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Game 6 Will Be Wednesday Night at 8pm on ESPN

After the Thunder finished up their series by routinely dismantling the Lakers last night to send them packing in five games, a time has been announced for the C’s-Sixers Game 6 on Wednesday night. It will tipoff shortly after 8pm on ESPN. Looking ahead in the postseason, if the C’s do win Game 6, and [...]

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23 hours ago

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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2 days ago

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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9 days ago

(Video) Rajon Rondo Continues To Dominate In Postgame Interview

Rajon Rondo is a tremendous player, but he tends to have a little bit of an issue scoring the ball late in games. I won’t go as far as saying he is scared, but he does pass up shots and defer to teammates in crunch-time….well a lot. Last night though may have been his coming [...]

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10 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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10 days ago

The Enemies List: Philadelphia, Part II

Before every playoff series this season, we’re doing some rundowns on the opposing roster for each team. Now that the Hawks have been dispensed with, we’re onto the Sixers. Here’s Part II. Players are listed in alphabetical order. Andre Iguodala: There are five guys in the league who have a claim on the title of [...]

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Frozen Moments: Games 1 and 2

In close playoff games, fans tend to remember plays during crunch time, but the the truth is that every possession matters in games as closely fought as these first two against Chicago. Throughout the playoffs, I’ll highlight one play in every close game that sticks in my mind as an overlooked basketball nugget. This is totally subjective; feel free to add your own in the comments.

Frozen Moment, Game 2: Perk’s Momentum Killing Turnover: First Quarter, 6:47 to go: The Celtics are killing it to open Game 2. Derrick Rose has two fouls, Rajon Rondo is in the middle of arguably the best quarter of his life and the C’s are up 20-8. Ben Gordon misses a long jumper, which Kendrick Perkins rebounds with Joakim Noah on his back. The crowd is on fire. Noah does a little stunt back toward midcourt, convincing Perk it’s safe to toss an easy pass to Rajon Rondo, who’s about 10 feet away to Perk’s right. Noah sees it coming, steals the ball and dunks it. 20-10, and the first Bulls play that slowed the C’s momentum and got Doug Collins talking about “withstanding the Celtics punch to the mouth.”

Frozen Moment, Game 1: Ray Allen’s missed dunk. I watched this game from a hotel room in Washington, D.C., so I haven’t been able to rewatch a recording of it–meaning I can’t remember exactly what led to Ray Allen attempting a slam dunk. It was 49-42 Bulls with 1:12 left in the second quarter. From what I remember, Ray was bringing the ball up on what might be classified as a slow/secondary break, and the Bulls defenders failed to stop ball or protect the paint. So Ray accelerated through the middle and rose for a lay-in…only he attempted a one-handed dunk and bounced it off the back rim. It looked like he decided to go for the slam in midair, perhaps figuring the Celtics needed an emphatic reminder that they were the Champs. 

I can’t remember when Ray Allen last attempted a dunk in any circumstance other than wide open fast break. I was so shocked I actually tweeted about it on the Twitter. Next time, just lay it up, please.

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