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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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Game 26/66: Celtics (14-11) @ Raptors (8-19) Open Thread

Boston at Toronto
7:o0 PM
Air Canada Centre
CSNNE

Offensive Efficiency
Boston: 101.9 points/100 possessions (19th)
Toronto: 97.0 points/100 possessions (28th)

Defensive Efficiency
Boston: 97.4 points/100 possessions (2nd)
Toronto: 104.0 points/100 possessions (19th)

Probable Toronto Starters: Jose Calderon(PG), DeMar DeRozan(SG), James Johnson (SF), Aaron Gray (PF) Amir Johnson (C)

View from the Opposing Bench: Raptors Republic

Injury Report
Boston: Jermaine O’Neal is out. Keyon Dooling (hip pointer) is out. Sasha Pavlovic is out.
Toronto: Andrea Bargnani (too much pasta) is out.

THUMBNAIL:

Apologies for the delay folks, but to give us some credit, the C’s took the first quarter off for this one as well. Heyo! With the heavy minutes logged last night, along with a 3am arrival in Toronto, Boston is short on energy against a Toronto squad hell-bent on revenge after a flogging last week in Boston. The good news is the Raptors still have just as little talent healthy as they did last Wednesday, making this game entirely winnable despite being of the back-to-back variety. With the little margin of error Boston has created for themselves, they have to push hard here to avoid following into another swoon with two dates against Chicago looming next week.

Prediction

Celtics 82, Raptors 80

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