Ricky Davis Returns to Cleveland
November23, 2005CLEVELAND - The boos came early and often, every time Ricky Davis touched the ball. They grew louder every time he put up a shot or got called for a foul. With 2.1 seconds remaining in...
View ArticleCeltics Hand Hawks First Win
November24, 2005ATLANTA -- It had to happen sooner or later. Unfortunately for the Celtics, last night was the night the Hawks earned (in the broadest sense of the word) their first victory of the...
View ArticleKP Needs more PT
November25, 2005If Celtics coach Doc Rivers had to pick one mistake out of the "probably 50" he acknowledged making against Atlanta, it would be the lack of playing time allotted to Kendrick...
View ArticleThe Raefster is No Pervis
November 26, 2005Raef LaFrentz did a little bit of everything for the Celtics last night.He hit a 3-pointer to tie the game in the final minutes. He won a jump ball in the final seconds. He helped...
View ArticleDoc Starts Perk, Sits Blount
November 26, 2005The Celtics coaching staff dramatically shook up the lineup last night against the Bobcats, starting Kendrick Perkins instead of Mark Blount .It may have helped as the Celtics pulled...
View ArticleRaef and Pierce Close out Win
November 26, 2005After a lot of hard work, the final Celtics play could not have been easier. Paul Pierce inbounded the ball to Raef LaFrentz at the top of the arc. LaFrentz set a pick and quickly...
View ArticleWho are the Celtics Fooling?
November27, 2005If only Mark Blount were the problem. But he's not. Far from it. The problem goes well beyond one player.We have been conditioned by Celtics ownership, management, and even, to some...
View ArticleWhispers of the "R" Word at Waltham
November 27, 2005WALTHAM - No one likes to mention the "r" word around the Celtics' practice facility. Coach Doc Rivers and executive director of basketball operations Danny Ainge know the stigma...
View ArticleBlount Benched
November28, 2005DNP-CD. That was Mark Blount's fate Friday night, a surprising one given that he had started the first 11 games of the season and had no inclination that Game No. 12 was going to be any...
View ArticleAlmost December and C's Still can't claim back-to-back wins
November 29, 2005Wouldn't it be loverly? A simple winning streak? You know, where one win actually follows another? Is that too much to ask, especially when the games are at home and against opponents...
View ArticleShaq Sits; Heat Still Win
December 22, 2004Shaq Sits; Heat Still WinMIAMI - The Big Guy didn't play, but the Miami Heat still had the best player on the floor in the person of a mid-size guy named Dwyane Wade. The Shaq-less...
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Forte Giving it a Go
January 2, 2005Former Celtics first-round draft pick Joseph Forte is trying, once again.Forte, whom the Celtics selected with the 21st pick in 2001 (we won't say anything more), lasted one year with...
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Big Al Hitting the Wall
January 2, 2005WALTHAM - Shifting his weight from right to left and glancing repeatedly at his cellphone, Al Jefferson looked a bit distracted around 3 p.m. yesterday. That was understandable. The...
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Rivers to Activate Ainge to Replace Injured Glove
January 3, 2005AUBURN HILLS, Mich. - The potential loss of Gary Payton with a strained left hamstring was briefly a laughing matter last night after the Celtics dropped a 100-88 decision to the...
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Missing the Point
January 3, 2005AUBURN HILLS, Mich. - The turning point in last night's game came less than three minutes into the third quarter. That's when Gary Payton limped to the visitors' locker room after...
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Pierce Da Man
January 4, 2005If there was ever an opportune time for point guard Gary Payton to strain his left hamstring and have his consecutive-game streak snapped, it was last night, with the New Orleans Hornets...
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Patient Willing, Doc Unwilling
January 4, 2005Whether or not Gary Payton would play last night was truly a game-time decision. At 6:37 p.m., the Celtics announced that he would not dress and that second-year point guard Marcus Banks...
View ArticleDoc Looking for Answers
Doc Looking for Answers January 14, 2005"We're fourth in the league in field goal percentage. We're sixth in the league in scoring. But we're 26th in the league in turnovers and then 29th in the league...
View ArticleCeltics Defense Good at Giving up Points
Celtics Defense Good at Giving up PointsJanuary 13, 2005 TORONTOOnly the day before, Paul Pierce joked about the lack of luster and sizzle here now that Vince Carter is gone. "They've got Morris...
View ArticleWho is Michael Doleac?
12/22/04Who is Michael Doleac?MIAMI - Let's see . . . you hear the term, "Miami Heat." And the first name you think of these days is not Michael Doleac.But that's who was starting at center against the...
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