Thursday Morning Links

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Celtics are close-minded for Game 6: Call it the first Game 6 1/2 in NBA history. The Celtics and Bulls have participated in the lengthiest five-game playoff series ever, twice going to overtime and once to double overtime. That’s an extra 20 minutes of playing time. And the extra sessions, combined with the excessive intensity caused by tight games, could start to take a toll. [Boston.com]

Don’t worry, they’re up to the minutes: Let’s take a minute to talk about minutes. You’ve got the three-minute egg, four-minute mile, six-minute abs, Minute Maid OJ, minute rice, UMass Minutemen, the Doobie Brothers’ “Minute by Minute,” and everybody’s favorite, the New York Minute. And then you’ve got those ever-expanding “minutes played” in the NBA playoff box scores. [Boston.com]

Backup plan hits snag: Celtics subs struggle for points, minutes: It was scary enough for the Celtics to be down by 11 points in the fourth quarter of Game 5, and they were more than a little wary as they flew to Chicago with a tenuous 3-2 lead in their first-round playoff series with the Bulls. But if you’re looking for something truly frightening – a real nightmare of Causeway Street – how does 125-63 grab you? [BostonHerald.com]

Doc Rivers’ cure-all? Keep moving forward: Rivers holding things together for gritty Celtics: Back when he was young and everyone still called him Glenn, Doc Rivers’ face would flush when he got mad. “Red as a beet,” is how his uncle, Jim Brewer, described the phenomenon that took place in the back seat of his family car. Brewer’s father — known as Papa to the Rivers kids — would be at the wheel, Brewer in the front passenger seat, and Glenn and his older brother, Grady Jr., in the back. [BostonHerald.com]

NBA: No penalty for Rondo’s hard foul on Miller: The NBA said Boston Celtics point guard Rajon Rondo won’t be penalized for his hard foul on Chicago’s Brad Miller in the closing seconds of Game 5. NBA commissioner David Stern said Wednesday night in Atlanta before the Hawks-Miami Heat game that no flagrant foul call on Rondo was the right call. [WEEI.com]