There was no funeral like the Knicks hoped. Led by Kevin Garnett’s 16 points and 18 rebounds, five Celtics contributed double figures in a 92-86 win over the New York Knicks in Madison Square Garden on Wednesday. Carmelo Anthony once again struggled on offense going against Jeff Green and Brandon Bass. Anthony finished with 22 [...]
After blowing a 20-point third quarter lead, the Boston Celtics managed to hang on in overtime to beat the New York KnicksĀ in Game 4 of their first round playoff series, 97-90. With the win, the Celtics sent the series back to New York for Game 5 on Wednesday. Jason Terry finally showed up to help [...]
The Celtics scored under 80 points for the third straight game and now trail the Knicks 0-3 in their seven game playoff series after a 90-76 loss in Boston on Friday night. Jeff Green led the Celtics with 21 points and 9 rebounds, but seemed to turn the ball over every time the Knicks double [...]
The Celtics dropped game 1 of their best-of-seven first round playoff series to the New York Knicks, 85-78. The Celtics’ led by as many as seven points late in the third quarter, but couldn’t hang on. Game 2 is set for Tuesday night back at Madison Square Garden. What did the Celtics and their fans [...]
The night started with Rajon Rondo being honored with a trophy for his selection to the NBA’s All Defensive Team last season and ended with his fifth regular season career triple-double. Rondo was just one of the great players tonight for Boston as the Celtics hold off Amar’e Stoudemire and the New York Knicks for [...]
I mentioned last week how I had to face a notorious streamer in one of my leagues and my concern over whether or not my honest, clean-cut ways of playing would have me triumph over the forces of evil. As it turns out, good always beats evil as I won that particular matchup by a [...]
The 2009-10 basketball season is just a couple days away and many fantasy leagues will be drafting their teams this weekend. This is why I took it upon myself to comprise a top-10 list for each position, along with likes/dislikes. In addition to the lists, I will give you the secret to finding success when [...]
Good thing the Celtics started the season an NBA-record 27-2, because they have really fallen on hard times with bad losses against bad teams. Recently, they lost to the reeling Warriors and Knicks, and Tuesday night fell to the lowly Charlotte Bobcats, 114-106 in overtime. All five starters played at least 36 minutes for the [...]
Rajon Rondo had himself a career game in the 108-100 Celtics win. While he might have had the potential signing of point guard Sam Cassell looming in the back of his mind, Rondo still showed that without a doubt he’s the top point guard on the Celtics, and perhaps the Atlantic Division. His career-high 16 [...]