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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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Garnett Steals It! Celtics 109 Magic 106

ESPN Box Score • Magic Basketball • Orlando Pinstriped Post

Down the stretch, the big three delivered.

Bad Things Are About To Happen To J-Rich

Ray Allen knocked in two huge fourth-quarter three pointers to quell the building Orlando momentum as the game raced to a finish. Allen ran around screen after screen to get open for a team-high 26 points, on scintillating (and increasingly typical) 8-11 shooting.

After taking a total of 0 (zero) fourth-quarter shots until the final minute, Paul Pierce finally knocked in an and-one elbow jumper to put the C’s up for good. Then he swatted away a late-game three-pointer on the defensive end.

And Kevin Garnett, returning after a 9-game absence from a strained calf, put in 19 points and 8 rebounds in 31 impressive minutes, including a potentially game-saving steal of a Jameer Nelson pass on the second last Orlando possession of the game.

By the time, they got the ball back for their final shot, it was too late.

The Celtics had this one wrapped up.

So, while it was by no means easy with Dwight Howard unloading on an overmatched Celtics’ frontline to tally 33 points and 13 rebounds, Boston passed this test without Kendrick Perkins and Delonte West (both of whom, we might add, could have addressed a couple of major problems tonight).

But we’ll get into those later on.

For now, enjoy the win.

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