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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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4 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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13 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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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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