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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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Turkish Delight: C’s 110, Jazz 86

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Boston vs. Utah. Rondo vs. Williams. Truly a marquee point guard matchup that will be remembered for…oh, we forgot it already? We quit on this game an hour ago? Oh. Okay.

The Celtics let you get an early start on your Friday night tonight with a wire-to-wire gasoline-fueled torching of the Jazz, opening up a 14-point lead in the first quarter that Utah chose not to threaten for the rest of the game. Deron Williams and Al Jefferson threw up a couple of absolute stinkers, combining to go 2-15 (mostly Jefferson’ fault) with 8 turnovers (Williams) and 2 rebounds (collaborative effort). The question of how Rondo would handle Deron Williams was answered by Rondo not actually handling him that much, with Doc handing defensive responsibilities to the much larger Marquis Daniels, who totally shut down Williams in his time in the game. The only question remaining it what to like about this game the most. Is it:

1. KG rebounding from his mediocre night against Detroit to go for 21 points on 7-10 shooting in only 24 minutes?

2. The fact that none of the starters played more than 29 minutes?

3. That Ray 4-point-play when he hit that crazy off-balance one-handed 3?

4. Von Wafer’s putback hammerdunk with two seconds to go on the game? (Just kidding, nobody saw this).

5. Semih Erden, in a game against one of the league’s best frontcourts, posting his best line of the year and looking like (gasp) a legit NBA player?

I’ll take that last one. See you back here in a little while for the full recap, with a heaping helping of Semih highlights.

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