The Boston Celtics are winless through their first three games of the 2025-26 season, putting the NBA's most storied franchise in an unfamiliar spot.

It did not take long for Celtics rookie Hugo Gonzalez to make an impression with his new team after his NBA regular season debut on Friday night. Joe Mazzulla gave the 19-year-old the starting nod in the Celtics’ 119-113 loss to the Pistons on Sunday, giving him the assignment of hounding All-Star Cade Cunningham and other Pistons ball handlers.

For the first time since the 2013-14 season, the Boston Celtics have opened their campaign with three straight losses. Their latest setback, a 119-113 defeat to the Detroit Pistons on Sunday, has left the team searching for answers and perspective after a surprisingly sluggish start.

Boston Celtics head coach Joe Mazzulla had a message for his team after a second-half collapse against the Detroit Pistons, which dropped the 2024 NBA champs to

The Celtics are 0-3 to start a season for the first time since 2013-14, which is also the last time they missed the playoffs.

The Boston Celtics and New Orleans Pelicans meet at the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans, Louisiana on Monday.

Today in Boston Celtics history, Richard "Rick" Preston Carlisle was born in Ogdensburg, New York in 1959. Carlisle played his NCAA basketball with Maine and Virginia, transferring from the former to the latter before leading Virginia to a Final Four loss to Hakeem Olajuwon's Houston Cougars in 1984.

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