Miracle Milt!

December 28, 1997: Boston’s Antoine Walker “takes it in with authority and then does his little…whatever you want to call that thing.” Walker finished with 28 PTS/13 REB in the Celtics’ 108-102 win at Los Angeles. Rick Fox scored a team-high 27 PTS for the Lakers.

I wrote about the Celtics again. Before you mentally trade Sam Hauser to save C's ownership a few million, I just wanted to point out that he's one of the best three-point shooters of all-time. And some other stuff too -- Pritchard, Wemby/OKC, and the Jazz. green-tint.ghost.io/you-know-sam...

I find this entire thing hilarious. The alternative is just I'm not going to watch the game. Verizon and FOX are only doing themselves harm. It's not 1985, it's 2025, there are SO MANY other things I can watch.

Went to a movie last night and a dude walked into the theater, yelled DRAKE MAYE, then quietly found his seat. Honestly didn’t mind it.

Embiid just had a "new reality" moment. Jalen Smith dunked on him in a way that no one would have been able to a few seasons ago but without any lift he got got.

I like Jalen Smith. I do. But it has to be slightly concerning that he's getting crunch time minutes over Matas Buzelis, who committed a few really dumb fouls in this fourth quarter.

Payton Pritchard is the only player in the East averaging at least 15 points, 5 assists, and fewer than 1.5 turnovers. Pritchard's 61.2 FG% in the paint leads all guards across the NBA (min. 2 attempts per game). His 16.8 points, 5.2 assists, and 4.3 rebounds are career-highs.

Jaylen Brown is everywhere. Jaylen Brown is everything.

In the comments of an article I wrote for @fangraphs.com, someone called me a "mountebank," which turned out to be doubly insulting because I had to look up what it meant.

Christmas Day Nikola Jokic: 5 turnovers Hugo Gonzalez: 0 turnovers Who is the real MVP?

We don’t hear much about the West Pole, where Cowboy Santa lives. Probably because of all the people he’s shot

Little note from this week’s Power Rankings… www.nba.com/news/power-r...

Yup. Not a lot surprises me these days, but I would be pretty surprised if OKC goes 48-3 the rest of the way.

With about 3-4 minutes left, OKC ran a double screen for SGA, and his reward was being switched onto Wemby. SGA had to kick it to Dort, who shot an airball 3. Not sure if that shows that OKC's offense is down bad right now, or if it shows how unique the Spurs are. Either way, it's bad for OKC.

He did it again... Dillon Brooks with almost a lane violation, then high-fives Lebron. Lebron wanted his high-five back 🤣🤣🤣🤣 #NBA

The Thunder are now 3-3 with a +1.8 point differential against the other teams in the West's top six. For comparison, they're 23-1 with a +18.2 differential against all other opponents.

Wrote about the Celtics again. Talked about the many paths this hot start presents the team, demonstrate how they're unequivocally a top-10 team right now, present my favorite (two-team) Anfernee Simons trade, and more. green-tint.ghost.io/what-would-y...

You’d really be forgiven if you had a hard time conceiving of a success on this scale. “So I’ve got this idea for an environmental and public health project, we’re gonna reduce pollution by a fifth. No no it doesn’t cost anything. Actually it’s gonna net half a billion dollars.” What!

In his indispensable Cardinals newsletter, @daynperry.bsky.social says it all about Willson Contreras, whom I will be sad not to see suiting up for my guys next season. I loved watching him in a Chicago, same in StL. He’s the very definition of a gamer. Red Sox fans got a good one.

Just now during Hugo's press scrum: Tatum (in the hallway): you still here? Hugo: I'm still here Tatum: what did I tell you yesterday? Hugo: I can't say right now Tatum: THAT YOU A BAD MOTHERFUCKER

When the C's first got to third place about a week ago, only a game separated 3-9 in the East standings. Right now, it's 3.5 games. And Boston's next 6 games are vs. sub-.500 teams. Happy Holidays.

The Pacers only scored 34 points in the second half, which is one point less than they scored in the 1st quarter.

Credit to JB. He was the worst player on the court in the first half, and he and the starters were properly benched when they didn't improve in the first 2-3 minutes of the third. And then JB responded and was the best player on the court once he got back into the game.

Nembhard has been doing the same stuff all game. Dished it out but couldn't take it. Blame Canada.

C's expected to be handed this one. Too much ISO on offense. Leaving their shooters wide open on defense. Not matching Indy's pace. They need to decide if they want to win this game.

Found the actual men in women's bathrooms assaulting women.

A BC player choking in the clutch? Well, now I've seen everything!

Talk about a rope a dope. Before that TD run, the Pats had thrown it 10 consecutive times, and on 14 of 15 second-half plays.

Typical. Ravens cheat and get away with it.

The Patriots REALLY need to stop blitzing. They suck at it.

The only thing worse than the Ravens scoring a TD is a Raven who went to Boston College scoring a TD. Gross.

one of the wildest things I have ever witnessed was seeing Waymos totally confused and stopped with the power outage in SF tonight. At the broken stoplights they were just sitting there and super disruptive I have never seen anything like jt

Raptors are now 0-7 against top-10 offences this season. They’re 1 of 5 teams without a win against a top-10 offence, joining the Wizards, Clippers, Pacers & Hornets.

Celtics at the start of the fourth quarter last night and tonight:

I love Hugo González.

Just a little bit sweeter to make the Heat expend all that energy through three quarters, and then put them down quick in the fourth.

Love Mazzulla sticking with González tonight. Kid was doing everything, and Joe left him in at the expense of Walsh.

Also found at the Thrift Store, in the CD section, whatever this is. My curiosity was worth the $1.99 to rescue this, if even the Richie Ashburn thing *alone* proves to be on here. I will let you know.

Help this is the funniest thing I’ve ever seen I can’t stop watching Kyrie Irving vs the robot 😭😭😭

Terrifying headline if you don’t realize they are sports teams.

This situation continues to make no sense, and the WNBA's intransigence in trying to define a relocation as an expansion continues to look like it's going to cost the Sun's ownership millions upon millions of dollars. Shameful. www.espn.com/wnba/story/_...

Good ole Jordy McClarkson! Did the Pacers broadcast let AI make that graphic? 🤣🤣🤣

When LaMelo Ball plays like this, Charlotte is dangerous. When Charlotte beat Cleveland the other day, it felt like they caught some breaks -- Sion James played really well, Donovan Mitchell played really poorly. This one doesn't feel fluky, especially with the second half Jalen Johnson has had.

Having re-watched "MI8: Final Reckoning" a few times now, I have to say my favorite part is that we see William Dunloe again, that he plays a pivotal role, and that according to him, his life turned out just fine, actually.

These are the people who are willing to go on the record. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...

Ladies and gentleman: The President of the United States www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...

First ballot.

Seems bad.

stop reposting ha-ha AI images, they're as funny as text autocorrect screenshots from 2011