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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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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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KG Agrees to Three-Year Deal

Published on June 30, 2012, by in Celtics, NBA.

Kevin Garnett would have been out of his mind not to agree to a chance to play with the Celtics for another shot at a title. He’s baaaack! And for a while, too! According to WEEI.com, forward Kevin Garnett has reportedly signed a three-year deal with the Boston Celtics worth $34 million. Garnett had recently

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2012 NBA draft: Celtics get big

Celtics grab Fab Melo, left, Jared Sullinger, above, and Kris Joseph, right, in the 2012 draft. With the NBA draft concluding late Thursday night, the Celtics were caught at a crossroads. With the well-documented aging roster, it was going to come down to whether would begin the rebuilding process now, or trade draft picks and

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C’s Can’t Hold On Long Enough

Published on June 10, 2012, by in Celtics, NBA.

Chris Bosh came through with a key performance for the Heat, scoring 19 points on 3-of-4 shooting from three-point range. “Honestly, I just thought we had nothing left. That’s how it felt as a coach. I was trying to push every button we possibly had.’’  That was how head coach Doc Rivers described his team’s

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Game 7: For all the marbles

    Once again, nothing needs to be said. If you cant get yourselves up and pumped to watch this game tonight then you might want to check your pulse. The Celtics squad has one more chance to dispatch of LeBron James and the Miami Heat as Game 7 tips off just past 830 tonight.

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Heat About to Burn Out

Published on June 7, 2012, by in Celtics, NBA.

At the center of the Heat’s struggles in the Eastern Conference Finals against the Celtics has been the coaching of Eric Spoelstra.  Numerous sports analysts have claimed that Doc Rivers has out coached Spoelstra in every game this series.   Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Finals could be the final game the Miami Heat

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Heat Pushed to Brink

Published on June 6, 2012, by in Celtics, NBA.

It took a team defensive effort for the Celtics to hold the Heat to just 39 percent shooting overall.  Boston switched between man and zone coverages in order to confuse Miami, showing the most when they began to take unnecessary jump shots.   “They jumped on us at the beginning of the game and we

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Miami Feeling The Heat

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

Every member of the ‘Core Four’ contributed to Sunday night’s Game 4 victory, each managing to score in double digits. Phew.  That’s all I could say after the Boston Celtics squeezed by the Miami Heat in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Finals last night.  And with good reason.  The boys in green certainly didn’t

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