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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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Eye-opening Numbers from The Sixers Win

The C’s didn’t play last night like they wanted to win for the majority of the four quarters last night, but they still managed to pull out their 14th straight W. After the bizarre contest on so many fronts (offense, officiating, etc.) I couldn’t help myself from digging back into the numbers to find some hidden “gems” from last night.

C’s Offense
* Paul Pierce missed his first 7 shots.
* The C’s shot just 38.8 percent, their lowest percentage on the year.
* The Celtics won despite shooting just 25 percent from the field (4 of 16) in the fourth quarter.
* Through three quarters, Philadelphia held a 29-7 edge in free throw attempts

How did the C’s win despite those horrendous numbers, especially during those final 12 minutes? A couple things.

* The C’s only had 10 turnovers for the game, with just two of those coming in the second half. That’s their 3rd lowest total on the season.
* Boston also grabbed 12 offensive rebounds, their second highest number on the year.

So what can we learn from all of this? In essence, this is really the perfect indicator of the offensive four factors and how much of an effect they can have on a game. The C’s generally shoot the ball tremendously, but struggled mightily last night. In turn, historically Boston is terrible on the offensive glass and turning the ball over (bottom 3rd in both categories for the league). Last night, when the shot wasn’t working they picked up the slack in both of those departments as seen above with some season-best performances, as well as in getting to the line (12/14 from charity stripe in 4th) when it mattered the most.

Put it all together and you can enough production of the four factors for a win over a mediocre opponent.

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