News about Al Horford

The Hawks defeated the Boston Celtics by de'Andre Hunter, who scored 24 points, including a last-gasp 3-pointer, as Atlanta won despite a 30-point deficit. The Atlanta Hawks trailed by 22 points in the first quarter, but the team came back to win by 118 points over the NBA-leading Celtics. It was the ninth time in NBA history that a team has come back from a 30-point deficit to triumph. Boston had won 20 of its last 22 games, including all of the previous nine. And that run seemed to be going to continue at State Farm Arena, when Al Horford led Boston up 68-38 with less than five minutes remaining in the first half.

As they defeated Boston, Miami Heat star Jimmy Butler decided to put insult to injury by mocking Celtics center Al Horford's celebration. Horford drained a 3-point shot and then turned toward Miami's squad, then twisted toward the team's squad, and stubbed his hands together in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals, making a 'T' shape as one would when calling timeout. Horford was bitten again by this game, not only did Boston lose Game 1 123-116, but Miami's Butler didn't forget the gesture.

With a 114-102 victory in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference semifinals series, the Boston Celtics played spoiler following Joel Embiid's MVP celebration to reclaim home court. With a well-balanced display from its starters, Boston silenced the Wells Fargo Center crowd. Jayson Tatum led the C's with 27 points, nine rebounds, and five assists. With five three-pointers (5-7), Al Horford threw a 'elite shooter' in a 17-point effort.

After losing the Atlanta Hawks 128-120 on Thursday, the Boston Celtics sparked a semifinal series with the Philadelphia 76ers, kicking them out of their playoff run one better than last year. Al Horford defeated the Celtics in the final minutes after a big 3-pointer against his former team. The second-seeded Celtics will meet the 76ers in Philadelphia, who are resting after completing their four-game sweep of Brooklyn last Saturday.

If the Celtics face the Bucks again in the playoffs, Boston's most recent dominant performance against Milwaukee could give them a boost in confidence. The Bucks' loss to Boston was the Bucks' worst loss to Boston in ever. Despite being down 3-2 in the series, the Celtics defeated the Bucks in seven games in last season's Eastern Conference semifinals, putting their backs against the wall. At the time, Milwaukee badly missed its second top-scoring guard, Khris Middleton, who was averaging 14.5 points per game in the postseason before suffering a medial collateral ligament injury against the Chicago Bulls in the first round. On Christmas Day, the Celtics also defeated the Bucks 139-118 in Boston and lost 131-125 in overtime. In the overtime loss, the Celtics did not play Brown, Tatum, Marcus Smart, or Al Horford.

After making a layup and taking no prisoners with him in the fight, which took place with 1.25 left in the fourth quarter, Smart took offense to Young striking him in the groin area with his foot. Smart was called for his first foul before the government called both players for technical fouls and ejected Smart. "I just saw them all go down, and I'm sure they were chirping at each other going down," Celtics center Al Horford said. 'We were all in there trying to do harm control.'

Jayson Tatum led the Boston Celtics over the host Philadelphia 76ers 110-107 on Saturday after hitting a game-winning 3-pointer with 1.3 seconds remaining. Joel Embiid had a 75-foot three-pointer to bring the game to overtime, but the clock was still in his hands when the clock ran out. Jaylen Brown led the Celtics to 26 points, while Tatum added 18 points, 13 rebounds, and six assists, and Derrick White had 18 points. Al Horford hit five 3-pointers for 15 points, Robert Williams III added 14 points, and Marcus Smart had 10.

For the first time in a decade, Jrue Holiday expressed exactly why he is attending the All-Star Game. Holiday scored 40 points and made a spectacular 3-pointer with 25.2 seconds remaining in overtime as the Milwaukee Bucks defeated the Boston Celtics 131-125 for their 11th straight victory on Tuesday. The 32-year-old Holiday shot 8 of 12 from beyond the arc, with one from behind midcourt that beat the third-quarter buzzer to record a career high for 3-pointers.

Jaylen Brown scored a season-high 41 points and 12 rebounds in Boston's fourth straight game on Wednesday night, defeating the New Orleans Pelicans 125-114. Jayson Tatum had 31 points and ten rebounds, Malcolm Brogdon scored 20 points, and Al Horford had 14 points, with four of them going for four 3-pointers. The Celtics have won their last five home games. CJ McCollum had 38 points for New Orleans, his fifth game in a row with at least 25 points.

The Boston Celtics and veteran center Al Horford have agreed to a two-year, $20 million contract extension, extending his service to the franchise until 2025. The five-time all-star is now in his fourth year of a four-year contract, with his total income approaching $26.5 million this season. Horford's latest contract also bans the likelihood of a repeat of the 2019 offseason, when Horford and the Celtics were sold to a more lucrative franchise for a more lucrative contract.