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4 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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4 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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4 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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4 days ago

NBA: Hawks Should Have Had Free Throw on Last-Second Foul

Mike Fratello had it right: the NBA announced today that Al Horford should have been given a free throw on Marquis Daniels’s off-ball foul at the end of Thursday’s game. At the time, ref Eric Lewis ruled that Daniels’s foul had occurred after the throw-in, making him probably the only person in the arena who [...]

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7 days ago

Game 6 Time Set For Thursday Night

Boston will face off with the Hawks on Thursday night at 8pm at TD Garden. The broadcast can be seen on TNT or CSN locally. There was a risk that it would be a 6pm tip for Boston-Atlanta, if the Nuggets failed to extend the series last night against the Lakers. That would have created [...]

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8 days ago

Atlanta Shakes Up Starting Five For Game 5

Desperate times call for desperate measures and after a blowout in Game 4, Atlanta’s head coach Larry Drew is going to shake things up a bit and add some bulk to his starting five at each position. Kirk Hinrich and Jason Collins will head to the bench, while Marvin Williams will be inserted at small [...]

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Pierce Out “Indefinitely”/”Day-to-Day”

Is there  a more misleading word in sports reporting right now than “indefinitely”? When you read the...

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Game 55/82: Knicks (19-36) @ C’s (35-19)

New York at Boston 7:30 P.M. EST. TD Garden Local TV/Radio: CSN/WEEI Offensive Efficiency: Boston: 106.8...

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Video: The Many Wanderings of Rajon Rondo

Preface: I love Rajon Rondo. He does almost everything well on both sides of the ball, but the one knock the NBA...

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Andris Biedrins and the Ghost of Boston’s Garfield Smith

I’m going to be totally honest: The name Garfield Smith meant very little to me until about two hours ago....

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Pierce to Sit a Week?

That’s what SI’s Ian Thomsen just Tweeted. Thomsen is at the Garden for the premiere of the HBO movie...

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Video: Weekend Highlights

Now that the lowlights are out of the way, let’s look at some good things that happened in both the Portland...

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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...

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Video: Denver Shreds the D

This is the first of three video reviews highlighting some good and bad stuff that happened in Portland and...

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Celtics Lose: Pierce’s Jekyll and Hyde Impression

Celtics 105, Nuggets 114 ESPN Recap • Roundball Mining Company • Denver Stiffs The Celtics essentially dug...

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Sunday Notebook: The C’s Are Old, They Can’t Guard the Ball and House is on Fire

• Rarely does a quote from a player or coach jump out at me as much as this one from Doc Rivers on the state of...

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