The Boston Celtics play basketball tonight, as we head into a season of the great unknown. For the first time in a long time, we head into a Celtics season with a lot more questions than answers.

The Celtics and the Knicks met in the Eastern Conference semifinals last season. New York won the series 4-2 as Boston star Jayson Tatum suffered a torn ACL in Game 4. Explore the NBA Draft 2024 with our free NBA Mock Draft Simulator & be the GM of your favorite NBA team.

The visitors outscored the Knicks in three of the four quarters, but that hardly matters when they allowed 42 points in a brutal second period.

Prime has done its part by landing top-tier announcers. Ian Eagle and Kevin Harlan are two of the most recognizable voices in both basketball and football. They take lead play-by-play assignments, along with Eric Collins (the Hornets guy who’s always yelling) and Michael Grady (splitting between Prime and NBC).

Including the rehabbing Jayson Tatum, who will miss at least the next several months while he recovers from Achilles surgery, the five players the Celtics lost this offseason boast a combined 14 NBA All-Star appearances. Their replacements (Anfernee Simons, Josh Minott, Luka Garza, Chris Boucher and Hugo Gonzalez) have zero.

Predicting if Jayson Tatum returns to the court, the Celtics' final record and more as the 2025-26 gets underway Wednesday.

And for today's article, we will continue with the eighth of 10 people to wear the No. 41, Boston forward alum Jarvis Varnado. After ending his college career at Mississippi State, Varnado was picked up with the 41st overall selection of the 2010 NBA Draft by the Miami Heat.

During his time suiting up for the Nets, Tart wore only jersey Nos. 30 and 23 and put up 20.4 points, 5.2 rebounds, and 3.2 assists per game.

Famous jersey numbers, trades, and even Boston rivals are all part of our tip-off trivia. The post How well do you know the Boston Celtics? Take our history quiz. appeared first on Boston.com.

The arrests of Chauncey Billups and Terry Rozier in the federal investigation into sports betting and illegal gambling called into question how the NBA is working to protect its players from the dark side of the wagering world.