Hauser (hip) has been listed as questionable for Friday's game against the Pelicans, Taylor Snow of the Celtics' official site reports. After missing the last two games for the Celtics, Hauser could miss a third straight game while dealing with a pinched nerve in his right hip.

Backup Boston Celtics forward Sam Hauser is not the only pro player in his family. His brother Joey also plays within the NBA ecosystem for the Atlanta Hawks developmental squad at the G League level,

Hauser will miss consecutive outings Wednesday with a right hip impingement after sitting out Monday's loss to the Rockets, and he'll aim to return to the Celtics' rotation Friday against the Pelicans.

Boston’s options for adding on that front are quite limited with the assumption they don’t want to touch anyone in the existing rotation. Jaden Springer’s $4 million salary caps what the team can send out for a player in a swap since the Celtics can’t aggregate salaries as a second apron.

New Orleans will try to stop its four-game losing streak when the New Orleans Pelicans play Boston. The teams play Friday for the first time this season.

The Celtics are facing a self-made obstacle, one they should be able to remove from their path just as quickly as they erected it.

The Chicago Bulls are on the road for the next three games, starting with a game on Wednesday night against the Boston Celtics. Wednesday's game will be the fou

Do the Celtics need to make a move before the NBA trade deadline? Chris Forsberg lays out Brad Stevens' realistic options before Feb. 6.

The Rockets ruled out wing Cam Whitmore (illness) and have been without starting forward Jabari Smith Jr. since Smith fractured his hand earlier this month. Amen Thompson and Tari Eason, who both missed the first Celtics-Rockets game on Jan. 3, both were available for Houston.

The Chicago Bulls traveled to TD Garden to face the defending champs, the Boston Celtics, on Wednesday night. Although the Bulls beat the former champs, the Denver Nuggets, on Monday night, their luck ran out on Wednesday as they lost to the Celtics 122-100.

They're the reigning NBA champions, but some members of the Boston Celtics could take a lesson or two on local geography. During a first quarter timeout of last night's game against the Chicago Bulls, the video board at TD Garden showed several members of the Celtics attempting to pronounce the word "Worcester."

Kristaps Porzingis looked all the way back as the Celtics blew out the shorthanded Bulls 122-100 at TD Garden.