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The Boston Celtics say Al Horford and Marcus Smart are both out for Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals against the Heat on Tuesday night in Miami. Horford is in the league’s health and safety protocols, the team announced. And Boston is prepared for the likely scenario of him remaining in the protocols through …

Kyrie Irving found himself in the middle of another example of an NBA fan going too far. A male Celtics fan at TD Garden threw a water bottle at the Nets star as he walked off the court after Brooklyn routed the Celtics 141-126 in Game 4 on Sunday night. The bottle did not hit …

1:16 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN BOSTON — Every one of the 4,789 fans who entered TD Garden on Friday night came ready to boo Kyrie Irving until their voices were hoarse. But after the Boston Celtics came away with a stunning 125-119 victory over the Brooklyn Nets in Game 3 of their first-round playoff series, …

1:38 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN BOSTON — Bradley Beal has seen plenty of impressive performances from Jayson Tatum on a basketball court since the two were kids growing up together in St. Louis. But after Tatum scored 50 points to lead his Boston Celtics past Beal’s Washington Wizards with a 118-100 victory Tuesday night, giving …

Celtics injury report: Fournier won’t make C’s debut vs. Thunder originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston Newly acquired guard Evan Fournier will not be making his Boston Celtics debut Saturday night. The Celtics acquired Fournier in a deal with the Orlando Magic before Thursday afternoon’s NBA trade deadline. The cost to acquire the 28-year-old veteran …

Boston Celtics point guard Kemba Walker has been diagnosed with concussion-like symptoms after being stretchered from the court late in the second quarter of Friday night’s game in Denver. He was transported to the hospital for further evaluation, the team announced. Walker ran head-first into the abdomen area of teammate Semi Ojeleye and immediately went …

In our post-Finals Power Rankings, we asked whether offseason chaos was on the horizon. Welp. Free agency saw Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving team up in Brooklyn, D’Angelo Russell join the Splash Brothers, Jimmy Butler take his talents to South Beach and Tobias Harris and Kristaps Porzingis sign max deals with Philly and Dallas, respectively. …

The opening day was crazy, and while the second didn’t provide that same bang, it still kept us on the edge of our seats. Kawhi Leonard is probably the last max player left on the market, and we’re all waiting with bated breath for what’ll probably be the most consequential decision of the free agency. …

Free-agent All-NBA star Kevin Durant plans to sign a four-year contract worth up to $164 million to play for the Brooklyn Nets. Durant will join free agents Kyrie Irving and DeAndre Jordan, who also plan to sign with the franchise. Players can officially sign their contracts starting Saturday. Irving will sign for four years in …

Photo: Streeter Lecka (Getty Images) Minutes after Kyrie Irving shipped himself off to Brooklyn to try and get the Nets to interested in channeling the cosmos, the Celtics have gone ahead and signed a more-than-suitable replacement for this upcoming season: Kemba Walker. Walker may not be as talented as Irving is—the numbers and two-year age …