Noa Dalzell is a CelticsBlog writer based in Boston who is particularly focused on off-court storylines and player features while covering the team in person. She's played basketball her whole life and is a lifelong Celtics fan who started her first Celtics website at age 10. She also covers the Celtics for FanSided's Hardwood Houdini, and for her day job, lobbies for policies that will reduce emissions from the food sector. You can find her on Twitter at @NoaDalzellNBA.
Celtics sign Drew Peterson to two-way contract
We’re really getting the band back together.
Jaylen Brown promised his Bridge students he’d raise Banner 18. One year later, they joined him in the championship parade.
As the Celtics celebrated in the streets of Boston, a group of students from the 7uice Foundation’s Bridge Program rode behind in a parade bus, in awe of how the man that laid out his goals last summer followed through and got them done.
The Celtics championship parade was perfect chaos
Jaylen Brown, Jayson Tatum, and the rest of the Celtics joyfully celebrated winning the 2024 NBA championship in front of over a million joyful Boston fans.
Inside the unbridled joy of covering the NBA Finals
As the Celtics punched their first ticket to the NBA Finals, one writer’s lifelong pursuit of covering the journey to Banner 18 was fulfilled.
After sacrificing for the team, Jaylen Brown won Finals MVP, the game's highest individual honor
"It was a full team effort. I share this with my brothers, and my partner-in-crime, Jayson Tatum. He was with me the whole way."
Rebounding disparity highlights disastrous Game 4 for Celtics
On a night where shots weren’t falling, the Celtics got crushed on the glass in historic fashion.
Sam Hauser has been an underrated contributor throughout the NBA Finals
Hauser has hit 5 of 11 three-pointers in the first three games of the NBA Finals while playing solid all-around basketball.
Jaylen Brown’s clutch jumper punctuates career-defining playoff run
When the Celtics needed a basketball, Brown delivered, capping off a monster Game 3 second-half and a monster playoff run. Now, the Celtics are one win way away from a championship.
Kyrie Irving, Jrue Holiday know how fragile a 2-0 Finals lead can be
With the Celtics holding a 2-0 lead over the Mavericks, Jrue Holiday’s experience as a Buck in 2021 – and Kyrie Irving’s in 2016 — both serve as reminders of how quickly the tides can turn in a series.
Payton Pritchard’s buzzer-beating three-pointer is the play of the night
Pritchard has only scored three points so far in these NBA Finals — but they were the biggest points of the series.