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Avery Bradley Likely Done For Season

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Game 6 Will Be Wednesday Night at 8pm on ESPN

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Highlight: Rondo Leads The Break

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Celtics-Sixers Game 5 Tips off at 7pm

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(Video) Rajon Rondo Continues To Dominate In Postgame Interview

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12 days ago

Video: Full Kevin Garnett Reaction After Game 1

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Game 68/82: Celtics (43-24) at Rockets (35-31)

 

Moochie Ain't Walkin' Through That Door Ladies and Gents!

 

Boston at Houston
8:30 P.M. EST.
TD Garden
Local TV/Radio: CSN/WEEI

Offensive Efficiency:

Boston: 107.2 points/100 possessions (15th)

Rockets: 107.3 points/100 possessions (14th)

Defensive Efficiency:

Boston: 102.3 points allowed/100 possessions (1st)

Rockets: 106.9 points allowed/100 possessions (15th)

Probable Rockets starters:

Aaron Brooks, Kevin Martin, Chuck Hayes, Luis Scola, Trevor Ariza

Injury Report

Rockets: OUT: Yao Ming PROBABLE: Kyle Lowry

Thumbnail: The Rockets have been playing really well as of late and might actually be the tougher Texas team to beat this weekend.  With notable wins against Memphis, San Antonio, and Denver within their last ten games, it’s pretty clear that Houston not only made out like bandits at the trade deadline, but also won’t go down easy tonight.  The Celtics need a win they can hang their hats on and tonight would do just fine.

The Bad News

Like I wrote above, the Rockets made out like bandits at the trade deadline.  They gave up one of their best players for one of the King’s best players yet come out looking like geniuses with the improved play of Luis Scola.  Scola has stepped up admirably filling in for the departed Carl Landry.  Unfortunately for the Celtics, Scola is another energy player in the Anderson Verajao mold the Celtics hate to play.

The Rockets also have a unique mix of offensive fire power (sporting players like Aaron Brooks and Kevin Martin) and defense prowess (Trevor Ariza and Shane Battier).

The Good News

This Rockets team usually goes as Aaron Brooks goes.  Brooks is an incredibly fast point guard with which Rajon Rondo just happens to matchup well.  Couple that with Nate Robinson matching up well with Brooks’ backup, Kyle Lowry, and things already seem to be looking green.

Scola may be an effective energy player who is playing very well as of late, but he’s not as good as Kevin Garnett and he is barely bigger than Glen Davis.  The bottom line is that the on paper matchups overwhelmingly favor the Celtics.

What I want to “C” tonight:

I feel like a broken record, but it seems like every game I preview is the perfect game to get Shelden Williams off his butt.  The Rockets rely on the bulk of their bigs (Hayes and Scola) and it would behoove the C’s to use Shelden to push them around a bit.

The Celtics also need to maintain the intensity.  I believe the Celtics have put the kibosh on their tendency to get caught looking past the task at hand.  After losing a devastating game to Cleveland, they came out and smacked Detroit in the mouth and never let up.  The C’s of six weeks ago could easily be thinking Dirk instead of Aaron, but I believe these C’s know what they need to do.

Prediction

Celtics 105, Houston 95 Why? Because I can, that’s why.

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