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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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A Case Of The Premature Ginos: Celtics 115 Suns 103

ESPN Box Score • Valley Of The Suns • Bright Side Of The Sun

This one was over at halftime.

Until it wasn’t.

The Celtics ran out to a 20-point halftime lead against the Suns’ “defense,” stretched it to 28 in the third quarter and then, as Doc Rivers started downshifting to a garbage-time lineup, the Suns roared back with 18 unanswered points. It never got close enough to actually qualify as a tight game but the starters ended up logging real minutes in the fourth quarter when they should have been dancing to the Jumbotron and swearing contentedly amongst themselves.

Kevin Garnett had a season-high 28 points on 12-14 shooting (although he didn’t take a single fourth quarter shot as the Suns were mounting their sorta, not-quite comeback). Paul Pierce (16 points, 13 rebounds) and Rajon Rondo (16 points, 15 assists) also went for double-doubles, with numbers that look a bit more impressive than they actually are, given the accelerated pace of the game.

Tonight also saw the Celtics debut of Heat-spurner and spray tan enthusiast Troy Murphy, who went 0-3 with 2 rebounds in 14 getting-to-know-you minutes with his new team. As far as the other newbies go: Jeff Green only saw 16 minutes but already looks more comfortable in green and Nenad Krstic continues his solid play, with 13 points and 4 rebounds.

We all want Shaquille O’Neal and Delonte West to get healthy and back on the court, but even without them this team is again deep and multi-functional.

Brendan’s back with the full recap later on tonight.

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