Logo
The Ticker
14 hours ago

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 [...]

2
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 [...]

2
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 [...]

3
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 [...]

0
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 [...]

0
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 [...]

2
Browse Archives by:

Injury Roundup: Paul Pierce Has Strained Achilles, Rondo’s Sore Back, & Ray Allen’s Bruised Chest

If there was ever a need for a seemingly unnecessary three-day respite, now would be the time after the Celtics were battered both physically and mentally all over American Airlines Arena on Saturday and Monday night. While the rest may not be enough to heal the injuries, it does give the team a perpetual chance to regroup before the team’s potential last stand Saturday night in Boston.

For now, here’s a roundup of the lengthy injury ward, from Chris Forsberg of ESPNBoston.com:

Pierce has a strained Achilles’: “I’m day-to-day right now,” Pierce said. “We’re just going to see how it feels the next couple of days. When you strain your Achilles, every step is like a slight, little pain in there. But it actually loosened up when I got back in there, got up and down a few times, and it really didn’t affect me the rest of the game.”

Rondo’s sore back: Rondo wore a wrap around his lower back before the game and during intermission to keep his back from tightening up. He said after Tuesday’s loss that he was fine, and even though Rivers told the media that Rondo asked to come out because of the back early in the fourth quarter, Rondo said it was due to fatigue. He did get some assistance while being stretched out on the baseline during the break.

“No, I was tired at the time,” Rondo said. Asked about the wrap he noted, “I was just trying to stay warm.”

Ray Allen on the injuries: “I don’t think anybody’s ever 100 percent at this time of year. It’s just part of the game,” Said Allen, who had 7 points on 2 of 7 shooting over 34 minutes. “It’s been a long year, you just deal with it. Whatever ails you I’m sure [the Heat] have the same issues, everybody has them. You use the off days to get your body better.”

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

*

You may use these HTML tags and attributes: <a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <strike> <strong>