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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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“No Basket! Celtics Win!” How Instant Replay Helped The C’s Beat LA

With all the hoopla surrounding instant replay and the Brad Miller non-buzzer beater last night in the Bulls-Nuggets game in Chicago, I figured it would be a good time to take a stroll down memory lane.

The year was 2002 and the Celtics were up against the Defending Champion Lakers. Kenny Anderson and Antoine Walker led the way with a young Paul Pierce for the Green against Shaq, Kobe and company, a year after Shaq had given PP his “Truth” nickname. The Celtics had battled all the way back from a double digit deficit in the final minutes of the 4th quarter in The Staples Center, bringing us to a riveting conclusion.

The clip shows the final two minutes of the contest, including an replay review of Kobe’s final shot, which was just as close if not closer to the buzzer than Brad Miller’s was from last night. You guys can be the judge on that.

In any case, I have had this clip stored in my YouTube favorites for awhile, so now seems like as good of a time as any to break it out. The non-buzzer beater takes place at 1:29, but in all honesty, the entire 3:30 clip is worth watching from Toine’s bank 3 giving the C’s the lead with 1 second left, to the C’s giddy celebration to the locker room when the final shot was ruled to be no good. Enjoy.  

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