Ainge Goes Heinsohn on Refs in Celtics Win
12/14/04LOS ANGELES - After five games spread over nine days of travel up and down the West Coast, the Celtics returned to Boston early this morning a changed team. The proof came last night against...
View ArticleCeltics Finish Road Trip on Two-Game Win Streak
12/15/04LOS ANGELES - As the end of regulation neared Monday night at Staples Center, a visiting scout watched coach Doc Rivers go through a series of fiery paroxysms and asked, "Is Doc always this...
View ArticleStewart Healthy as Horse Despite Stint on Injured List
12/16/04 Last night marked the first anniversary of Danny Ainge's bold, six-player trade with Cleveland in which Ricky Davis was the obvious attraction. The move generated plenty of controversy at the...
View ArticleGrampa Celtic: 04-05 is Better than it's Been
12/16/04Memo to all you fallen-away Celtics fans: It's better. They lost a 100-99 decision to the Nuggets at the Fleet last night, but I'm telling you, it's still better.I didn't say it's great, or...
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Wilkes Stifles Bird
Boston Celtics10528-9 (Lost 1)⇐ Prev Game / Next Game ⇒Los Angeles Lakers12327-13 (Won 2)⇐ Prev Game / Next Game ⇒December 28, 1979 All things considered, the Celtics could have been a lot worse off...
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Cooper Stifles Bird
Los Angeles Lakers10031-15 (Won 2)⇐ Prev Game / Next Game ⇒Boston Celtics9832-11 (Lost 1)⇐ Prev Game / Next Game ⇒January 13, 1980In the first Lakers-Celtics game it was Jamaal Wilkes' defense that...
View Article21-0 Run Spells Doom for Celtics
January 14, 1980A majestic basketball game deserves a more fitting climax than a questionable call that places a man on the foul line with the score tied and three seconds remaining - for being fouled...
View ArticleReports of his Demise have been Premature
January 14, 1980He's no longer the basketball phenom, a teenaged Mt. Everest who left New York City and found fame in the Golden West. He's 32 years old now, in his 11th NBA season, and if you sit in...
View ArticleRussell v. Chamberlain, Only Different
February 1, 1982In the '60s, it was the preeminent rivalry in pro basketball. Bill Russell vs. Wilt Chamberlain. No one will forget the wars those two goliaths waged, and it didn't seem to matter...
View ArticleBird Heating Up as Laker Tilt Looms
February 3, 1982Well, you know, he was kinda hard to ignore.Larry Bird played 14 games in January, not including the All-Star Game, where he was the MVP. He averaged 26.9 points, 12.9 rebounds, 7.1...
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Larry Downs Magic at Inglewood, Claiming First Victory over Rival
February 15, 1982INGLEWOOD, Calif.Where do you start on this one? With M. L. Carr's invaluable two-way second-half contribution? With Tiny Archibald's first-half keep-'em-floating offensive play? With...
View ArticleCeltics have a Date with the So-Called Great Eight
January 30, 1983At long last, a legitimate glamour game. When the Celtics take the floor in front of the usual 15,320 (and a rare national television audience), there'll be no faceless Pacers, no...
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Celtics Dominate So-Called "Great Eight"
January 30, 1983As a warmup for You Know What, it was better than watching "Three Dialogues On Nuclear War" (Ch. 2), "Follow The Boys" (Ch. 25), or "Antiques in America" (Ch. 36).Granted, it wasn't as...
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Parish and Jabbar Renew Rivalry
January 30, 1983When the smoke cleared, neither Robert Parish nor Kareem Abdul-Jabbar could claim a clear-cut victory after waging war in the trenches. But each had a direct bearing on the Celtics'...
View ArticleMelo Hits Game Winner
12/16/04If you haven't learned by now that you can't - can't - leave a Celtics game until it's honest-to-goodness over, that message was again drilled home last night. What were those fans thinking...
View ArticleCeltics Losing, but Not by Much
12/17/04WALTHAM - Their five-game Western road trip is over, but the Celtics will play their seventh straight game against a Western Conference opponent tonight as the Utah Jazz visit the FleetCenter,...
View ArticleFitch Goes with 9-Man Rotation to Defeat Great 8
January 30, 1983Bill Fitch seems to think less is more. The Celtics have beaten two good teams (Phoenix Friday and LA yesterday) and the Boston coach used only nine players in each game (Robert Parish,...
View ArticleGreen v. Purple and the Multivariate Subplots
February 23, 1983INGLEWOOD, Calif.Under smoggy skies and the threat of a rare three-game losing streak, the Celtics make their annual visit to the fabulous Forum tonight. A joust with the Lakers is...
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How Sweep It Is
February 24, 1983INGLEWOOD, Calif.For 48 minutes they made everyone forget about strike threats, losing streaks, West Coast weariness and other assorted discord and disappointment. On this night, near...
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Ah 1984: Now We're Talking Some Serious Dislike
February 8, 1984Celtics.Lakers.It is the championship matchup CBS lusts for. It's coast vs. coast, Bird vs. Magic, John Kiley vs. Toni Tennille and memories of Russell vs. Chamberlain.The Celtics and...
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