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Terrence Williams Arrested on Gun Charges, Following Domestic Dispute

Terrence Williams was on the verge of coming back to the Boston Celtics next season after being one of the few bright spots of the Celtics’ postseason. Now, that journey is just an afterthought. According to a report from the Kent Reporter, a newspaper in Williams’ home state of Washington, the point guard was arrested yesterday [...]

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7 days ago

Kevin Garnett Will Avoid Foot Surgery

As we await Kevin Garnett’s decision about whether or not he will play a 7th season with the Boston Celtics, an important physical limitation has been avoided for the big man. After laboring through the last couple months of the season with a foot/ankle injury, which caused him to miss much of the regular season, [...]

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8 days ago

Danny Ainge is Waiting on Talking Future with Kevin Garnett

Yesterday was a good day in Boston. We found out Doc Rivers would definitely be coming back as a head coach, the Bruins won in overtime, and the Sox had a big comeback as well. As the first big decision of the Celtics offseason came in though, a brighter light begins to shine down now [...]

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9 days ago

Jeff Green’s 2012-13 Final Grade

Unless we’re discussing the eight or nine best players in the world, it’s impossible to separate a contract’s price from a player’s expectations, value, and overall performance. Jeff Green is the manifestation of this theory. In August he was guaranteed $36 million over four years, even though he didn’t play a single game during the [...]

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10 days ago

Painful Reminders (Part I): The Celtics Drafted JaJuan Johnson Instead of Jimmy Butler

On June 23rd, 2011, Brian Robb and I stood around a high top bar table in Tommy Doyle’s in Kendall Square.  Before us lay one of the biggest mounds of buffalo chicken wings I had ever endeavor to make disappear.  These 25 cent flappers- one of the few indulgences afforded to the participants of our [...]

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10 days ago

Chris Wilcox: 2012-13 Final Grade

There are a number of contextually-appropriate ways to craft this post. One would be to forgo words entirely, and represent Chris Wilcox’s entire season with a series of videos. That would involve one part of this: For every eight parts of this: Note the headline on that second clip. Someone was so amused/enraged by Wilcox’s [...]

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Game 23: Celtics (12-10) @ Spurs (18-6) Open Thread

Boston at San Antonio
8:30 P.M. ET
AT&T Center
CSNNE

Offensive Efficiency:
Boston: 103.4 points/100 possessions (19th)
San Antonio: 109.1 points/100 possessions (5th)

Defensive Efficiency:
Boston: 103.2 points allowed/100 possessions (10th)
San Antonio: 101.3 points allowed/100 possessions (6th)

Probable San Antonio starters: Tony Parker (PG), Gary Neal (SG), Danny Green (SF), Tim Duncan (PF), Tiago Splitter (C)

View From The Opposing Bench: 48 Minutes of Hell

Thumbnail: Remember what we saw last night from the Rockets? Driving, dishing, and a bunch of 3-pointers? Get ready for another healthy diet of that tonight, likely executed with even more precision by the Spurs. Boston gets a tough draw here, facing San Antonio on the second night of a back-to-back, along with the unfortunate reality that they’ll be getting a hungry SA team that has dropped two straight games. 

Courtney Lee will see his second straight start at the shooting guard position, as the Celtics hope to not dig themselves into another early hole on the defensive end, as they did last night. Fresh off his career night against the C’s in Boston, Splitter will get the starting nod at the center spot, as Boston’s backcourt will have to work hard to keep the pressure off the bigs by finding a way to keep Tony Parker and company from creating a revolving door through the paint all evening. Given the heavy minutes logged last night by the starters, I’m not optimistic about their chances.

Prediction: Spurs 99, Celtics 91

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