Gametime

After every game, we’ll take stock of how each individual performance affects the player’s overall value. Starters Offense:      Defense:      Overall: Like I said last night, The Wolves ran the same play 3 or 4 times in a row… a pick and roll with Ridnour… because Rondo got burned on it just about [...]

We often wonder what opposing teams, their beat reporters and bloggers are saying about the Celtics. Here’s a look at some enemy chatter from Minnesota. “They were making a lot of shots,” Wolves coach Rick Adelman said. “I can’t tell you [what went wrong] until I look at it, but I thought we were playing [...]

The Celtics started aggressively, but faded down the stretch of the second quarter to lull us all into believing we were in for another frustrating dog fight. But they took control of the game in the second half to push their lead up as high as 17 before settling for a 104-94 win.  The starters, [...]

Tip: 7:30 PM     Court: TD Garden     Watch it: CSN     Hear it: WEEI Referees: Michael Smith, Courtney Kirkland, Tre Maddox Get your tickets here: Boston Celtics Tickets The Matchup Record: 9-8 Record: 8-8 At Home 5-4 On Road: 4-5 Streak: Lost 1 Streak: Won 2 Leaders Leaders Buckets: Pierce (19.2 ppg) Buckets: Kevin [...]

After making his NBA debut against the Trailblazers, Kris Joseph returned the Maine Red Claws yesterday to score 14 points on 6-17 shooting in a 98-87 loss to Sioux Falls. Joseph is 7th in the D-League in scoring among players who’ve played 2 or more games with 21.7 ppg.  He’s struggling a bit with his [...]

We often wonder what opposing teams, their beat reporters and bloggers are saying about the Celtics. Here’s a look at some enemy chatter from Milwaukee. Marquis Daniels Daniels played tough defense all night on Paul Pierce all game and gave the Bucks god versatility against the Pierce/Terry pick and roll late. He offers preciously little [...]

Well… that sucked. Following Friday night’s ass-kicking of Portland, I just knew – in my heart of hearts – the Celtics were ripe for a letdown loss in Milwaukee. And they didn’t disappoint. Bucks win, 91-88. The Green: The Celtics raced out to a 17-0 lead and led 27-11 at the end of the first [...]

Tip: 8:30 PM    Court: BMO Harris Bradley Center     Watch it: CSN     Hear it: WEEI Referees: Marc Davis, Bennie Adams, Haywoode Workman Get your tickets here: Boston Celtics Tickets The Matchup Record: 9-7 Record: 7-7 On Road: 4-3 At Home:  3-4 Streak: Won 1 Streak: Lost 2 Leaders Leaders Buckets: Pierce (19.2 ppg) Buckets: [...]

The Maine Red Claws, minus Kris Joseph who we saw last night in Boston, took on the LA Defenders in their home opener… and they did it wearing the uniforms of the Boston Celtics. The Claws fell to the Defenders 97-94.  Micah Downs struggled, shooting 5-14, but he still led Maine with 22 points.  Fab [...]

After every game, we’ll take stock of how each individual performance affects the player’s overall value. Starters Offense:      Defense:      Overall:  I bet when you see 3 green arrows come up for Courtney Lee, you expect a siren to go off and coins to come pouring out of your monitor somehow.  I’m going to [...]