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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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Closing in on the 2nd Seed

The Knicks (the Knicks!) just beat Orlando on the road, meaning the standings look like this:

Boston 60-19

Orlando 58-21

So the C’s are two games up with three games to play. To review, the C’s next three games are: @ Cavs, @ Sixers; home to the Wizards on the second game of a back-to-back

Orlando finishes with three lottery teams: @ Nets, @ Bucks and home against Charlotte

If I’m going through the tie-breakers correctly, the C’s clinch the second seed with either a single Magic loss or a single C’s win–their magic number, to use some baseball talk, is one. The teams split head to head (2-2), so the next tie-breaker is conference record. The C’s are 39-10 against the Eastern Conference; the Magic are 36-13, meaning the only way Orlando can win a tie-break against the Celtics is to win all three of their remaining games while the C’s finish on a three-game skid. (That same scenario, obviously, would put Orlando ahead by a game in the standings, rendering the tie-breaker moot). 

So…we’re almost there. But Orlando should go 3-0 in their final three games, forcing the C’s to snag a win in order to secure the second seed. Obviously, the games at Cleveland and at Philly are not going to be gimmes, not with Philly within range of the fifth seed–and the eighth seed. So, in theory, it could come down to that Wizards game on tax day–and on the second half of a back-to-back.

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