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2 days ago

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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12 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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Boldly Going Nowhere: Heat 102 Celtics 91

ESPN Box Score • The Heat Index • Peninsula Is Mightier

Let’s divest ourselves of any peripheral excuses. This isn’t about the referees. This isn’t about the absence of Kendrick Perkins. This isn’t about Jeff Green.

This is about Miami’s best players outplaying Boston’s best players.

Dwayne Wade and Lebron James and Chris Bosh combined for 80 points while Ray Allen, Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce scored 36. That’s pretty unsophisticated as analysis goes, but as a proxy for what’s happened so far in this series, it’s right on target.

Things could change in Boston — and very well might with the return of Shaquille O’Neal and the friendly home court — but the 2010-11 Boston Celtics look more and more like they have a critically flawed roster that won’t make it out of the second round.

We’ll be back later with a detailed look at What Went Wrong: The Game Two Edition where we’ll talk about some curious substitution patterns, the woeful Boston offense, a (sort of) renaissance night from Green and maybe a few other signs of hope.

Maybe.

Until then, check in below with your reactions to the 0-2 deficit and perhaps an answer to this question:

Is this series salvageable or are we down to the last ten days of the Celtics’ season?

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