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Michael Cooper v. Kevin McHale
MICHAEL COOPER IS 6 FEET 7 inches tall, with long, thin legs, a narrow waist and an upper body that fans out like a V into a pair of shoulders so acutely angular they might be supported by a crossbeam....
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Gerald Greeeeeen
-Readers of this blog no doubt will recall a three-week stretch (Ok, I realize it felt like three months) where I posted articles about what Gerald Green has been doing since being dealt for the Big...
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Frank Ramsey: Seven Titles, One Ring
Frank Ramsey was a Hall of Fame forward on the Boston Celtics in the '50s and '60s, an era when Bill Russell ruled in the paint and the Celtics won 11 NBA titles in 13 years.Ramsey played on seven...
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DJ's Attitude is Just Fine in Boston
1983-84 Boston CelticsRecord: 1-111/2/1983He has always carried a label of being a free spirit in the purest sense. In good years and bad, it is what made Dennis Johnson's approach to playing...
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Garnett Being Thrown to Wolves
KG's Rookie Year11/9/1995The education of Kevin Garnett continues, with gold stars, eraser marks and about 77 more pop quizzes between now and the end of the season. In his one and only course of...
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Walton Iffy for Clippers
1983-84 Boston CelticsRecord: 4-111/9/1983The San Diego Clippers are headed for Boston, which means that Norm Nixon and Terry Cummings make their only 1982-83 Garden appearance tonight. Bill Walton...
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Celtics Keep Rolling
1983-84 Boston CelticsCeltics 126, Pistons 118Record: 7-111/12/1983BOSTONYou can find flaws if you look hard enough. The Celtics refuse to bury opponents. They have a philanthropic streak that inspires...
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Celtics Ready for Playoffs
1983-84 Boston CelticsApril 15, 1984Weatherman Harvey Leonard thinks Dennis Johnson is going to make the difference. The guys at the Newton Y are worried about Gerald Henderson's ballhandling at the...
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Pierce Outgunned by Equipment Manager
Paul Pierce arrived early to practice Wednesday at UCLA, well ahead of the main bus transporting the rest of the Boston Celtics from their team hotel in advance of tonight's matchup with the Lakers at...
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Red's Last Motivational Speech as Head Coach
Thursday night, April 28, 1966, was eventful in Boston.It was seventh game of the championship series against the Los Angeles Lakers and Red Auerbach's last as a pro coach. The Celtics were going for...
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KG has Career Night in Loss
KG's Rookie Year11/16/1995The Timberwolves have difficulty with the San Antonio Spurs, and Wednesday night's game at Target Center was no exception. The Spurs' 105-96 victory was further proof that the...
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The Ainge Reputation
Danny Ainge didn't even turn too many heads as a Toronto Blue Jays infielder, and when he was pried away to join the Boston Celtics in 1981, he simply became just another player sitting on the end of...
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DJ Sidelined
1983-84 Boston CelticsRecord 36-9February 3, 1984Things had been going almost too well for the Celtics. With the club riding a seven-game winning streak, only scant mention seemed necessary when...
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Celts Mow Down Moses-less Sixers
1983-84 Boston CelticsCeltics 102, Sixers 98Record 34-9January 26, 1984It wasn't quite the same. Beating the 76ers when they don't have Moses Malone is like winning Olympic hockey gold without playing...
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Sixers in Limbo without Moses
1983-84 Boston CelticsCeltics 102, Sixers 98Record 34-9January 26, 1984It was like trying to break the sound barrier in a balloon. Moses Malone, the 76ers' human pneumatic drill, was in Philadelphia...
View ArticleMagic & Larry Bird were the Epicenter of a 1980s Earthquake
November 8, 1991FINALS CHAPTERS CLIMAXED LEGENDARY RIVALRYMagic Johnson and Larry Bird were the epicenter of the earthquake that shook the NBA in the 1980s.Magic's Lakers and Bird's Celtics met three...
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Parish Will Start for Malone at All-Star Game
1983-84 Boston CelticsCeltics 102, Sixers 98Record 34-9January 26, 1984Robert Parish will be the Eastern Conference's starting center in Sunday's NBA All-Star game. Moses Malone, who turned his ankle...
View ArticleCeltics, Sixers Heading in Opposite Directions
1983-84 Boston CelticsCeltics 102, Sixers 98Record 34-9January 27, 1984With the four day All-Star cease-fire in effect, the Celtics and 76ers have a lot of time to digest the first half of the 1983-84...
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The Cowens-Era Celtics Deserve More Respect
The 1974 and the 1976 Celtics were my teams. I became a Celtics' fan on day one of the 1974 Finals. Cowens v. Jabbar. Celtics v. Bucks. The Bucks were the prohibitive favorites. The Celtics didn't...
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Ainge on the Bill Fitch Years
Celtics coach Bill Fitch was a Gerald Henderson believer who didn't have a whole lot of use for Ainge."They'd diagram a play and I'd always be out on the side somewhere or stuck at halfcourt with...
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