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The end of the line

    Well this is it. Yes, with the Game 6 loss against the Knicks the Boston Celtics run is finally over as we know it. Despite a valiant attempt at a comeback, the Celtics once again fell short as they just simply ran out of gas. Their age finally caught up to them, like

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COMEBACK KIDS! C’s Climbing Back into Series

Published on May 2, 2013, by in Celtics, NBA.

The Knicks may have been the jokesters beforehand, but it was the Celtics who got the last laugh Wednesday night. Is this really happening?  Have the old, raggedy, Rondo-less Celtics truly managed to force a Game 6 on their home court after falling down 3-0 to a seemingly overpowering New York Knicks squad?  I wouldn’t

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Senior Citizen circuit: Celtics-Knicks Round 1

    Well here we are, the playoffs. One would be in hard-pressed to find a team that is as experienced(read: old) as the Celtics are. Boston rolling into New York to tip off the first round of the 2012-2013 playoffs on April 20th at 3 pm. The Knicks own the season series at an

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Rollin’ On Without Rondo

Published on February 7, 2013, by in Celtics, NBA.

  Don’t tell KG the season is over. Under him and Pierce, the C’s are flourishing.  On January 25th, the Celtics blew a 27-point lead to the Atlanta Hawks and lost in overtime to lower their record to 20-23 on the season, continuing to wallow in the worst possible spot in the Eastern Conference: not

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Father Time never loses

  As we approach the New Year, the Celtics continue to wade in mediocrity getting handled by the best team in L.A, the Clippers (who would have thought they would ever hear those words together?) by 29 points. After coming off a victory in Brooklyn on Christmas day which subsequently led to Nets coach Avery

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Offense keeps C’s afloat as D remains suspect

While the offense remains solid, Doc is left to answer questions about his team’s subpar defensive play. As we approach the end of November the NBA is starting to get into full swing the Celtics are remaining over .500, sitting at 8-6 at the time of this posting, but it is not the defense that

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Early tests for C’s lie ahead

  Celtics Big Three look towards their first test: 5 games in 7 days this season starting tonight. After the first 2 weeks of the season the Celtics have started out slow with the only things to show for it are two wins by the skin of their teeth against probably one of the worst

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Poor ‘D’ Highlights C’s Slow Start

Published on November 5, 2012, by in Celtics, NBA.

It has been the lack of performance from KG that has made victories hard to come by early on in the season.    This isn’t exactly how we Celtics fans expected our team to come out of the gate.  Especially not with promises from Jason Terry of a championship and overall confidence beaming from the

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Celtics season preview

Published on October 8, 2012, by in Celtics, NBA.

The Celtics revamped ‘Big Three’ look to build on last season’s impressive playoff run As the weather starts getting colder, with the Red Sox officially done and the Patriots still trying to find their way early on in this season, it is time for the NBA to return. At the time this was published, training

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Celtics sign Darko Milicic and lose Dooling

Published on September 21, 2012, by in Celtics, NBA.

  Celtics are hoping to spark the former No. 2 pick’s potential by singing him to a deal Even in a time that New England fans are focusing on the young season of the Patriots, forgetting about the failures of the Red Sox, and scratching their heads over how asinine the NHL is for locking

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