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Rondo Replacing Johnson on All-Star Team

The Herald got it right from Rondo’s agent. According to his agent, Bill Duffy, the Celtics point guard has been named to the Eastern Conference All-star roster, presumably to replace Joe Johnson, the injured Atlanta Hawks guard. This would be Rondo’s third all-star appearance. Nice birthday present for RR, who probably should have been selected [...]

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3 days ago

Comments Deleting?

We apologize if your comments are being deleted (provided that they are not offensive). We are looking into why this is happening. We also want to apologize for the lack of a game thread for last night’s game.  We had a premonition that the Celtics would play that poorly and thought if we pretended the [...]

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7 days ago

5 Questions With Greg Monroe

I talked with Detroit star forward Greg Monroe prior to the Celtics-Pistons game on Wednesday night.  Here is what the 2nd year big man out of Georgetown, who is averaging 16.4 points, 9.7 rebounds, 2.5 assists per game had to say. 1. Just your 2nd year in the league, but playing so well, were you disappointed [...]

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8 days ago

Call for Responses: 5-on-5

Readers! Last week’s responses to the 5-on-5 questions were really, really great. We had way more qualified answers than we were able to use. So we’re going to keep doing it! FOREVER. Here are this week’s questions: 1. Are you concerned about Rondo’s media boycott this week? 2. The trade deadline is less than a [...]

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11 days ago

5 Questions With Ronnie Brewer

I talked with Chicago starting guard Ronnie Brewer prior to the Celtics-Bulls game on Sunday.  Here is what the 6th year man out of Arkansas who is averaging 7.6 points, 3.1 rebounds, and 2.1 assists had to say. 1. You guys have a lot of the same players back from last year’s team which was [...]

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13 days ago

5 Questions With Josh McRoberts

I talked to Los Angeles back up big man Josh McRoberts prior to the Celtics-Lakers game Thursday night at the Garden.  Here is what the former Duke Blue Devil, who is averaging 2.9 points and 3.8 rebounds in his first year in LA, had to say. 1. How have you guys been able to deal [...]

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One of Those Nights: Rockets 119, Celtics 114 (OT)

Tonight, the Rockets came into this contest without Shane Battier, Kevin Martin and Trevor Ariza. On paper, there was no way these guys could hang with the C’s. They were dressing nine guys with two of them barely belonging on an NBA roster.

Things looked to be going to plan, in the early stages of the 1st quarter as C’s built a 22-11 lead, but unsurprisingly, the C’s let Houston back into it, giving up 32 for the first frame and we suddenly had a ballgame on our hands.

The C’s offense was there all night, but the defense, minus a 6 minute stretch at the start of the 4th quarter, wasn’t. Give Houston credit, they made the big shots when they needed to, behind Chase Budinger and Aaron Brooks, who hit the game tying 3 ball with 9 seconds left, but the C’s kept the door open all night long, especially late in the 4th quarter, and the Rockets took advantage of it.

A couple quick thoughts on this one before more analysis in the morning

* Luis Scola, Brooks and Budinger were the three headed monster tonight, all playing 45 plus minutes, combining for 81 of Houston’s 119 points. C’s had no answer for any of these guys. Scola and Brooks we knew about, but C’s made Budinger look like an All-Star tonight.

* Consider Tony Allen officially ahead of Marquis Daniels on the depth chart after tonight’s effort. Doc dug deep tonight into the bench to find some flow and consistency and he got it from TA, Shelden, Sheed, Finley and Rondo leading the way.

* Paul Pierce is too banged up right now to create his own shot off the dribble in closing situations.

* Ray Allen fouled out in just 16 minutes of playing time. Nice to see team score 114 points without him, but his presence for the final 9 minutes of this contest hurt this team’s chances immensly.

* Other good news from this game, how good Perk looked on the post offensively. Moved around well, scored 7 of 10 field goals against Houston’s non-centers. The rebounding however, especially on the C’s starting front line was an issue, as Perk and KG combined for 5 and 3 boards.

* Nate Robinson is doing nothing for this team right now. This could change, but he’s been resigned to Eddie House on the offensive end, except he is shooting 3′s with less accuracy.

That’s it for now. Frustrating loss. Ugly loss. Quotes from the locker room and additional analysis on the way tomorrow.

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