Anfernee Simons played just two minutes in the first half, but he made his presence known in the fourth quarter of the Celtics' loss to the Magic.

Today in Boston Celtics history, Thomas Ernest "Satch" Sanders was born in New York City, New York. Satch -- as he was often called for a nickname -- played his NCAA basketball at New York University, and was drafted by the Celtics with the eighth overall in the 1960 NBA Draft.

Franz Wagner scored 27 points, Desmond Bane added 22 points and seven assists and the Orlando Magic beat the Boston Celtics 123-110 in their NBA Cup opener.

The Boston Celtics and Orlando Magic announced their starting lineups ahead of their Emirates NBA Cup matchup on Friday. The Celtics are coming off of a bounceb

After hosting the Celtics on Friday night at Kia Center, Orlando remains at home to match up again with Boston on Sunday.

These kinds of starts often happen to teams losing a big part of their core identity, and so far, Boston has not panicked because of it.

Derrick White recalled how head coach Joe Mazzulla played the sound of a machine gun firing throughout a 10-minute zig-zag drill between him and Payton Pritchard.

Facing the Celtics twice this weekend, the Magic have an early-season opportunity to refine their work against the same opponent at Kia Center. “There’s a little bit of history with