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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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KD: C’s Should Sit Pierce

Kelly Dwyer saw what most observant watchers saw yesterday: Paul Pierce’s thumb injury is impacting the Truth’s shooting—badly. And Dwyer, writing as always at Yahoo!, is calling for Pierce to sit out until he gets right (or closer to right), something Doc (and Pierce) mentioned as a possibility after yesterday’s loss at Denver.

Here’s KD:

The guy’s been shooting the ball a certain way for two decades now, and that certain way has been taken away. Technically, the thumb shouldn’t have a huge roll in how that rock rolls out of your hand and to the hoop, but any change in the routine is bound to create chaos. You overcompensate. You think too much. Or even if you achieve nirvana, passing on the compensation, declining to ponder as you pull up, you’re still shooting a basketball on national TV with four fingers and no guiding thumb. No matter your particular outlook, the shot is not going to be the same.

Which is why Paul needs to sit. For as long as it takes.

And, then, this:

I’m not going to tell you that the Celtics can afford for him to take a break, because they cannot. ThoughRay Allen is having a throwback month and Kevin Garnett actually caught and finished an alley-oop yesterday, the C’s are in a dogfight. Every win counts…The goal is a championship. And if it means losing home court advantage to the Hawks in the second round, so be it.

So, what do you think: Sit Pierce for a prolonged period, even if it means losing ground to Orlando and Atlanta?

I think the answer is clear.

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