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4 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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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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Rapid Reaction: Rondo Shows How Awesome He Can Be

Posted by Brendan Jackson on Feb 12, 2012 2687420 comments2012-02-13+01%3A06%3A39Brendan+Jackson

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	Chris Wilcox, PF 26 MIN \| 5-6 FG \| 1-3 FT \| 9 REB \| 1 AST \| 11 PTS \| +4 The stat line jumps out at you but it probably shouldn’t. So much of what Wilcox brings to the table only shows up on the stat sheet in rare occurrences like tonight. Even when he doesn’t post a near-double double, his energy positively affects the game. He runs the floor, he gets his hands on rebounds (even if he doesn’t come up with them), and he’s big enough to bang bodies down low.
	Paul Pierce, SF 37 MIN \| 4-10 FG \| 0-0 FT \| 1 REB \| 2 AST \| 9 PTS \| +9 Pierce was frustrated all game by Luol Deng. Deng used his length to prevent Pierce from doing much of anything and put him out of rhythm all night. He couldn’t dribble around him. He couldn’t shoot over him. Hell, he couldn’t even pass around him.
	Kevin Garnett, PF 29 MIN \| 5-8 FG \| 3-4 FT \| 12 REB \| 3 AST \| 13 PTS \| +16 Garnett put up a double-double all while being very physical down low on a Bulls front court that can bang with the best of them. He may have paid a price considering how much he was holding his abdomen during timeouts.
	Ray Allen, SG 35 MIN \| 3-9 FG \| 4-4 FT \| 0 REB \| 2 AST \| 11 PTS \| +3 Allen was extremely quiet tonight with only 1 field goal attempt in the first half (a missed three). The Celtics made an effort to get him going in the second half but it just wasn’t meant to be. Allen did manage to hit a big three to keep the Bulls from surging.
	Rajon Rondo, PG 40 MIN \| 11-22 FG \| 10-13 FT \| 10 REB \| 15 AST \| 32 PTS \| +8 Quite the way to bounce back. We all know what Rondo did tonight, but we still don’t really know what happened on Friday. And we still don’t know because he abstained from talking to the media after today’s game.
	Keyon Dooling, PG 9 MIN \| 0-2 FG \| 0-0 FT \| 2 REB \| 0 AST \| 0 PTS \| -6 I’ll give Dooling a pass on today’s game because a) it was his first time playing in a long time, and b) he’s actually still just as hurt. Doc informed us before the game that Dooling’s out there because it became clear he wasn’t going to get any better.
	Mickael Pietrus, SF 19 MIN \| 1-1 FG \| 0-2 FT \| 3 REB \| 0 AST \| 3 PTS \| -4 Pietrus didn’t log any meaningful stats but his presence was definitely felt on the defensive end and he gave the C’s the luxury of going small.
	Greg Stiemsma, C 5 MIN \| 0-0 FG \| 0-0 FT \| 1 REB \| 0 AST \| 0 PTS \| -5 One big block, baby!
	JaJuan Johnson, F 33 MIN \| 6-13 FG \| 0-0 FT \| 4 REB \| 1 AST \| 12 PTS \| -1 Johnson didn’t shoot great but he used his length to both Joakim Noah and Omer Asik- something that’s not easy to do- and he played 33 total minutes. I’m sure he’ll be tired tomorrow but as he said after the game, “next to Rondo, I didn’t play good at all. I played not that many minutes…”As soon as Bass is back, Johnson is likely back out of the rotation but these next 10 days will be big for the youngster.
	Avery Bradley, SG 8 MIN \| 2-4 FG \| 0-0 FT \| 2 REB \| 0 AST \| 4 PTS \| -4 Bradley did a great job of pressuring CJ Watson but with Rondo playing so well there wasn’t really a spot for Doc to sneak him in. After bricking his first jumper, he nailed two with confidence. Baby steps (which you can really visualize from Bradley’s Twitter page).

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