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
Rapid Reaction: 76ers 92, C’s 83 (Game 4)
Jesse D. Garrabrant/Getty ImagesBrandon Bass helped spark the Celtics’ early offensive outburst in Game 4.PHILADELPHIA — Rapid reaction after the Philadelphia 76ers defeated the Boston Celtics 92-83 in Game 4 of an Eastern Conference semifinal series Friday night at Wells Fargo Center. (The series is tied at two games apiece): HOW THE GAME WAS WON Andre Iguodala and Evan Turner each scored 16 points to pace five 76ers in double figures. Philadelphia (more…)
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May
2012
Podcast: Forsberg on ESPN Boston Radio
Chris Forsberg phones in to ESPN Boston Radio with Adam Jones from Philadelphia to chat about tonight’s Game 4 of an Eastern Conference semifinal series between the Celtics and 76ers (and maybe even look a little further down the road). Hop HERE to listen to the podcast.
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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
Lack of shots doesn’t mean lack of impact
Brian Babineau/NBAE/Getty ImagesRay Allen insists his low shot output in Game 3 is not a concern to him.PHILADELPHIA — After Celtics reserve guard Ray Allen got up only one shot in Wednesday’s Game 3 win over the 76ers, there remains a lot of chatter about whether he needs more touches moving forward. Allen continues to suggest he’s perfectly fine with a low shot output if Boston continues to win lopsided playoff games. (more…)
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May
2012
Shootaround: Pierce, C’s brace for Game 4
Drew Hallowell/Getty ImagesThe Celtics hope they have reason to celebrate again Friday night in Philadelphia.PHILADELPHIA — After a light offday Thursday, the Celtics reconvened on the court at Wells Fargo Center for a morning shootaround in advance of Friday’s Game 4 of an Eastern Conference semifinal series against the Philadelphia 76ers. A handful of notes from morning access: * For the first time in a while, health didn’t dominate the conversation.
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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May
2012
Which C’s will show up in Game 4?
A look at ESPN Boston offday headlines, including the unpredictable nature of these 2012 Celtics before Game 4 of an Eastern Conference semifinal series against the Philadelphia 76ers:
Read morePrognosticating the Celtics has turned into hardest job in the northeast this side of Mt. Washington meteorologists. After a Game 2 where the Philadelphia 76ers made the Celtics earn any monikers that people had given them coming into the season (“slow”, “old”, “sloppy”, etc.), the Celtics absolutely trounced the 76ers in Game 3, with a 16-point win that required minimal effort after the first few minutes of the second quarter. Random fluctuations (more…)
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May
2012
Allen not worried about his shots
Jesse D. Garrabrant/Getty ImagesKevin Garnett wants to get Ray Allen more shots in this series against the 76ers.PHILADELPHIA — Ever the pleaser, Kevin Garnett looked at Ray Allen in the Celtics’ locker room after Wednesday’s Game 3 win over the 76ers and told him how the team needed to get more shots. Allen just smiled and, knowing Garnett was exhausted after a 27-point, 13-rebound effort that saw him put up a whopping (more…)
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