As the trade deadline draws near, teams around the league scramble to put together deals that they hope will have a positive impact on their second half of the season. That time of year has come, and rumors are surfacing around the league. Although most trade talk has revolved around the departure of Carmelo Anthony [...]
Paul Pierce’s 22 points set the tone for the Celtics winning their fourth game in a row, beating the Detroit Pistons 86-82 as a disgruntled Richard Hamilton rode the bench for the visitors. Kevin Garnett totaled 11 points and six rebounds in only his second game back from a leg injury that forced him out [...]
So who, exactly, is World Wide Wes? He held back a beer-soaked Ron Artest in Detroit during “The Malice at the Palace.” He sat next to Jay-Z at the NBA All-Star Game. Maybe you caught a glimpse of him sitting next to Nike honcho Phil Knight at the Final Four. Most recently, he was cozied [...]
Every Monday, I will report on the events of the past week of fantasy basketball. I will go over each position and what particular player that week stood out from all the rest. As always, I will start off with this week’s notable injuries to report on. With fantasy playoffs winding down, we enter championship [...]
The NBA Draft may be just two days away but the rumor mill is afire with trade talk, most notably a trade involving the 2008 World Champion Boston Celtics. Over the past few weeks we’ve heard Rajon Rondo’s name floated around with Phoenix as a possible destination. The newest rumor circulating from a ‘low level [...]
With Allen Iverson in the starting lineup, the Pistons lost eight straight games. Without A.I. for the last two games due to back stiffness, the Pistons have taken down two of the best teams in the Eastern Conference on the road. Friday night, Detroit beat the Magic in Orlando 93-85, and Sunday afternoon, the Pistons [...]
The Celtics had a large 17-point lead towards the end of the game, but it was far from over. The Detroit Pistons are not a team that can easily be counted out when there are still several minutes of basketball to be played, and they proved that. The Pistons provided quite the scare late in [...]
The Celtics won the tip and then…boom! It was 12-0 Detroit, and the lead would never change hands again. The Pistons handled the Celtics very well, beating them 94-75 in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Finals. Even though the Pistons won by 19, the Celtics were close at some points of the game. They [...]
The Celtics were at the wrong end of a close game in the place where they really did not want to lose: home. The Detroit Pistons handled the Celtics well and were able to hit all kinds of shots from all angles of the court to outscore the Celtics 103-97 in Game 2 to tie [...]
Here’s the Celtics Four-Point Play to appear every Wednesday on Sports of Boston. This is where I will compile four (4) small and related Celtics facts and offer my own spin on a variety of Celtics news stories. The general format will be a short blurb about the story first, then my reaction tabbed underneath [...]