Gametime

I know it’s October, but I expected so much more from the Celtics. After all the talk about the Heat and Ray Allen, I expected the defensive intensity to be there. It wasn’t. And the Heat rolled 120-107. LeBron James had 26 points in 29 minutes. If he doesn’t sit out most of the 4th [...]

Tip: 8 PM     Court: Americanairlines Arena    Watch it: TNT  Hear it: WEEI Referees:  Monty McCutchen, Kane Fitzgerald, Sean Wright  Get your tickets here The Matchup   Record: (2011-12) 39-27 Record: (2011-12) 46-20 On road: (2011-12) 15-18 At home: (2011-12) 28-5 Streak: 0 Streak: 0 2011-12 Leaders 2011-12 Leaders Buckets: Pierce (19.4 ppg) Buckets: LeBron [...]

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 Miami. “I expected that, when I heard [that the Heat are the Celtics’ target] from Doc, I know Doc very well, as well it should be; our focus is on Boston,” [...]

There’s a pervasive myth out there that you can sag off of Rajon Rondo and render him ineffective.  People will point to the Lakers as an example of how putting Kobe Bryant on Rondo and letting him roam is an effective strategy. But that’s overly simplistic, and doesn’t take into account other matchup issues, and [...]

Despite some nice play early on, and a promising burst at the beginning of the 2nd half, the C’s were inconsistent this evening. They fall at home to Philly 88-79. Turnovers were once again a problem as the Celtics had 7 of them before the end of the 1st quarter. The offense looked a bit [...]

After starting slow and sluggish, the Celtics used a 24-9 run to close out the first half and never looked back.  The Carmelo Anthony and Amare Stoudemire-less Knicks jumped out to a 28-15 first quarter lead against the KG and Paul Pierce-less Celtics and actually led by as many as 19.  Jeff Green led all [...]

The Brooklyn Nets wanted this game. We knew that when Avery Johnson rested his starters on Tuesday night. The new look Nets were on national television in their new arena against the Celtics. How did Brooklyn respond? They got steamrolled. The Celtics were aggressive on both ends of the floor and dominated this game from [...]

I lost a lot of interest in this preseason game once I learned that New Jersey Brooklyn would not play Deron Williams, Joe Johnson, Gerald Wallace, Kris Humphries and Brook Lopez – a group otherwise known as its starting five. Regardless of who was on the floor for New Brooklyn, I wanted to see the [...]

[This recap brought to you by Ben F.] To sum this game up in six words: The Sixers tried, the Celtics didn’t. The C’s do have five games in seven nights but it would have been a bit encouraging to see them try a little more. Between the 38% shooting and the 20 turnovers (which [...]

Doc Rivers let the a bunch of guys who’ll probably never make the team finish the game against the Knicks, and they ended up dropping this one in OT, 98-95.  Chris Copeland ….. I’ll wait for you to Google him….. …. dropped 21 second half points for the Knicks in the win.  The Celtics were [...]