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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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How to Beat Orlando, In Numbers

The following are the Magic’s average shot attempts per game from various distances in the regular season and in this series against Boston. 

                                                       Regular Season                                  Boston Series

Overall FGAs                                         77.9                                                       74.0

Overall FTAs                                         26.0                                                        32.0 

At rim                                                   24.1                                                          24.0

< 10 feet **                                         8.3                                                            13.0

10-15 ft                                                5.6                                                              7.5

16-23 ft                                               12.6                                                             9.5

3-pointers                                           27.3                                                             20.0

**Does not include shots at rim

You see what’s going on here in the numbers?

The C’s are allowing Orlando fewer of the shots they like best—threes—and forcing them to take more mid-range twos, the toughest shots in the NBA, particularly against a defensive beast like Boston. 

Oh: And they’re also sending the Magic to the line a ton. The Magic were the 2nd-worst free throw shooting team in the league this season, thanks largely to Dwight Howard’s continued awfulness at the line. None of this is by accident.

If someone doesn’t hire Tom Thibodeau as their head coach this off-season, I’m going to start wondering if there’s just something about his personality or his style that turns teams off. Because the numbers say this guy knows how to coach defense and game plan as well as anyone in the league.

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