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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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Shaq Attacked: Celtics 99, Bobcats 94

ESPN Box Score • Queen City Hoops• Rufus on Fire

Tonight the Celtics got the job done.  As Ryan said in his preview, the Celtics got “a win of any kind, in any fashion”.  They won despite getting only 25 minutes from Paul Pierce and 14 minutes from Luke Harangody.

The story of the night was Shaquille O’Neal.  With Jermaine O’Neal and Kevin Garnett out until who-knows-when the big statue played an awe-inspiring 35 minutes, went 10-12 from the field and had five blocks.  35 minutes?!  And some former CelticsHub writers think “he can’t realistically give you heavy minutes.”

Okay, so Zach is totally right.  In the playoffs, against the league’s elite big men, Shaq will not be able to get what he wants like he did against Kwame Brown and Nazr Mohammed tonight.  But platooning with a (fingers-crossed) healthy Jermaine O’Neal and Kendrick Perkins could prove very effective for the Cs.

Shaq was awesome tonight.  He was aggressive.  He was in the right place at the right time.  He even guarded D.J. Augustin on the perimeter for a possession.  Best of all:  he gave all of us a glimpse of how it would look if he and Kwame Brown woke up next to each other.

Good win before a tough game against Orlando on Monday.

Much more to come from Brian Robb at the TD Garden…

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