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Avery Bradley Likely Done For Season

On the back of a horrific game six performance, Gary Washburn of the Globe piled on with more bad news: Avery Bradley is almost certainly done for the season. Washburn: A source close to Bradley told the Globe that it’s in the “high 90s” percentile that Bradley will be shut down and will perhaps need [...]

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3 days ago

Game 6 Will Be Wednesday Night at 8pm on ESPN

After the Thunder finished up their series by routinely dismantling the Lakers last night to send them packing in five games, a time has been announced for the C’s-Sixers Game 6 on Wednesday night. It will tipoff shortly after 8pm on ESPN. Looking ahead in the postseason, if the C’s do win Game 6, and [...]

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3 days ago

Highlight: Rondo Leads The Break

I love this decision-making from Rajon Rondo. While leading the break, you can see him eyeballing Ray Allen, who runs the wing and spots up on the arc. The Sixers have a 1-2 disadvantage but are mostly concerned about Allen’s three balls, which allows Mickael Pietrus to make an unmolested baseline cut behind the defense. [...]

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4 days ago

Celtics-Sixers Game 5 Tips off at 7pm

A note to all you local C’s fans out there that may be attending the game tonight at TD Garden. The game will start just after 7pm and will be broadcast nationally on TNT. However, unlike most TNT regular season games during the season, the tip will not come 15-20 minutes after the scheduled start [...]

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12 days ago

(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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12 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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Irresistible Force Meets Very Movable Object: C’s Demolish Bobcats 93-62

ESPN Box Score • Queen City Hoops • Rufus On Fire

Pace: 88.7 (very slow)

Offensive Efficiency: 104.8 points/100 possessions (middle-of-the-pack)

Defensive Efficiency: 69.9 points/100 possessions (beyond elite; it was as if the C’s were playing a group of middle school girls).

This is how it started:

And this is how it ended:

In between, the Celtics toyed with their overmatched foes from North Carolina in a game reminiscent of the many blowouts during the 2007-08 championship season. The Celtics quietly built a 42-32 halftime lead by holding the Bobcats to 0 points on the fast break and 0 points from behind the arc. Then Boston choked off the lifeless Charlotte offense (34.5 efg%) in the third quarter and this thing devolved into a rout, and a tenth straight Celtics win.

Ray Allen and Glen Davis paced the C’s with 16 points apiece, Rajon Rondo held DJ Augustin scoreless and Kevin Garnett managed another double-double (13 points, 11 rebounds) in 23 easy minutes. In addition, Semih Erden got some serious run tonight, tallying 41 regular and garbage-time minutes, and registering 10 points and 7 rebounds.

In summary – it was everything you could possibly want from a mid-December game against an inferior opponent. The Celtics continue their torrid stretch and with each passing win, they position themselves better for the playoffs.

Next up – almost four full days off before a meeting with the red-hot New York Knicks (did I just write that?) on Wednesday night.

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