After sleepwalking through the holiday season and much of January, the Celtics are 6-1 in their last seven games. The secret to their turnaround, according to one veteran player: Luke Kornet.

The Celtics downgraded Kristaps Porzingis minutes before tipoff in Toronto and started a surprise replacement in his spot.

Horford (toe) has been ruled out for Tuesday's game against the Raptors, John Karalis of BostonSportsJournal.com reports.

Kornet's absence should clear up some extra minutes from the bench Tuesday, and his next chance to return arrives Wednesday in Detroit. With Al Horford (toe) questionable against Toronto, Neemias ...

The Boston Celtics were without several key players but still defeated the Toronto Raptors for their sixth straight win.

Despite missing nearly half of their core rotation, the Celtics dispatched the Raptors on the road for their sixth straight ...

The Celtics will be missing at least two important pieces when they visit the Toronto Raptors on Tuesday night.

Boston Celtics' Jrue Holiday (4) shoots against Toronto Raptors' Bruce Brown (11) and Scottie Barnes (4) during the first ...

BOSTON – Luke Kornet’s stay-ready mindset was put to the test Monday night. He learned just minutes before tip-off that he’d be filling in for an injured Al Horford in Boston’s starting ...

Luke Kornet got the start over Al Horford at center, a move which was announced mere moments before the opening tip in Houston’s 114-112 win over the Celtics. Horford has been originally listed ...

Jrue Holiday and Al Horford headline the Boston Celtics ' injury report going into Tuesday's game against the Toronto Raptors ...