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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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3 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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Christmas Eve Fun: All-Time Signs of the Apocalypse

One of the nice things about being home is that my parents still subscribe to dozens of print magazines. Almost any magazine I’d actually want to read is sitting on our coffee table. Among them is Sports Illustrated.

And SI’s decade in review issue has a list of its best “They Said It” and “Signs of the Apocalypse” items. The C’s feature in three:

Nov. 20, 2000: A Celtics charter flight was delayed for two hours because of smoke emanating from steaks sizzling in the galley.

I am not quite sure why this was considered so apocalyptic.

Oct. 31, 2005: A man who pleaded guilty to charges of robbery and intent to kill asked to have three years added to his 30-year sentence so his prison term would match Larry Bird’s jersey number.

Now this I understand. If you’re going away for a while, you might as well have something to smile about, right? As someone who will turn 33 years old in 2010, I completely get this. (Note to friends: Bird-related memorabilia will make a great gift).

They said it: Feb. 11, 2008: Doc Rivers, after being asked how long Kevin Garnett would be out with a strained abdominal muscle: “You know Doc’s a nickname, correct?”

Ah, for the days when KG’s abdominal muscle, and not his knee, made us all panic.

Bonus Terry Francona  “They Said It” from Aug. 16, 2004. Francona on Kevin Youkilis, whom Billy Beane nicknamed the Greek God of Walks throughout the book “Moneyball”:

“I’ve seen him in the shower, and I wouldn’t call him the Greek god of anything.”

Francona just oozes old-school baseball.

Merry Christmas, all. I’ll be back tomorrow with a mammoth preview of the Orlando game, and Brian and Brendan will take you home from there.

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