The Boston Celtics are 30-13 as things currently stand in the basketball world which is good for the No. 2 spot in the Eastern Conference. Coming off of a 125-8

The Boston Celtics have been a little up and down lately, showing a big lack of focus at times. While Boston remains one of the best teams in the NBA, it is a little concerning that they have dropped some games that they had no business losing.

Jrue holiday received a big injury update for the Celtics' game on Wednesday night against the Clippers on the road.

Boston's backcourt starters combined for 40 points on 13-for-28 shooting and nine 3-pointers in a quality win over the Mavericks

Holiday (shoulder) has been ruled out for Wednesday's game against the Clippers, Justin Turpin of WEEI.com reports. After playing 27 minutes in Monday's win against the Warriors, Holiday will not be on the floor Wednesday for the Celtics in Los Angeles.

This latest trade proposal sees Boston shake things up and ship out their veteran guard and champion, Jrue Holiday, for two players they could use to help them depth-wise. This trade idea, proposed by Matt Levine of Celtics on SI, is a three-team deal between the Celtics, Toronto Raptors, and Memphis Grizzlies.

The name points us in the right direction to answer such a question, but what is it that the Boston duo do to generate all that defensive chaos?

Holiday (shoulder) has been cleared to play in Thursday's game against the Lakers, Taylor Snow of the Celtics ' official site reports.

The Boston Celtics are coming off a massive blowout win against the Golden State Warriors on Monday, but injury woes could affect their steady regular season run so far.

Kristaps Porzingis scored 26 points in the first half on his way to 34 for the rout in 33 minutes. The Celtics center made a career-high eight 3-pointers.

The Celtics nearly blew one win already this past week with brutal crutch time execution. A repeat performance on Saturday night was enough to sink them this time around. The Celtics had the ball and a three-point lead in the final 20 seconds of regulation but still blew the lead and eventually the game in a 119-115 overtime loss to the Hawks.

Those last two plays are on me. Those are my fault.” Joe Mazzulla pointed the finger at himself after the Celtics dropped a 114-112 thriller to the Rockets on Monday night.