Logo
The Ticker
10 days ago

Paul Pierce’s Contract: Dispelling The Myths and Stating The Facts

The first domino to fall this offseason is Paul Pierce’s contract. Until Danny Ainge figures out what he’s doing there, little else matters. As we wait for this decision, we also must face the rest of the offseason, which means it is also rumor season. With that time of year, comes plenty of information floating [...]

42
10 days ago

Final Grade: Avery Bradley (C+)

In his third year in the league, in which promising players often make brash leaps from benchwarmer to starter, from starter to star, Avery Bradley took a big step back. But his regression might be deceptive. When he returned to the Celtics’ lineup on January the 2nd after two in-season months recovering from offseason shoulder [...]

9
10 days ago

Danny Ainge Expects Doc Rivers & Kevin Garnett To Return, Unsure About Paul Pierce

A long, challenging offseason awaits Danny Ainge this summer. Before he dives in head first, he joined Salk and Holley on WEEI-FM 93.7 to discuss the multitude of decisions facing him this offseason, as well as the progress of Rajon Rondo in his rehab from ACL surgery. A few of the notable highlights from the interview. Ainge [...]

11
10 days ago

Suns Hire Away Celtics’ Assistant GM Ryan McDonough

In one way or another, there will be change this offseason in Boston. That process started in the past couple days, with the first piece moving out coming as a name most C’s fans might not be familiar with. Yet, it was Celtics’ assistant general manager Ryan McDonough, one of Danny Ainge’s top lieutenants, who [...]

0
12 days ago

Doc Rivers Finishes 13th in Coach of the Year Voting

It was a tough season for the Boston Celtics, and that includes for head coach Doc Rivers. The long-time coach battled to find the right fit for a lot of new pieces that were both underperforming and/or failed to pick up his schemes on both ends of the floor. Naturally, an unfortunate plethora of injuries [...]

23
13 days ago

Overconfident Answers To Offseason Questions (Part 1)

It seems like every offseason since 2010 we’ve been through this: a myriad of questions and concerns about the Celtics’ roster that usually involve the possibility of the core of the team being dismantled. As we head into the summer of 2013, we’ve got a whole batch of questions, many of which will be familiar.  [...]

29
Browse Archives by:

Game 56/66: Sixers (29-26) @ Celtics (31-24)

AP

Philadelphia @ Boston
TD Garden
6:00 PM
CSNNE

Offensive Efficiency
Boston: 
98.2 points/100 possessions (25th)
Philadelphia: 
102.3 points/100 possessions (10th)

Defensive Efficiency
Boston: 
96.7 points allowed/100 possessions (3rd)
Philadelphia: 
94.5 points allowed/100 possessions (1st)

Probable Philadelphia starters: Jrue Holiday (PG), Evan Turner (SG), Andre Iguodala (SF), Elton Brand (PF),Spencer Hawes (C)

View from opposing bench: Philadunkia

Thumbnail: Tonight’s matchup is extremely pivotal for the two Atlantic Division rivals jockeying for playoff positioning. The Celtics hold a two-game lead in the division right now over the Sixers, but Philadelphia holds the tiebreaker over Boston in the head-to-head after going 2-0 at Wells Fargo Center against the Celts. With both teams still not assured of a playoff spot thanks to the hot Milwaukee Bucks, look for an incredibly intense affair this evening.

The Celtics will give Avery Bradley his third straight start at shooting guard over Ray Allen. The veteran sharpshooter has appeared to adjust to the switch to sixth man well so far, averaging 16.5 points in his two games off the bench, but he isn’t sure if he will get comfortable with the move: “I don’t think it can happen for me to ultimately be comfortable with these 11 or so games we have left because none of us are getting into routines as far as settling in and what are roles are. You just adapt the best way you can,” Allen explained.

Boston has struggled in back-to-back contests this season, going 7-9 against opponents on the second night of those contests. The Celts’ are undefeated (5-0) however when they play the second game of a back-to-back at the TD Garden.
Notes courtesy of Ten before Tip on NBA.com. You can check out my full post by clicking HERE

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

*

You may use these HTML tags and attributes: <a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <strike> <strong>