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(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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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...

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Game 75/82: C’s (47-27) vs. Rockets (37-37)

Offensive Efficiency: Boston: 107.1 points/100 possessions (16th) Houston: 107.0 points/100 possessions...

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KG Fined 25K for Comparing Durant to MJ

Okay, so maybe that wasn’t the entire reason. ESPNBoston.com gives us the full scoop: Boston Celtics forward...

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“When The Game Was Ours” Excerpt of the Day

“When the Game Was Ours” has been my morning subway ride reading for the last two weeks. I’m...

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Are the C’s a Bigger Underdog Than We Realize?

If you read TrueHoop, you probably saw that ESPN and AccuScore introduced a mega-addictive Playoff Predictor,...

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Thursday Practice Report: Doc on Home Court Advantage

Greetings from Waltham, as the C’s have wrapped up a short practice session before gearing up for a showdown...

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Perk: The Straight Shooter

If there’s one man in the C’s locker room that you can count on to give you an honest assessment of...

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Shooting 59 Percent and Losing

The Celtics shot 59.5 percent against Oklahoma City and lost. How rare a thing is this? Since the 1987 season (the...

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