playoffs
The Celtics have lost to the Knicks twice in the past 6 days, and it wasn’t close on either occasion. But even though it was difficult to watch them get blown out by 15 points at home on Tuesday, and by 19 in New York tonight, it could actually end up being a good thing [...]
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A constant fixture in the playoffs for the past half decade, the Celtics are perhaps facing their first year in which they won’t have homecourt in the 1st round. Doing so without their best player might be a bit of an uphill battle for this team if they want to advance in the playoffs. This [...]
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It wasn’t easy, it wasn’t pretty, but our Boston Celtics got the job done, clinching the Atlantic Division title at the end of a brutal stretch of basketball. Rajon Rondo’s back kept him out of the game, Ray Allen’s ankle wouldn’t cooperate, and Mickael Pietrus registered another DNP, but the Celtics showed their resilience yet [...]
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This was a game with playoff implications, and the Boston Celtics made sure that they not only took care of business on their home court, but that they also let the Philadelphia 76ers know that the road to the Atlantic Division crown goes through the TD Garden. Boston now has a three game lead over the [...]
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The Celtics are 16-7 since the All-Star break, and 6-2 in the last eight. Their only two recent losses were by one point to the Spurs (who are on a 10 game winning streak and now have the best record in the West) in a game in which Boston’s defense held San Antonio to just [...]
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I’m still in a minor state of shock from what I witnessed at the Garden on Sunday afternoon. Saturday I wrote that the Celtics had reached their high water mark of the season. But now they have taken it to a whole new level. Going into the game I was feeling cautiously optimistic Boston had a chance [...]
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