Avery Bradley News

The Celtics come into Dallas losers of four straight. They are rebuilding but can still play a high level of defense.

The Dallas Mavericks begin a franchise-record, eight- game homestand Monday night when they welcome the Boston Celtics to American Airlines Center.

Duke forward Jabari Parker goes in for a thunderous dunk in the first half. The Duke Blue Devils defeated the Wake Forest Demon Deacons, 83-63, at Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, N.C., on Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014.

Anthony Davis went for 40 points and 21 rebounds for the Pelicans, offsetting Jeff Green's 39 points in sending the Celtics to a 121-120 overtime loss tonight.

The Celtics haven't beaten a Western Conference team on the road since Feb. 23, 2013, when they defeated the Utah Jazz in Salt Lake City.

As the season winds down, we take a look at some basic trends in performance through three quarters of the season in an attempt to infer what is to come in a summer that promises big change.

Two teams will try to halt losing streaks Sunday night when the Boston Celtics visit the Smoothie King Center to take on the New Orleans Pelicans.

DISCLAIMER: A lot will need to go right, but I believe every step in this rebuild is realistic and achievable.

Head Coach Brad Stevens of the Boston Celtics talks with Avery Bradley #0 during a game against the Brooklyn Nets.

However, the pants were pretty cool I must admit. I'd buy a pair if they were free!! Also as expected, it was a fast paced Suns team that pushed the ball up the court in what seemed to be the fastest 1st Quarter in Celtic history.

Backup center Alex Len came off the Phoenix bench because of injury and wound up scoring six key points to lead the Suns to an important 87-80 victory over the Boston Celtics on Friday night.

Mar 9, 2014; Oakland, CA, USA; Phoenix Suns guard Gerald Green reacts after the Suns recorded a turnover against the Golden State Warriors in the fourth quarter at Oracle Arena.

The Celtics get back to work Friday night where they'll take on the Phoenix Suns at the TD Garden.

Relative to the other four positions on a team, building around a point guard shouldn't be very complicated.

It's been nearly five weeks since Avery Bradley last suited up for the Boston Celtics and, although his presence may not make a difference in terms of winning and losing games, it makes a difference in terms of him winning or losing this offseason.

Right now, on the floor, the Boston Celtics don't do a lot of things very well. Out of 30 teams, they rank 26th in restricted area field goal percentage, and last but not least, are madly in love with the mid-range jumper.

The short-handed New York Knicks, surrounded by the talk that Phil Jackson is about to start running the organization, continued their belated playoff push with a 116-92 victory over the Boston Celtics on Wednesday night.

Not drafted? No problem. Phil Pressey went unselected in the 2013 draft. But that provided him the opportunity to control his own future, which ended up starting in Boston.

Every year there are a handful of NBA prospects who see their draft stock skyrocket or plummet with their performance in the NCAA tournament.

He's had to go through the Celtics' rebuilding situation with roughly two losses for every win most of the year.