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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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2 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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3 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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11 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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Scattered Thoughts and Highlights: Celtics Over Pacers

While today’s Celtics’ win lacked the certain pizazz and excitement Celtics’ fans have grown accustomed to witnessing, a win is a win.  The overall game may have played out to less-than-exciting but it certainly had its moments.

Like the one above, for instance. This gem came in the first quarter when Shaquille O’Neal still has his legs (and wind) under him.  For all of Shaq’s defensive shortcomings, he is extremely reliable when it comes to giving Celtics’ fans one crowd-pleasing-rim-rocking dunk a game.  These dunks are not without their ancillary benefits.  The two (sometimes three) points are great, but these dunks can be demoralizing to opposing players and can really get a crowd into a game.

This guy looks happy, Jeff Foster does not.

Just prior to this alley oop dunk, Kevin Garnett gave a really nice feed to Shaq for a running dunk. Just prior to Shaq’s running dunk, KG made a doubly-sweet crossover on Jeff Foster. Seriously, Jeff Foster had a rough go of it today. Anyway, enjoy:

It wasn’t just the Celtics offense that made the highlight reel tonight.  There was also this little moment where Paul Pierce LeBron’s Darren Collison:

Nate Robinson deserves almost as much credit as Pierce does for this basket prevention maneuver.  My heart flutters every time I see Nate Robinson contest a shot without fouling.

The next two highlights are two impressive layups; one by Nate Robinson and one by Ray Allen.  Here’s Allen’s up and under:

And here’s Nate Robinson’s hang-and-hit.  It’s just incredible how long Nate Robinson can hang in the air.

If you missed today’s game, this was it in a nutshell.  The Celtics play the Pacers again on December 28th.  Hopefully it’ll be a bit more exciting and still a Cs win.

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