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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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2 days 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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11 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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11 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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When Your Girlfriend Prefers Lavender to Basketball

612454-dino_radja_largeMy girlfriend, who grew up in Croatia and visits every August, kindly cut her trip a bit short to fly back to the U.S. and attend the wedding of my close friend. She had just spent a few days on Hvar, a Croatian island that has apparently become quite the high-end resort destination–especially for Croatian athletes. Among the celeb-letes who were there (according to Croatian media) at the same time as my girlfriend: Toni Kukoc, Iva Majoli and Goran Ivanisevic.

My girlfriend and I had been hanging out for about a day when, out of nowhere, the following conversation took place.

Her: “Oh, I forgot to tell you. Dino Radja walked right by us in Hvar.”

Me: “What? Dino Radja walked right by you and you’re just telling me this now?”

Her: “Well, I was too busy looking at lavender, so I didn’t see him.”

Me: “What?” (Note: I am familiar with lavender, but usually as something one smells, not looks at).

Her: (with a sheepish smile, perhaps realizing the enormity what she has disclosed): “Well, you know how much I like lavender.”

Me: “You know he played for the Celtics, right? I think he even put up a 20-10 one year.” (Note: He averaged 19.7 and 9.8 in 1996, so I was close).

Her: “Of course!”

Me: “So you missed your chance to take his picture and talk to him??”

Her: “Well, I didn’t know he was around until my sister told me he had just walked by. Then he was gone.”

In her defense, a) it’s not really reasonable to expect her to stalk Dino Radja on the street just because I happen to write for a Celtics-themed blog; and b) everyone in Croatia is giant compared to us puny Americans (this partly explains the high number of awesome athletes that come from Croatia despite the fact that only 4.5 million people live there), so a 6’11” dude walking down the street doesn’t stand out in Hvar like he would here.

In any case, the much-anticipated CelticsHub interview with Dino will have to wait. Now back to discussing the 2009 Celtics.

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