During his time suiting up for the Celtics, Pollard wore only jersey No. 66 and put up 1.8 points and 1.7 rebounds per game.

Playing on the second night of a back-to-back without starters Jaylen Brown and Sam Hauser, the Celtics improvised and won big.

Derrick White made six 3-pointers and scored 28 points and the Boston Celtics beat the Houston Rockets 114-93.

Today in Boston Celtics history, Bill Russell pulled down a career-high 51 rebounds on this date in 1960.

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Asked how the conversation went when he was asked to come off the bench vs. the Mavs, Pritchard replied "Real simple. I think that both (myself and Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla) know it benefits our team more.

For the first time in his young NBA career, Cooper Flagg will get to square off against his hometown team. Well, as close to a hometown team as he had when he was growing up in Maine. The Boston Celtics will be in Texas taking on the post-Luka Doncic Dallas Mavericks,