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(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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4 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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4 days ago

The Enemies List: Philadelphia, Part II

Before every playoff series this season, we’re doing some rundowns on the opposing roster for each team. Now that the Hawks have been dispensed with, we’re onto the Sixers. Here’s Part II. Players are listed in alphabetical order. Andre Iguodala: There are five guys in the league who have a claim on the title of [...]

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4 days ago

NBA: Hawks Should Have Had Free Throw on Last-Second Foul

Mike Fratello had it right: the NBA announced today that Al Horford should have been given a free throw on Marquis Daniels’s off-ball foul at the end of Thursday’s game. At the time, ref Eric Lewis ruled that Daniels’s foul had occurred after the throw-in, making him probably the only person in the arena who [...]

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8 days ago

Game 6 Time Set For Thursday Night

Boston will face off with the Hawks on Thursday night at 8pm at TD Garden. The broadcast can be seen on TNT or CSN locally. There was a risk that it would be a 6pm tip for Boston-Atlanta, if the Nuggets failed to extend the series last night against the Lakers. That would have created [...]

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9 days ago

Atlanta Shakes Up Starting Five For Game 5

Desperate times call for desperate measures and after a blowout in Game 4, Atlanta’s head coach Larry Drew is going to shake things up a bit and add some bulk to his starting five at each position. Kirk Hinrich and Jason Collins will head to the bench, while Marvin Williams will be inserted at small [...]

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Around The NBA: Did You Know?

The NBA season is not yet a month old, but teams have already played between 11-14 games.  You all know about the lockout, the shortened 66-game season, the Rondo trade rumors, the old out of shape Celtics, and their current 4-game losing streak.  But what about all the other little interesting factoids around the rest of the league?  For the first edition of Around The NBA in 2012 I figured why not just do a complete, Did You Know piece.  I take you fine readers of CelticsHub.com to be true NBA fans, but maybe even you will be surprised by some of this stuff.

-San Antonio (8-0) is the only team unbeaten at home in the West, while Philadelphia (5-0), Chicago (5-0), Indiana (5-0), and Milwaukee (4-0) are perfect at home in the East.

-Spurs are 0-4 on the road.

-Michael Redd is on the Suns.  He has played 2 games scoring 12 in his debut and 2 the next night.

-T-Wolves rookie Ricky Rubio came off the bench for his first 10 games, but has started the last 2 including an 18 point, 12 assist, 4 rebound, 5 steal performance last night vs. the Hawks.  He is also averaging 8.3 assists per game (8th in the NBA).

-Lamar Odom, who had his feelings hurt and demanded a trade from the Lakers, is in his 1st year with the Mavericks.  Thru 13 games he is averaging significant career lows in: Points, Rebounds, Assists, Steals, Blocks, FT%, FG%, 3FG%, and Minutes.  Could I have saved time and said career lows in everything?  Yes, but I wanted to spell it out.

-Nate Robinson landed with Golden State and is putting up 14 a night.

-The Wizards (1-11) have the worst record in the league and have only scored more than 90 points twice this season.

-Rajon Rondo is currently 3rd in All-Star voting among Eastern Conference Guards.  (Derrick Rose & Dwyane Wade).

-Rondo has the only triple-double this season.

-Dirk Nowitzki surpassed 23,000 career points and now ranks 28th all-time.

-Active points leaders: Kobe Bryant (8th), Kevin Garnett (24th), Dirk Nowitzki (28th), Ray Allen (29th), Tim Duncan (32nd), Paul Pierce (35th).

-Kevin Love (25 ppg, 14.6 rpg) is the only player to record a double-double in every game he’s played.  (12 games).

-Six rookies are averaging double digit points per game: Kyrie Irving (17), MarShon Brooks (14.3), Brandon Knight (12.3), Iman Shumpert (11.8), Kemba Walker (11.1), and Ricky Rubio (11).

Rich Keefe is the Celtics Reporter for 98.5 The Sports Hub in Boston.  You can follow him on twitter: @Keefe21

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