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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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Video: Full Kevin Garnett Reaction After Game 1

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The Enemies List: Philadelphia, Part II

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

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8 days ago

Game 6 Time Set For Thursday Night

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Atlanta Shakes Up Starting Five For Game 5

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What SEGABABA? Celtics 100, Raptors 64

Toronto Raptors 64 Final
Recap | Box Score
100 Boston Celtics

Kevin Garnett, PF 17 MIN | 3-5 FG | 0-0 FT | 5 REB | 4 AST | 7 PTS | +13

Doc gets a A+ for only having Garnett play 16 minutes!

Paul Pierce, SF 26 MIN | 5-11 FG | 3-4 FT | 6 REB | 8 AST | 17 PTS | +28

Only one turnover! Pierce played loose in the second half when there were three straight possessions of him going one-on-one. Obviously the game wasn’t in doubt but there’s not really a point of being on the court if you’re not going to run something.

Jermaine O’Neal, C 14 MIN | 3-4 FG | 0-0 FT | 3 REB | 1 AST | 6 PTS | +8

O’Neal was in foul trouble for most of the game so luckily the C’s didn’t need him too badly. When he was in, he played great defense and took a few charges. Pretty much what you hope to get out of JO.

Ray Allen, SG 23 MIN | 5-9 FG | 0-0 FT | 1 REB | 5 AST | 12 PTS | +23

Allen was feeling it from deep but didn’t play enough minutes to get above a B+.

Avery Bradley, SG 26 MIN | 5-6 FG | 1-1 FT | 1 REB | 2 AST | 11 PTS | +27

Applied great pressure all night and showed more in the way offense than Celtics fans have seen. Bradley had a great off the dribble pull up jumper and a fantastic drive to the basket in the first half. Outscored Kevin Garnett.

Chris Wilcox, PF 18 MIN | 0-2 FG | 0-0 FT | 5 REB | 1 AST | 0 PTS | +13

Only 5 boards in 15 minutes but the +15 wasn’t an accident. I’d like to see him be more assertive on the offensive end.

Marquis Daniels, SG 5 MIN | 1-1 FG | 0-0 FT | 1 REB | 2 AST | 2 PTS | +6

Garbage time/mop up duty. Incomplete.

Sasha Pavlovic, SF 21 MIN | 2-7 FG | 0-0 FT | 2 REB | 1 AST | 6 PTS | +4

After playing really well in the first half, Pavlovic tried to play more aggressive and ended up getting his pocket picked by Barbosa more than he should have.

Mickael Pietrus, SF 21 MIN | 2-7 FG | 0-0 FT | 5 REB | 1 AST | 6 PTS | +11

Pietrus was extremely nonchalant tonight. He took 6 threes and many of them of the step back variety. He redeemed himself in the second half by playing solid defense and hitting the glass but I would like to see a little more seriousness on the court in more pressure-filled situations.

Brandon Bass, PF 31 MIN | 4-8 FG | 4-4 FT | 9 REB | 2 AST | 12 PTS | +24

Hard to ask for more than a near double-double from the sixth man and backup power forward. Outscored Kevin Garnett.

Greg Stiemsma, C 7 MIN | 1-2 FG | 0-0 FT | 4 REB | 0 AST | 2 PTS | +2

In his first two minutes he allowed two left handed drives straight to the basket by Leandro Barbosa. He was then immediately replaced by JaJuan Johnson. He came back in for Bass and redeemed himself a little with a jumper but he should be making the most of the time he gets if he hopes to stick around.

JaJuan Johnson, F 10 MIN | 5-5 FG | 1-2 FT | 2 REB | 0 AST | 11 PTS | +12

11 points in 10 garbage time minutes. Outscored Kevin Garnett.

E’Twaun Moore, G 22 MIN | 3-8 FG | 1-1 FT | 2 REB | 3 AST | 8 PTS | +9

In perhaps Moore’s biggest game in terms of trust and role, he played pretty well controlling the offense. A few end of the shot clock moments of indecision took him down a few notches but overall a good step in the right direction.

Three Things We Saw

  1. The Toronto Raptors are a bad basketball team.
  2. The Celtics did not fall victim to the curse of the SEGABABA. But, their starters didn’t really play enough minutes to have this actually be a SEGABABA.
  3. The Toronto Raptors are a really bad basketball team.

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