Memphis Grizzlies shocked the Boston Celtics. Taylor Jenkins' team secured an impressive 127-121 win over the reigning champions. However, their risky defensive strategy became the most prominent talking point.

The Celtics closed the game with Pritchard in Holiday’s usual place. The Grizzlies didn’t dare try the strategy against Pritchard, who scored 13 points in the second half and has been one of the league’s best shooters this season.

Celtics point guard Payton Pritchard could see teams not shooting as many 3-pointers, but that doesn't include his squad.

Memphis Grizzlies guard Marcus Smart, left, shares a laugh and a fist bump with former Celtics teammate Jaylen Brown (7) at the end of an NBA basketball game, Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024, in Boston. (AP Photo/Mark Stockwell) AP

The Boston Celtics dropped their fifth game of the season on Saturday, Dec. 7, losing to the Memphis Grizzlies at the TD Garden. Joe Mazzulla's team produced a lackluster showing on both sides of the ball,

The Cavs have won their last four with the third one coming against the NBA Cup champion Bucks, 124-101, in Cleveland. Donovan Mitchell scored 27 points in the win. Cleveland remains the only NBA team shooting at least 50% from the field (50.5%) and at least 40% from 3 (40.5%).

The Bulls have won three of their last four games. Their sole loss even took Jayson Tatum to score 43 points for the Celtics. Before that, Chicago had its most impressive win this year over Boston in their back-to-back against the reigning NBA champions. Zach LaVine went off for 36 points in the win.

Aiming to keep pressure on several teams trying to dethrone them as Serie A champions, Inter Milan will welcome Como to San Siro on Monday. While Inter recently thumped one of their title rivals before cruising through in the cup, the Lariani head for Italy's second city on the back of a landmark success.

On Saturday evening, the Boston Celtics beat the Chicago Bulls by a score of 123-98 at the United Center. Jayson Tatum had one of the best games of his career,

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — LeBron James had 32 points and the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Sacramento Kings 103-99 to sweep a two-game set on Saturday.

Joe Mazzulla’s Christmas greetings were costly. The NBA fined the Boston Celtics coach $35,000 on Saturday “for aggressively pursuing and directing inappropriate language toward a game official” at the end of his team’s loss to the Chicago Bulls on Thursday night.