Good news and bad news for the Boston sports teams on Wednesday night.
Let’s start with the good. That would be Isaiah Thomas and the Boston Celtics getting a 104-97 win over the New Orleans Pelicans Thomas scored 32 points for the Celtics, who improved to 46-32 on the season.
The Celtics are tied with the Hawks for the third seed in the Eastern Conference. They are only a half game ahead of the Heat and one game ahead of the Hornets, who are currently the number six seed. The Celtics will host the Bucks on Friday night, before finishing the regular season with the Hawks, Hornets, and Heat.
The bad news would be the performance by Clay Buchholz. The Red Sox fell behind early as Buchholz struggled and the Cleveland Indians took advantage for a 7-6 win. The Red Sox battled back to take a lead on homers from Brock Holt, David Ortiz, and Hanley Ramirez. The Ortiz and Ramirez homers were back to back in the sixth inning. Mike Napoli hit a home run off Junichi Tazawa in the seventh inning to hand the Red Sox their first loss of the season. Buchholz allowed five earned runs in four innings. The Red Sox will try to take the season opening series when they send Joe Kelly to the mound for a 6:10 scheduled start on Thursday night.
