Celtics (12-2) Pound Timberpups
November 22, 2008MINNEAPOLIS - Timberwolves ticket sales have been rough.Even with Kevin Garnett playing his first game as a Celtic in his old home - the Target Center - the stretches of empty seating...
View ArticleCelts Scary Good
November 1, 2008On a night for scary sights, the Celtics and Bulls did their best to maintain a ghoulish theme. So frightfully one-sided was the alleged contest that Stephen King should be called in...
View ArticleCelts Move to 5-1
November 8, 2008The last two Celtics victories look just fine in the standings, but they're not doing much to smooth out coach Doc Rivers' worry lines. Last night against the Bucks, the Celts again...
View ArticleCelts Keep Rolling
November 2, 2008INDIANAPOLIS - There's been nothing to suggest they've missed a beat.Heading into last night's game against the Pacers, the Celtics had won their first two games by an average margin of...
View ArticleBench Propels C's to Win
November 6, 2008OKLAHOMA CITY - The election-spiced fervor from Tuesday night was replaced by a college-like crowd, boisterously happy to simply have a new professional basketball team. But the...
View ArticleAllen Battles Former Teammates in OKC
November 6, 2008OKLAHOMA CITY - Ray Allen admitted that last night's 96-83 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder - formerly known as the team he used to play for, the Seattle SuperSonics - was...
View ArticleBattie-Pierce Bond Intact
December 2, 2008A night of tragedy eight years ago forged a bond between Paul Pierce and Tony Battie.They were Celtics teammates in 2000 when Pierce was stabbed 11 times inside Boston's Buzz Club. At...
View ArticleC's Go Buck Hunting
November 8, 2008The last two Celtics victories look just fine in the standings, but they're not doing much to smooth coach Doc Rivers' worry lines. Last night against the Bucks, the Celts again managed...
View ArticleAllens Combine for 40 in W
November 10, 2008AUBURN HILLS, Mich. - Last night's game was being billed around here as an early look at what could again be the Eastern Conference finals matchup. Well, the Pistons had better hope...
View ArticleCowens Still Bleeds Green, Especially when C's Play "the Fakers"
November 10, 2008AUBURN HILLS, Mich. - Dave Cowens is an assistant coach for the Pistons, and it's been 28 years since he wore a Celtics uniform. But - bless him - he's still Dave Cowens.So he was able...
View ArticleCelts Mount Furious Comeback Behind Pierce's 22 4th-Quarter Points
November 11, 2008Doc Rivers admits his bench has often carried his starters over the first eight games - a true oddity for an NBA champion.The first unit often has started games like a high-maintenance...
View ArticleCelts Win for 6th Time in Nine Days
November 13, 2008Last April's first-round playoff series was more than a one-time collision, more than, well, a first-round playoff series. The Celtics and Hawks now appear to be headed for a season or...
View ArticleC's Finish 8-Game, 12-Night Stretch with 7 W's
November 16, 2008MILWAUKEE - The battles of attrition are piling up a little earlier now.After eight games in 12 nights, the Celtics look a step slow and prone to fouls. Kevin Garnett, Glen Davis,...
View ArticlePaul Pierce MVP?
November 14, 2008The Celtics still will be seeking to practice the politics of inclusion as they distribute the basketball among themselves, both tonight against Denver and for the rest of the season....
View ArticlePistons No Match for 11-2 Celtics
November 21, 2008The Pistons were run out of their own building the last time they met the Celtics. But that was just two games into Allen Iverson's career in Detroit, and with four wins in their five...
View ArticleC's Lose?
November 15, 2008Drafting works just fine in NASCAR, and it did the Celtics well earlier in the week against Toronto and Atlanta. But after coming back from 16 down in each of those affairs, they were...
View ArticleGarnettless C's Polish Off Knicks, Move to 10-2
November 19, 2008With Kevin Garnett on an NBA-induced one-game vacation, it was, of course, imperative that other Celtics pick up the slack against the New York Knicks last night. Right on cue,...
View ArticleJesus, Celtics (15-2) Throttle Sixers
November 29, 2008Just to set the record straight, it's not like Ray Allen has been struggling this season. He went into the Celtics' Friday night Garden party against the Philadelphia 76ers averaging...
View ArticleCelts (16-2) Down Bobcats
November 30, 2008CHARLOTTE, N.C. - The Celtics survived their sixth back-to-back situation of the season last night, completing another two-game sweep with their 89-84 win over the Bobcats.There's...
View ArticleRondo on Pierce in 4th: Gimme da Ball
December 1, 2008Though he's only in his third NBA season, Rajon Rondo has learned to catalogue his teammates.Even on the Cadillac of a team he now runs, the point guard understands many are willing to...
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