As Steve Bulpett points out, there really isn’t enough being said about how much pain Avery Bradley is playing through (and playing well through by the way). His shoulder popped out for like the 20th time (or something like that) and Doc was ready to sub him out, but Bradley shot his free throws, at some point the shoulder slipped back in the socket, and he waived Doc off and kept playing (more…)
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May
2012
Avery Bradley Is Tougher Than You (Part 118)
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May
2012
Celtics Getting Ahead of Themselves
Looking back at May 16th “Per Diem” article by John Hollinger at ESPN Insider, which was written after the Celtics-Sixers series was tied after 2 games, I found a little bit of comfort. Since the C’s lost on Friday to drop back to 2-2 in the series, my hopes of being one of the 31% of fans at CelticsBlog that thought it would be the “Celtics in 5 games” were dashed. Most (more…)
Read moreThe Celtics are the better team. I believe that down to my bones. But the saying goes, you are what your record says you are and right now we’re all even with the Sixers in the 2nd round of the playoffs. This team consistently manages to be inconsistent and it is maddening. We know they can do so much more because we see it so often. In the very last game the (more…)
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May
2012
Game Four: Where Did Boston Go Wrong?
The Celtics held a 15-point advantage during the first quarter. Everything was going Boston’s way. Rondo was aggressive. He was attacking the glass, active on defense and he was his usual self, dishing glorious passes and driving hard to the lane leaving his defender hopelessly behind him. Paul Pierce finished the first quarter with seven points. Brandon Bass was 4-of-6 with 10 points. 24-12 was the lead for Boston at the end (more…)
Read moreIn the words of that great philosopher Britney Spears, “oops, I did it again.” If there is such a thing as jinxing, I’ve managed to do it twice in this series. I wrote the following yesterday afternoon. Pssst: Someone Tell Kevin Garnett That Lavoy Allen Is A KG Stopper – CelticsBlog Hats off to Lavoy for playing KG reasonably well. And by hats off, I mean both out of respect and out (more…)
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May
2012
Epic. Collapse. Celtics Hand Sixers A Win
The Sixers spotted the Celtics 14 points to start the game, looked like they were ready to give up on the game early, got booed off the court at halftime, …and the Celtics let them win. Unbelievable. I mean, there were times when the Sixers couldn’t hit the broad side of a barn. Nothing falling for them, nothing. The Celtics had this game wrapped up with a nice bow and sitting on (more…)
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May
2012
Celtics Hope to Keep Momentum Going in Game 4
at Boston Celtics (6-3,2-1) at Philadelphia 76ers (5-4, 1-2) Eastern Conference Semi-Finals Game 4 Friday, May 18, 2012 8:00 PM ET Playoff Game #10, Road Game #5 TV: ESPN, TSN Radio: WEEI, 97.5 The Fanatic TD Garden Referees: Scott Foster, Bill Kennedy, Bill Spooner Game Thread l Chat The Celtics finally played like they wanted to win in game 3. Doc said that it started with a very focused Rondo in the (more…)
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May
2012
Celtics Are Watching And Tracking Every Move
I’m not a huge stats guy, but not out of lack of respect for it. I’m just not that good at crunching numbers and I know my own limitations. What I do know, is that when used properly and when blended with traditional scouting and coaching, advanced statistics and analytics is absolutely the way of the future and in fact the present as well. Now there’s a new system called SportVU that (more…)
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May
2012
Boston Celtics Daily Links 5/18
Herald One last Big Three hurrah? Celtics look to avoid a letdown Ray Allen fine with current place Brandon Bass takes a shot at regaining range Rookie Lavoy Allen set to stop Kevin Garnett A Dwyane Wade this bad is hard to recognize Ex-NBA star Marvin Barnes pleads not guilty to solicitation Celtics’ Kevin Garnett creating a headache for 76ersHeat getting hot under the collar Celtics look ahead to Game 4Globe Celtics (more…)
Read moreIt’s easy to say that the Celtics were just hot in Game 3. Garnett was hitting shot after shot in the pick-and-pop with Rondo. Word from shootaround this morning is that he went to Wells Fargo on the off-day to get some shots up: Doc said Garnett went to the arena to get up shots on their off day yesterday. Rivers said KG reminded him of Ewing in that way. — Paul (more…)
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