The Nets beat the Celtics 113-105 in Friday's NBA Cup game and while the first three quarters look eerily similar to Tuesday, Brooklyn made sure that the end of the game was a different story. Forward Michael Porter Jr.

Today in Boston Celtics history, Vincent Lamont "Vin" Baker was born in Lake Wales, Florida in 1971. Baker played his NCAA basketball at the University of Hartford in Connecticut, where he won America East Player of the Year in 1993 before he was picked up with the eighth overall pick by the Milwaukee Bucks in the NBA draft that same year.

Jaylen Brown led the way for the Celtics in Friday’s loss as he ended the game with 26 points, eight rebounds and four assists while Anfernee Simons recorded 23 points and four rebounds off the bench. While both teams are looking to grab a victory in Sunday night’s matchup, both squads may be without multiple key players due to injuries.

The Orlando Magic (10-7) start a 3-game road trip by visiting the Boston Celtics (8-8) Sunday. Tip-off from TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts, is set for 6 p.m. ET. Let's analyze BetMGM Sportsbook's NBA odds around the Magic vs. Celtics odds and make our expert NBA picks and predictions for the best bets.

And for today's article, we will continue with the 14th of 14 people to wear the No. 43, Boston forward alum Justin Jackson. After ending his college career at UNC, Jackson was picked up with the 17th overall selection of the 2017 NBA Draft by the Portland Trail Blazers.

The Celtics could be a team to watch out for in the trade maket, but they don't want to take too much money back.

The Boston Celtics find themselves about as healthy as they can reasonably hope to be this year heading into their third regular season encounter against the Or

Simons epitomized the reality in front of Boston for that Nets loss, and was not being offered as an excuse for how the Celtics played.

Such a question would have seemed ludicrous at best for the team behind "Mazzulla Ball" at the start of the season.