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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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In The Grindhouse: Bulls Chew Up Celtics 90-79

ESPN Box Score • By The Horns • Blog-A-Bull

Tonight’s moral victory: at least nobody else got hurt.

The Bulls’ potent defense ground down a gassed Celtics team playing its fifth game in seven nights. In fact, but for the Bulls committing 21 turnovers, this game wouldn’t have been as close as it was. The Celtics got crushed on the boards (47-28), recorded a paltry 12 assists and had 9 shots blocked (and many others altered) in dropping to 28-8 on the season.

MVP candidate Derrick Rose outplayed Rajon Rondo by scoring 36 points, including 19 trips to the free throw line (the Celtics had 22 attempts as a team).

(Rondo did finish with a solid line of 13 points, 5 rebounds, 8 assists, and 5 steals)

In the frontcourt, Carlos Boozer humiliated Glen Davis on both ends of the floor, exposing Baby’s shorter stature on defense and forcing him into miss after miss on the offensive end. Davis finished 4-17 and played the entire evening in a cone of frustration. Kevin Garnett was sorely missed tonight.

More later, including some positive thoughts on taking this one with a grain of salt and some worrying ones on why it’s the Bulls, not the Heat or the Magic, that present the most frightening matchup for the C’s come the Eastern Conference playoffs.

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