opener, Jaylen Brown said he expects to have no minutes restriction during his team’s first-round series with the Orlando Magic. Beyond that, Brown didn’t say much about his injured right knee,

Boston Celtics star Jaylen Brown is still dealing with a bone bruise in his right knee, but will not be on a minutes restriction during the team's first-round playoff series with the Orlando Magic, which gets underway on Sunday afternoon.