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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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3 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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4 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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12 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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Irrelevant and Gratuitous Fun at the Clippers’ Expense

Our younger readers may not know that in 1978, the owners of the Celtics and the Buffalo Braves—both crazy guys who made bad personnel decisions and didn’t really belong in the NBA—somehow convinced the league to let them swap franchises. The owner who ended up with the Braves—a guy named Irv Levin—moved the Buffalo franchise to Los Angeles San Diego and renamed them the Clippers. As part of the transaction, the Clips (sorta) blew a chance to land the right to the C’s 1978 draft pick that became Larry Bird. 

Why is this relevant?

It’s not really. But I thought of the C’s/Clips connection last night when I checked the box scores from the teams’ Friday night games. The C’s hit 58.4 percent from the floor, and since 2007, Boston has won every game in which they’ve hit at least 57 percent of their field goal attempts, according to Basketball Reference. (Record: 14-0). 

The Clippers shot 57.5 percent from the floor and Friday and lost to Charlotte by eight.

For the season, teams leaguewide are now 74-7 in games in which they hit at least 57 percent of their shots, according to BR.

The Clippers are responsible for two of those seven losses.

Happy Saturday.

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