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Wednesday, May 23rd, 2012
After a sluggish first half against the Philadelphia 76ers in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference semifinals, the Boston Celtics outscored their opposition 54-35 in the second half for a 101-85 victory to take a commanding 3-2 series lead. Will the Celtics finally get the message and close out their ...
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Wednesday, May 16th, 2012
As I mentioned in a post heading into the second round of the NBA Playoffs, I kind of expected the Boston Celtics and Miami Heat to cruise into the Eastern Conference Finals. So much for that theory. The Pacers evened things with the Heat on Tuesday night, one night after ...
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Monday, May 14th, 2012
After the Boston Celtics were tested by the Atlanta Hawks in the first round of the playoffs, the Celtics got another test on their own home court from the Philadelphia 76ers in game one of the Eastern Conference Semi-Finals. Both times, in game six against the Hawks in the first ...
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Friday, May 11th, 2012
With the way things are set up in the Eastern Conference, I'm finding it hard not to look forward to the Conference Finals even though the second round hasn't even started yet. Philadelphia knocked off top-seeded Chicago after Derrick Rose went down and Indiana has been a nice story, but ...
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Thursday, May 3rd, 2012
With their All-Star point guard sitting out because of a suspension, and Ray Allen still sitting on the sidelines with an ankle injury, the Boston Celtics turned to their captain and he delivered in a big, big way. After struggling mightily in the first game of the series, Paul Pierce ...
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Friday, April 27th, 2012
The Boston Celtics were 15-17 after 32 games. Boston then bounced back to win the Atlantic Division clinching the 4th seed in the Eastern Conference playoffs where they will take on the 5th seeded Atlanta Hawks.
There was some talk halfway through the season and into the NBA trade deadline that ...
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Friday, April 13th, 2012
Doc Rivers acknowledges that the Miami Heat and Chicago Bulls are still the scariest teams from the East. His team has to be next in line. Since the All-Star break late in February, the Celtics have gone 19-7, they've won nine of their last 11 games, and have seen a ...
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Thursday, March 29th, 2012
Right when it looked like the Boston Celtics had turned the corner and their inconsistencies were a thing of the past, something happens to change that opinion. Inconsistency continues to hamper this team. Maybe it’s just who the Celtics are and will be this season. Boston is a team that ...
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Friday, March 16th, 2012
The trade deadline came and went yesterday in the NBA and even though there were numerous rumors about the Boston Celtics possibly breaking up The Big Three or adding to the roster to make one last run, the Celtics decided to stand pat. While I won’t fault general manager Danny ...
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Friday, March 9th, 2012
The Big Three won a lot of games playing together with the Boston Celtics, and I think it is fair to say their time together was a success. The Celtics were able to hang another NBA Championship high in the rafters in their first year together, and then nearly won ...
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