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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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8 days ago

Video: Full Kevin Garnett Reaction After Game 1

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8 days ago

The Enemies List: Philadelphia, Part II

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8 days ago

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

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11 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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12 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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Game 29/66: Celtics (15-13) @ Bulls (24-7) Open Thread

Boston at Chicago
8:00 P.M. ET
United Center
TNT

Offensive Efficiency:
Boston: 99.3 points/100 possessions (20th)
Chicago: 105.9 points/100 possessions (2nd)

Defensive Efficiency:
Boston: 95.2 points allowed/100 possessions (3rd)
Chicago: 94.7 points allowed/100 possessions (2nd)

Key Injuries: CHI: Derrick Rose is out.
BOS: Brandon Bass
is out. Kevin Garnett is probably out.

Probable Chicago Starters: CJ Watson (PG), Ronnie Brewer (SG) Luol Deng (SF), Carlos Boozer (PF) Joakim Noah (C)

View From The Opposing Bench: By The Horns

THUMBNAIL
Ray Allen and Paul Pierce took last night off against the Pistons and Boston wasted a career-high from Rajon Rondo, who has even more reason to be irritated as the Celtics look for their second straight win over the Bulls. In Chicago’s favor tonight: they hung in there on Sunday despite the lack of Rose, will be looking for revenge and face a Celtics team back-to-backing (Pierce and Allen excepted; they should be plenty fresh). And they’ve only lost a single game at home all season. In Boston’s favor: after throwing away a game last night against the Pistons and playing tonight under national TV lights, there should be no letdown in effort. And, of course, it also helps to do this basketball thing without Rose tearing apart your perimeter defense every second play.

PREDICTIONS
From our 5-on-5 earlier today, Brendan and Brian say Chicago strikes back while Chris and Hayes say the C’s take it. I’m going to split the difference and say Boston wins if KG plays and loses if he doesn’t. As I type this, it’s unclear if we’ll see him back, so here are two possible outcomes:

Boston 95 Chicago 91

Chicago 97 Boston 90

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