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Highlight: Rondo Leads The Break

I love this decision-making from Rajon Rondo. While leading the break, you can see him eyeballing Ray Allen, who runs the wing and spots up on the arc. The Sixers have a 1-2 disadvantage but are mostly concerned about Allen’s three balls, which allows Mickael Pietrus to make an unmolested baseline cut behind the defense. [...]

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Celtics-Sixers Game 5 Tips off at 7pm

A note to all you local C’s fans out there that may be attending the game tonight at TD Garden. The game will start just after 7pm and will be broadcast nationally on TNT. However, unlike most TNT regular season games during the season, the tip will not come 15-20 minutes after the scheduled start [...]

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(Video) Rajon Rondo Continues To Dominate In Postgame Interview

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9 days ago

Video: Full Kevin Garnett Reaction After Game 1

Garnett followed up his season-best effort against Atlanta in Game 6 with a new season-high in points and another sensational double-double, as well 60 percent shooting (12-of-20) from the field. Over his past two contests, Garnett is averaging 28.5 points, 12.5 rebounds, two steals and four blocks a game. After the game, KG was candid [...]

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9 days ago

The Enemies List: Philadelphia, Part II

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10 days ago

NBA: Hawks Should Have Had Free Throw on Last-Second Foul

Mike Fratello had it right: the NBA announced today that Al Horford should have been given a free throw on Marquis Daniels’s off-ball foul at the end of Thursday’s game. At the time, ref Eric Lewis ruled that Daniels’s foul had occurred after the throw-in, making him probably the only person in the arena who [...]

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Big Baby Jumper Watch

Here’s some pictorial/statistical evidence for something we’ve all noticed in the last couple of weeks: Big Baby is shooting better.

Big Baby’s last five games, courtesy of NBA.com’s hot spots:

That’s 12-of-22 on jumpers (54.5 percent). And here’s Baby’s chart for the entire season:

That adds up to 49-of-121 on jumpers (excluding the threes), or 40 percent. Not good.

What’s also interesting here is that Baby has also been finishing a little better around the rim lately. For the season, as you see, he’s at 49 percent (57-of-116)–not really what you want out of a big guy. Earlier this month, Doc said Baby was having a difficult time finishing because he was going up expecting to get fouled instead of trying to finish strong. Maybe he was onto something. Baby’s never going to finish with the ferocity of Shaq or Nene, but he has been going up stronger lately and using the glass well. 

Word of caution: The numbers (on jumpers, at least) don’t really extend beyond the last five games. In his last 10 games, Baby is 14-of-28 on mid-range jumpers. That looks good, but it means he was just 2-of-6 in the first set of five games before hoisting ‘em up in the last give. Still, if he can keep it up, the increased confidence will mean something come June.

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