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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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A Chance: Game 5 Open Thread

Here is the 12,195th-most important reason it would be great if the Celtics could win tonight: My Memorial Day...

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I Knew This Would Happen Sooner or Later…

Last year the Celtics and Magic had a fairly epic Eastern Conference Finals series lasting seven games in which...

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Rondo: Spasms (Or Are They Cramps) Aren’t a Concern

Via ESPNBoston.com’s Chris Forsberg: “I’m feeling better, I’m fine,” Rondo said at...

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Mid-Day Notebook: Howard’s Game, Celtic History, Obama Picks the Lakers

• Do yourselves a favor and go read this post at Orlando Pinstriped Post about how efficiently Dwight Howard has...

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Video: Staggered Screens, And The Importance of Rashard Lewis as Screener

Magic Basketball brings us the stat of the series: In Games 1-3, the Magic ran 33 screen/rolls combined. They ran...

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A Missed Opportunity: A Look At The Last Play of Regulation

An opportunity. It’s all the Celtics could have hoped for. Faced with a seven point deficit, with just over two...

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Report: Hornets to Make offer to Thibodeau

You knew it was coming; Boston’s defense has been too good for too long, and with its re-emergence as a...

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What Does This Quote Remind You Of?

Stan Van Gundy, via Adrian Wojnarowski’s jarringly gleeful evisceration of Vince Carter at Yahoo!: “At...

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Not Enough: Orlando 96, Boston 92

ESPN Recap • Orlando Pinstriped Post • Magic Basketball Pace: 92 possessions (slow given the OT) Offensive...

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Closing Time? Game 4 Open Thread

Saturday night, the Boston Celtics sucked the life out of the Orlando Magic, imposing their will on both ends of...

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