ESPN’s Chris Forsberg and multiple media outlets are reporting that Kevin Garnett will miss approximately two weeks with what’s being deemed an “inflamed left ankle”. Garnett had an MRI on his ankle on Monday morning, and results were negative.

Garnett missed the Celtics loss on Saturday to Memphis, and Doc Rivers and Danny Ainge seem to disagree about exactly when Garnett injured his ankle. Ainge thinks Garnett got hurt on Wednesday in New Orleans and played on it in Dallas on Friday, while Rivers believes Garnett turned his ankle in Dallas. Continue reading Garnett to Miss Two Weeks with Ankle Injury »

When the Celtics acquired Jeff Green at the 2011 deadline in the controversial trade that sent Kendrick Perkins to Oklahoma City, the reaction from the Boston faithful (and some players) was generally negative. Some, however, saw Green as a potential replacement for Paul Pierce once the captain decides to retire. Green, after all, posted solid numbers in his three and a half seasons with the Sonics/Thunder: 14.2 points and 5.8 rebounds while starting nearly every game and with virtually no history of injuries.

While his numbers took a hit in the 26 games he played for the Celtics that season, this can easily be ascribed to the fact that he played nearly 14 fewer minutes per game than he had in OKC. In fact, his shooting percentage went up significantly, to 48.5%. Green’s career was put on hold in the 2011 offseason when he was found to have an aortic aneurysm which forced him to undergo surgery and miss the entire 2011-12 season.

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Anthony Davis tipped in an Eric Gordon missed layup with 0.3 seconds remaining to lift the New Orleans Hornets over the Boston Celtics, 87-86 on Wednesday night.

The Celtics led 55-45 at the half, but mustered just 12 points in the third quarter as the Hornets tied it up at 67 all as they headed into the fourth. Paul Pierce score 14 in each half and finished with a game high, 28 points.
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Wednesday morning the Celtics officially signed power forward D. J. White to a multi-year contract. White was first signed to a 10-day contract on February 28, and again on March 10. According to NBA rules, a team can only sign any given player to two such deals, and then has the option to re-sign him for the remainder of the season.

The Celtics have gone beyond that by giving White multiple years. Although the exact terms of the contract have not been disclosed, it is assumed that the second year of White’s contract is only partially guaranteed, giving the Celtics an out should White struggle in training camp next fall.

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The season is nearing an end, but there’s still plenty of movement afoot. The teams are just about set (though there is still some room to make it into the brackets in the West), though many teams are within a win or two (or as many losses) from changing multiple seeds at once. A pair of active, double-digit win streaks is only adding to the intrigue of the season. With all the intrigue in the NBA right now, let’s look at what would happen if the playoffs started as of Wednesday, March 20, before the day’s games: Continue reading If the Playoffs Started Today – NBA Week 19 »

It was deja vu for the Boston Celtics. In the 2007-08 season, the Celtics beat a Houston Rockets team on March 18 to end their 22-game win streak. Monday, the Celtics could not capitalize on a career-high 43 points from Jeff Green as the Miami Heat stretched their streak to 23 in a 105-103 victory. It was the first win for the Heat at the TD Garden since 2007.

LeBron James hit the dagger two-pointer with 10 seconds left to put the Heat up two at 105-103. Paul Pierce missed a three-pointer with six seconds left. James had a team-high 37 points to go along with 12 assists and seven rebounds.

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Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce both made history on Wednesday during the Celtics’ 112-88 home victory over the Toronto Raptors, passing two Hall of Famers on the NBA’s career scoring list. Garnett passed former Laker Jerry West for 15th, while Pierce knocked Charles Barkley out of the top 20. The milestones further solidified the two veterans’ own cases for the Hall – the highest scorer eligible for induction who is not in Springfield yet is Gary Payton, at number 29.

Garnett was the first to reach his mark against the Raptors, finishing a pick-and-roll with Courtney Lee with a shot off the glass for his third and fourth points of the night early in the second quarter. That gave him 25,193 career points, one more than West. KG finished the game with 12 for a total of 25,201, just 78 less than another HOFer, Reggie Miller. Interestingly, Miller and Garnett are the only players in the top 20 with career scoring averages below 20 points per game.

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