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Doc Rivers on Closing Out Sixers: “We don’t have a huge margin for error. I’ve said that all year about this team.”

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 ...

Celtics Coach Doc Rivers: “Philly Has Outplayed Us In Both Games, We Just Won One Of Them”

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 ...

Kevin Garnett Will Do Anything to Win, Including Die On the Court If He Had to

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 ...

Udonis Haslem, Miami Heat Do Their Best to Focus on Pacers with Boston Potentially Up Next

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 ...

Doc Rivers Says Rajon Rondo Waited for His Teammates by the Bus to Thank Them for Winning Game Two

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 ...

Danny Ainge claims Doc Rivers told him privately that Celtics would turn it around, fears Joe Johnson in first round matchup

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 ...

Boston Celtics Continue Scorching Second Half of NBA Season

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 ...

Danny Ainge: “Some nights we’re very, very good and there are some nights where we look like we are Jurassic Park”

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 ...

Doc Rivers Feels Good About the Celtics Standing Pat at the Trade Deadline

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 ...

Ray Allen Considers it a Compliment When His Name is Mentioned in Trade Talks

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 ...