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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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1 day 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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10 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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Respect the Beast

Dwight Howard in seven post-season games against Boston:

16.4 points per game

55 percent shooting (6.4-of-11.7 on average)  

6.6 free throw attempts/game

17.1 rebounds per game (4.1 offensive)

10 total assists

Dwight Howard in four post-season games against the Cavs:

22.75 points per game

61.5 percent shooting (on 13 FGAs per game)

9.5 free throw attempts per game

13.4 rebounds per game (3.75 offensive)

11 total assists

The FTAs and the assist numbers are actually the most interesting to me. They show that Perkins was able to defend Howard a) without fouling and b) without the kind of help that facilitates Orlando’s inside-out game. 

When people talk about the Magic being a bad match-up for the Cavs, it starts with the fact that Cleveland has no one that can guard Howard. The Celtics do.

Suddenly being a win away from eliminating Orlando looks pretty damn good, huh? 

Think the Cavs wish the C’s had finished the job? 

Oh, and Mo Williams is now 21-of-57 in this series. His two most accurate tosses of the series were his inbounds pass to LeBron to set up the Game 2 winner and his Clemens-esque beaning of Howard. Keep yapping, Mo.

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