Basketball’s Boston Celtics — picked by many as the most talented team in the NBA playoffs — stunk up the joint last night with a weak, low-effort home game against the Philadelphia 76ers and Joel Embiid, the most valuable player in the whole league. First-year coach Joe Mazzulla was on the hot seat to explain…
There’s an old riddle that goes like this: In a bacon-and-egg breakfast, what’s the difference in the roles of the chicken and the pig? Answer: The chicken is involved, but the pig is committed. Poor pig. It’s a freakin’ job It used to be that managers — especially startup managers — wanted to be sure…
The ESPN app and ESPN.com include a feature that allows you to see the probability, at any point in a basketball game, that a team will win. Based on these stats, the Boston Celtics appear to be defying the odds on a regular basis. Are they really this great, or is it just a statistical…