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Avery Bradley Likely Done For Season

On the back of a horrific game six performance, Gary Washburn of the Globe piled on with more bad news: Avery Bradley is almost certainly done for the season. Washburn: A source close to Bradley told the Globe that it’s in the “high 90s” percentile that Bradley will be shut down and will perhaps need [...]

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2 days ago

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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3 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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11 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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A Half-Dozen Anonymous Scouts Think the Celtics are Good

Not to belittle Ian Thomsen’s always-great work at SI, but I’m not sure how much value I can place on a poll of  a “half-dozen advance and personnel scouts” in predicting the upcoming season. It’s a testament to Thomsen’s reporting that he can get six scouts to offer up predictions, but six is a small number and I have no way of knowing how representative their views are. Still, though, I read those little anonymous scout blurbs in every issue of SI during the season. I’m a sucker for insider talk.

In any case, people like predictions, and they like scouts, and so here we are. Thomsen’s scouting buddies like the C’s and the Cavs in the East, with not one picking the Magic to go to the Finals. Hooray, more gist for Stan Van Gundy’s bogus “nobody respects ups” schtick. Awesome.

In any case, three of the six scouts have the C’s advancing to the Finals, and one has them winning the title over LA. (The other two have the C’s losing to LA and the Spurs, respectively).

So, yeah. Again, the most significant thing I can say about this poll is that I really hope Stan Van Gundy doesn’t see it.

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