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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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Bring On The Heat: C’s 107, Nets 92

The C’s, well they have a history of flipping switches. We saw it firsthand this year. They’ve done it all preseason long in the second halves of game. Tonight may have been the most impressive example after falling behind by 12 in the opening frame, Boston outscored New Jersey by 34 points over the next twenty eight minutes on their way to an easy victory to wrap up the preseason at a 7-1 clip.

Now don’t be too fooled here. It’s easy to flip a switch when you are playing the Atlantic Division, but Boston looked damn good tonight. You want balance? All five of the starters scored at least 8 points in limited minutes.

Paul Pierce led the way with an efficient 17 points on 6 of 9 shooting, getting into the lane at will and finishing with a one handed throwdown off a fast break feed from Rajon Rondo.

Shaquille O’Neal put together easily his best performance of the exhibition year with 12 points on 4/5 shooting, with 9 rebounds, 2 assists and even 80% shooting from the line (4/5). The guy cleaned up the defensive glass all night long with strong outlets that let Rajon Rondo (12 assists) get off to the races with ease all night long.

Ray Allen took the game over for a portion of the 3rd quarter with 14 big points on 4/4 shooting. It was a masterpiece to watch all together. More to come, but make no mistake people, this team is ready for the regular season and more motivated than ever.

Postgame reaction on the way……

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