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Rondo Replacing Johnson on All-Star Team

The Herald got it right from Rondo’s agent. According to his agent, Bill Duffy, the Celtics point guard has been named to the Eastern Conference All-star roster, presumably to replace Joe Johnson, the injured Atlanta Hawks guard. This would be Rondo’s third all-star appearance. Nice birthday present for RR, who probably should have been selected [...]

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3 days ago

Comments Deleting?

We apologize if your comments are being deleted (provided that they are not offensive). We are looking into why this is happening. We also want to apologize for the lack of a game thread for last night’s game.  We had a premonition that the Celtics would play that poorly and thought if we pretended the [...]

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7 days ago

5 Questions With Greg Monroe

I talked with Detroit star forward Greg Monroe prior to the Celtics-Pistons game on Wednesday night.  Here is what the 2nd year big man out of Georgetown, who is averaging 16.4 points, 9.7 rebounds, 2.5 assists per game had to say. 1. Just your 2nd year in the league, but playing so well, were you disappointed [...]

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8 days ago

Call for Responses: 5-on-5

Readers! Last week’s responses to the 5-on-5 questions were really, really great. We had way more qualified answers than we were able to use. So we’re going to keep doing it! FOREVER. Here are this week’s questions: 1. Are you concerned about Rondo’s media boycott this week? 2. The trade deadline is less than a [...]

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11 days ago

5 Questions With Ronnie Brewer

I talked with Chicago starting guard Ronnie Brewer prior to the Celtics-Bulls game on Sunday.  Here is what the 6th year man out of Arkansas who is averaging 7.6 points, 3.1 rebounds, and 2.1 assists had to say. 1. You guys have a lot of the same players back from last year’s team which was [...]

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13 days ago

5 Questions With Josh McRoberts

I talked to Los Angeles back up big man Josh McRoberts prior to the Celtics-Lakers game Thursday night at the Garden.  Here is what the former Duke Blue Devil, who is averaging 2.9 points and 3.8 rebounds in his first year in LA, had to say. 1. How have you guys been able to deal [...]

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A Big Game

Whether it’s a case of saying the right things to the press or not, the C’s, from stars to role players, are not dismissing tonight’s Orlando game with the “it’s just a regular season game” mantra they’ve used before the other Games of the Year. 

Some samples:

Ray Allen in the Globe“We’ve been talking about Cleveland and Orlando all year. [The Magic] beat us last time here on our floor, so this is a big game for us.”

Perk: “It would mean a lot just to have the edge over them. Last year it was opposite; they were 2-1 over us.

Big Baby: “It’s a huge game; every game is huge. [Tonight] is not just a game. We have to go out there and win.

Other the other side, here’s Stan Van Gundy to the AP (via the Herald): “Homecourt, I think it’s huge. Every day, you’re playing for something.”

And there’s Doc, doing some nice double talk in the same piece: “We would like to have it, but for us, health is far more important. If you aren’t going to get the first seed, we want to be healthy, that’s the way we look at it. Obviously, we would like it and we’re going to play for it, but we feel we can win anywhere.”

I think he’s got all his bases covered, yes? 

One other note: KG is expected to play the same 15-20 minutes tonight, so the bench is going to have to play better than it did against the Clippers. I expect it will.

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