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The Faceless Boston Celtics: A Team in Identity Crisis

By ⋅ January 4, 2013 ⋅ Post a comment

On Christmas morning the Celtics dismantled the Brooklyn Nets with such ease that owner Mikhail Prokhorov fired head coach Avery Johnson. Not only did the Celtics play their most complete game of the season, but did so under testy road conditions. The victory allowed Boston to keep their heads above .500 and gave fans hope [...]

Celtics New Year’s Resolutions

By ⋅ January 4, 2013 ⋅ Post a comment

New Years’ resolutions are surely swirling inside everyone’s minds, and the Celtics should definitely be thinking of their own resolutions to rectify their, thus far, lackluster season. As the halfway point of the NBA regular season fast approaches, the Celtics are undoubtedly in dire need of some improvements. Paul Pierce’s Resolution: Keep up a High [...]

Rondo Returns, Celtics Fall Two Games Below .500 as Kings’ Cousins Notches Triple-Double

By ⋅ December 31, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

The Boston Celtics finished their four-game road trip on Sunday night with a disappointing outing against the now 11-19 Sacramento Kings. The 118-96 loss was the third straight loss for the C’s by 18 or more points. Jeff Green and Jason Terry both had huge scoring games after being inconsistent during the 1-3 road trip. [...]

Celtics Fall to the Red Hot Clippers, 106-77

By ⋅ December 28, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

The Boston Celtics continued their recent struggles last night as they fell to the 23-6 Los Angeles Clippers, 106-77, at the Staples Center. From the start of the game, the Clippers dominated the Celtics in all aspects of the game. Led by a balanced scoring attack from Blake Griffin (16), Caron Butler (14), Jamal Crawford [...]

Celtics West Coast Road Trip: Preview the Opponents

By ⋅ December 27, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

With their Christmas Day beat down of the Brooklyn Nets behind them, a Boston Celtics team in need of some serious momentum heads west to begin a three game West Coast swing. They will face the red-hot Los Angeles Clippers, an up-and-coming Golden State Warriors squad, and the perennial underdogs of California, the Sacramento Kings. Here’s a [...]

Celtics Sign PF Jarvis Varnado From D-League

By ⋅ December 25, 2012 ⋅ One comment

The Celtics on Monday announced the signing of power forward/center Jarvis Varnado from the D-League. The 24-year-old made a name for himself in college as a stellar defender at Mississippi State, and holds the NCAA Division I record for most career blocked shots, with 564. Let’s take a look at his career so far and what [...]

NBA Experts Forecast “End of Era” For Celtics (Again)

By ⋅ December 22, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

Wednesday morning, the NBA.com Blogtable posed a question to five basketball experts: Have we seen the last of these Celtics as a title contender? The answer, on all five counts, was a resounding, confident yes. That’s right, the same Boston Celtics team that rode three starters and Ray Allen’s bum ankles to the seventh game [...]

Celtics Giving Back in Big Ways for the Holidays

By ⋅ December 21, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

While the Celtics will be focused on beating the Nets on Christmas Day this year, several team members are taking time off to give back to the community just in time for the holidays. Garnett Gets in the Christmas Spirit Earlier this week, the Celtics hosted a Christmas party in Boston at the top of [...]

Lessons In Panic: Celtics Can Learn From Patriots

By ⋅ December 19, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

So, I’m watching the Celtics in the midst of losing on the road to the Chicago Bulls. The C’s may still pull this one out to improve to a whopping 13-11. But down by nine after three quarters, it just feels like the high-energy, Derrick Rose-less Bulls are going to drop Boston to .500. I’m [...]

Rondo, Celtics Fall to .500 With Loss to Bulls

By ⋅ December 19, 2012 ⋅ One comment

The Boston Celtics lost their third straight contest and fell to 12-12 on the season with a 100-89 loss to the Chicago Bulls at the United Center on Tuesday. The Celtics made it interesting in the third quarter thanks to their point guard Rajon Rondo, who finished with 26 points and 8 rebounds, but the [...]

Rondo, Pierce Lead Celtics in Loss to Harden and Rockets

By ⋅ December 14, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

Rajon Rondo and Paul Pierce led the Celtics in all categories good and bad as the Celtics dropped the first of their three game road trip, 101-89, to the Rockets on Friday. James Harden had 21 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists and Chandler Parsons had a near triple-double with 15 points, 8 assists and [...]

Time to Rewrite The Truth About Paul Pierce?

By ⋅ December 13, 2012 ⋅ One comment

Ever since being drafted 10th overall by the Celtics back in 1998, Paul Pierce has been “the guy” in Boston. The closer. The Captain. The Truth. Even when he wasn’t the only All-Star on the C’s, whether in his early days of sharing the floor with Antoine Walker or with the recent reincarnation of the [...]

Christmas at the Garden

By ⋅ December 11, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

‘Twas Christmas at the Garden, and there was plenty of mirth. But someone was missing: Jesus Shuttlesworth. While the Celtics were happily giving each other gifts, Ray Allen’s in Miami, playing on the Heat’s second shift. Ray-ray left the Celtics; some found that uncouth. Players like Kevin Garnett, and of course The Truth!

Looking Ahead at the Celtics December 2012 Schedule

By ⋅ December 9, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

With the first full month of the Celtic’s 2012-2013 season behind them, Boston holds a middling 11-9 record. At this point the Celtics are still — to put it lightly — a work in progress. A busy December schedule will be a pivotal step in Boston’s march toward a top playoff seed. The Story So [...]

Rondo Averages Triple-Double as Celtics Split Home-and-Home with 76ers

By ⋅ December 8, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

It felt a bit like a baseball series. The Celtics beat the Philadelphia 76ers, 92-79, on Saturday in Boston, a night after losing to them by one in overtime in Philadelphia, 95-94. Rajon Rondo averaged a triple-double in the two contests with 11.5 points, 12.5 assists, and 11 rebounds per game. Rondo also recorded 6 [...]

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