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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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That Escalated Quickly: Celtics 115, Warriors 93

ESPN Recap • Warriors World • Golden State Of Mind

The dreaded streak is over. The Celtics had not won in Oracle Arena since December 2003 and were seemingly in danger of falling short again Tuesday night, as Golden State trimmed a 10-point third quarter lead to four with eight minutes remaining thanks to the consistenly inconsistent play of the Boston bench.

Luckily, though Doc Rivers came back with the starters shortly thereafter who turned up the defensive pressure and cruised to a 18-2 run over the next five minutes, turning a close game into a laugher by the time this one was said and done. Just how good was the defense in the second half?

*1st Quarter Warrior points: 30
*2nd Quarter Warrior points: 30
*Second Half Warrior points: 33

That’s what you call during it on people. Rajon Rondo, the birthday boy led the way with 19 points and 15 assists. Kevin Garnett was lights out from the midrange. Paul Pierce and Ray Allen chipped in with solid efforts respectively. Glen Davis shook off a rough first quarter to deliver a monster double-double with 12 points and 10 rebounds.

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Delonte West came back and was rusty as expected. He missed all four of his shots, but it was nice to see him out there.

Kendrick Perkins bruised/sprained his left knee as Stephon Curry ran through him as Perk was setting a screen for Ray Allen. Perk left the game shortly there after and did not return. He walked gingerly off the floor as the game ended, so I would expect the team to be cautious with him here and sit him out a game or two, since they obviously can’t afford to lose him for a longer stretch.

Plenty more to come in the morning…..for now some rest.

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