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Celtics Power Past Raptors at the Garden

By ⋅ January 8, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

After an initial minute and a half, Toronto was no match for Boston, who defeated the Raptors 122-102 to take the season series, 5-1. After Toronto took a 4-2 lead (their only one of the night, which they held for all of 21 seconds), Boston rattled off two buckets to go up 9-4. Toronto closed [...]

Celtics Get Back in Right Direction With Victory in Toronto

By ⋅ January 2, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Two straight losses didn’t have the Celtics in good spirits, but they got right back on track by beating the Toronto Raptors 93-79 on the road. Rajon Rondo returned, too. Happy days are here again! Though Rondo wasn’t the biggest contributor to the box score, eight assists and presence greatly helped. It was pretty close [...]

Shaq, Garnett Star as Celtics Beat Raptors in Rondo’s Return

By ⋅ November 27, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

The last time the Raptors and Celtics hit the court, Rajon Rondo did not play with a hamstring injury, and the Celtics lost 102-101, thanks to some shoddy officiating. They were left with a bad taste in their mouth, and as a result they haven’t lost since, soundly beating both the Hawks and Nets until [...]

Poor Officiating Gift Wraps Game For Raptors, Celtics Lose 102-101

By ⋅ November 21, 2010 ⋅ 15 comments

Aside from the 1st quarter, the Celtics looked rather flustered and unable to do much with the ball. Coupled with horrendous officiating (Tommy Heinsohn will be hoarse until the Hawks game Monday with all the yelling he was doing), including a blatantly blown no-call on a foul at the end which directly decided the game’s [...]

If the Playoffs Started Today – NBA Week 23

By ⋅ April 8, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

Just one week remains in the season, and only one spot remains to be filled. It’ll be either Toronto or Chicago, and it’s pretty hard to go against Chicago after all those injuries to Toronto. Four divisions and one conference are locked up. Dallas has a magic number of two for their division, Utah and [...]

Celtics Finally Keep a Lead to Beat Raptors

By ⋅ April 8, 2010 ⋅ 2 comments

It wasn’t always pretty, but the Celtics hung on in Toronto to win 115-104. You could tell it wouldn’t always be a fun night when Rondo and Ray Allen committed bad pass turnovers within 31 seconds of each other shortly into the game, with Rondo adding another later on. This led to the Celtics being [...]

If the Playoffs Started Today – NBA Week 22

By ⋅ April 1, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

We start off with some sad news: thanks to a victory Monday, the New Jersey Nets now have 10 wins, and will not set the record for worst ever NBA record. A Native American is now shedding a single tear in lament. Boston has also slipped a spot after another rough spot; at least Miami [...]

Celtics Remaining Schedule: Scuffling for Seeds to End the NBA Season

By ⋅ March 30, 2010 ⋅ One comment

With just over two weeks left in the season, teams are engaging in their last minute pushes to improve their position. Except for the Celtics, that is, who were embarrassingly slaughtered from start to finish by the Spurs on Sunday. When an opponent can look like the UConn women against you, that’s never a good [...]

If the Playoffs Started Today – NBA Week 21

By ⋅ March 25, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

Three weeks remain in the schedule, and two more teams have punched their post-season tickets. There’s still a lot of close seeding to be hammered out. Remember last year when the Rockets could have ended anywhere from second to fifth on the season’s last day? Multiple teams could very well pull off something similar this [...]

If the Playoffs Started Today – NBA Week 20

By ⋅ March 18, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

Another week gone, about 15 games to go, the Magic have become the latest team to clinch a playoff berth, Cleveland has become the first division winner, and the Nets are on pace to win just under 8.5 games. And the brackets are pretty much set by now. Chicago could pick up the 2.5 games [...]

If the Playoffs Started Today – NBA Week 19

By ⋅ March 11, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

Another week is gone, but some special things have happened. Cleveland became the first team to win 50 games, which if you look back on the last couple of years, anoints them as the next NBA champions. Cleveland has also become the first team to clinch a spot in the playoffs, while New Jersey (on [...]

If the Playoffs Started Today – NBA Week 18

By ⋅ March 4, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

Celtics and Nets; no thanks. But otherwise, there’s been plenty to look at. Utah has been relegated back to #4 while Dallas has cruised up to #2. #8 Portland is 4.5 games ahead of #9 Memphis, so there’s some huge space developing there; it looks like we may have our final eight West teams. Out [...]

If the Playoffs Started Today – NBA Week 17

By ⋅ February 26, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

After another week, the brackets are shifting a tad. A little seed jostling here and there, made possible by winning streaks followed by losing ones. It enabled Phoenix to overtake Oklahoma City, and allowed Milwaukee to sneak in completely under the radar. The Cavs, despite a disappointing end to their winning streak, recovered enough to [...]

If the Playoffs Started Today – NBA Week 16

By ⋅ February 18, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

There was an All-Star break in the middle of last week, but there’s still plenty going on. The Lakers and Cavs are the clear favorites to meet in the Finals, while the Nets, despite a win in Charlotte Tuesday, are still on track to set the NBA’s all-time worst record at 8-74. And it seems [...]

If the Playoffs Started Today – NBA Week 15

By ⋅ February 11, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

We’ve seen a lot of seed juggling over the past week. Utah’s former nine-game win streak helped, but Cleveland is opening a wide lead thanks to their active 12-game win streak. Two non-division leaders are in the #3 positions, because of Utah’s performance and Boston’s failure to capitalize on a rough Hawks’ loss. There’s still [...]

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