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)
15
May
2012
About That Moving Screen Foul On Kevin Garnett
My immediate reaction on twitter was this: that call, then? really? — celticsblog (@celticsblog) May 15, 2012 I’m sure that a lot of you felt the same way. In fact, I know that Kevin Garnett felt the same way. But I definitely got some negative feedback from the non-Celtics fans out there and it was justified to an extent. You see, I really, really dislike blaming the refs for a loss. I (more…)
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14
May
2012
Anatomy Of A Sixers Collapse
The Sixers are kind of the opposite of the Celtics in many respects. The Celtics have their choice of guys that are battle tested and know how to win games (and did for years before finding each other in 2008). The Sixers don’t have that luxury. That is a major reason why the Celtics buckled down and won game 1 while the Sixers came apart at the seems and lost. Green Street (more…)
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14
May
2012
Celtics Host Sixers with a Chance to Go Up 2-0
Philadelphia 76ers (4-3, 0-1) at Boston Celtics (5-2,1-0) Eastern Conference Semi-Finals Game 2 Monday May 14, 2012 7:00 PM ET Playoff Game #8, Home Game #5 TV: TNT Radio: WEEI, 97.5 The Fanatic TD Garden Referees: Dan Crawford, Jason Phillips, Michael Smith Game Thread l Chat The Celtics have to feel lucky that they pulled out the win in game 1. Philly led for most of the game and the Celtics struggled (more…)
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10
May
2012
State of the Celtics Now… and Later
Promoted FanPost A lot has transpired since those dreary days before the All Star break. The Celtics, through great play and good fortune, can see the ECF in their future… a thought that was at very least preposterous just a short time ago. Injuries to others (and some of our own) have paved the way to a possible showdown with the Heat… as long as we play Celtic basketball. A few thoughts/opinions (more…)
Read moreIt is way too early to start talking about the Eastern Conference Finals, but it is hard to blame folks for starting to take a few logical steps forward projecting the next few rounds. Enter Adrian Wojnarowski to connect the dots. Rajon Rondo looming as threat to Heat’s title run – Yahoo! Sports Across the Eastern Conference, the big stars are tumbling out of Miami’s way. Dwight Howard and Derrick Rose are (more…)
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05
May
2012
Playing the Intangibles Game
Promoted FanPost More often than not, with a team like the Celtics that are talented yet old (in the sense that their energy is not the type to support them for playing 40+ mpg), much of the game plan and the results from actually playing games rest on the shoulders of a few particular things. One, of course, is execution – how do the Celtics execute their offensive and defensive game? They (more…)
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04
May
2012
Rapid Reaction: C’s 90, Hawks 84 (OT)
Greg M. Cooper/US PresswireJeff Teague tries to wiggle his way through Avery Bradley and Kevin Garnett in Game 3.BOSTON — Rapid reaction after the Boston Celtics defeated the Atlanta Hawks 90-84 in Game 3 of an Eastern Conference quarterfinal series Friday night at TD Garden: HOW THE GAME WAS WON Rajon Rondo overcame a sluggish start (0-for-3, 2 points, 5 assists, 4 rebounds in first half) to produce his 20th career triple-double (more…)
Read moreThis 2011-12 season was a tale of two halves for the Boston Celtics, a phrase I hate to turn because it is used by every slack-jawed postgame recapper. But it is so true in the Celtics’ case, and it is really the only way to describe what happened during the course of this season. The first half (15-17 record pre-All-Star break) had the team earning their moniker of “old” and general manager (more…)
Read moreThe Celtics did their part tonight, but aren’t getting much help from Dallas as the Hawks are up big and looking like they’ll secure home court advantage in the first round. I guess the Celtics will just have to do it the hard way. They got a scare in the first period when Paul Pierce went down with a toe injury. But he returned to the game for a enough time to (more…)
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