Detroit Evens Series
Detroit Evens Series5/27/2008AUBURN HILLS, Mich. - The Big Three were brought down to size last nightThe Celtics fell, 94-75, to the Pistons in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference finals last night at The...
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C's Back in Control5/29/2008As much as the Celtics love playing at TD Banknorth Garden, they hope to ensure they come nowhere near the place SundayThe Celtics moved one win from advancing to the NBA...
View ArticlePerkins Goes for 18 and 16 in W
Perkins Goes for 18 and 16 in W5/29/2008In the first half of Game 5 last night, all you could do was watch Kendrick Perkins. The Celtics center demanded it.He used his 6-foot-10-inch, 280-pound frame...
View ArticleKG Makes it Look Easy
KG Makes it Look Easy5/29/2008He had spent the majority of the night knocking down a variety of jumpers - catch-and-shoots, turnaround fadeaways, even a shot-clock buzzer-beater. So when it came to...
View ArticleGet Ready, America: It's Gonna Be all Purple and Green
Get Ready, America: It's Gonna Be all Purple and Green6/1/2008The last time the Celtics were in the NBA finals, Ronald Reagan was president, you could fill your gas tank for less than a monthly...
View ArticleBeat LA
Beat LAJune 2008Expect Jack Nicholson to be flying into Logan Airport while Celtics fans from Chatham to Chicopee to Charlestown revive their "Beat LA!" chants. Television executives are salivating...
View ArticleAuerbach Weighs In
Auerbach Weighs InJune 1, 2008Just about a 20-minute drive from the Staples Center in Los Angeles, the daughter of the late Red Auerbach had the Celtics' Eastern Conference finals clincher on four...
View ArticleBring on the Lakers
Long Time Coming for KGJune 1, 2008BRING ON THE LAKERS!Kevin Garnett looked dazed, and admitted as much.Seated next to Paul Pierce on the postgame podium, each with an Eastern Conference champions hat...
View ArticleThe Celtics Previous 19 Finals
The Celtics Previous 19 FinalsThe Celtics have made 19 previous appearances in the NBA Finals -- including 10 series vs. the Lakers -- and have won 16 championships. Here is a breakdown of those 19...
View ArticleIt's a Purple and Green World
June 2008Like I've Been Saying all Along: It's a Purple and Green WorldYou know the results. You've read the books. You've seen the highlights.You wonder if Kurt Rambis unconsciously reaches up and...
View ArticlePurple and Green: 60s Style
June 2008Purple and Green: 60s StyleThe Celtics and Lakers of ye olden days did more than build great basketball teams.They helped build the National Basketball Association.And by ye olden days, the...
View ArticleRondo Doing Well with Keys to the Caddie
June 2008Rondo Doing Well with Keys to the CaddieThe result hasn't always left a secure feeling.There still are times when the quality of Rajon Rondo's play fluctuates like a tidal pool.But the...
View ArticleBaby Talk
June 2008Baby TalkP.J. Brown is making his first NBA Finals appearance in his 15th season. Kevin Garnett is making his first in his 13th season, while fellow All-Stars Ray Allen and Paul Pierce are...
View ArticleIt's History
June 2008It's HistoryEL SEGUNDO, Calif. - Amid the buzz over Celtics-Lakers lore, the Lakers gathered for practice yesterday and gave the impression they expect the two games between the teams earlier...
View ArticleRed sure had his Phil
June 2008Red sure had his PhilFor those Celtics fans who need yet another reason to root for the Green to dispatch with the Los Angeles Lakers in the upcoming NBA Finals, we give you this chant: Win...
View ArticleJames Posey is Ready
June 2008James Posey is ReadyNo single member of the Miami Heat was responsible for stopping Dirk Nowitzki in the 2006 NBA Finals.Indeed, the Dallas forward may have had more to do with his own demise...
View ArticleC's weren't built in a day
June 2008C's weren't built in a dayFor his first preseason, coach Doc Rivers took the Celtics away for a week of training camp at the University of Vermont. The next two years, he tried to arrange a...
View ArticleThe Celts could roam in Rome
June 2008The Celts could roam in Rome``We just hung out at the Spanish Steps, just sitting on the steps like everybody else, like regular people,'' Pierce said.As for the reaction of those around them,...
View ArticleLuke Walton's Childhood: Jerry Garcia, The Greatful Dead, and the Boston Celtics
June 2008Luke Walton's Childhood: Jerry Garcia, The Greatful Dead, and the Boston CelticsEL SEGUNDO, Calif. - Finally, the NBA Finals will be the way a young Luke Walton always imagined them.The...
View ArticleSpirit of 1986
June 2008Spirit of 1986For those of you out of touch for a couple of days and wondering just how long it's been since the last time the Celtics won an NBA championship, look at it from this...
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