Recaps

You knew that the Lakers and their fans would be emotional tonight, and that L.A. would feed off of it, but the Celtics showed little resistance. Call it “tired legs”, second night of a back-to-back, blah blah. Boston just did not play defense tonight. Period. They fall 113-99 in L.A. As Doc told his troops [...]

The Celtics put forth a valiant effort tonight in Denver, but ended up losing 97-90. They simply didn’t make enough plays down the stretch. The C’s managed a measly 6 points over the final 5+ minutes of this game. The officiating was horribly one-sided questionable, but it was the Celtics lack of offensive continuity that [...]

This baby loves the slop, eats it up. Eats the slop, born to slop… How the hell do you capture the true essence of tonight’s victory? The Celtics stunk less? Screw that, I’m going to channel my inner grit-and-balls and put a positive spin on this mess. The Celtics scratched and clawed their way back [...]

That was a giant shit sandwich.  The Celtics were expectedly fatigued in the first half, but they maintained a level of aggression that got them to the line a bunch, even in sloppy half court possessions.  But they completely went down the toilet for most of the second half. What kind of game was this? [...]

THAT WAS A DAMN BAR FIGHT!   After an atrocious reversal by the referees that led to Ty Lawson sending the game to overtime, this game went into a full-fledged bar fight.  It was sloppy, it was gritty, it was big shot after big shot, but eventually the Celtics outlasted the Nuggets, 118-114. So much to [...]

Prior to tonight, I had only read about the Lakers woes. Now I can provide visual confirmation – they are awful. The Celtics scored at will. You could count on an open 15-17 footer just about every possession. But the C’s didn’t settle. They continued the excellent ball movement (25 assists) and manhandled the Lakers, [...]

Allow me to be the first to reference a “turn back the clock performance” by Kevin Garnett.  KG put up 27 and 10 to carry the Celtics… and he did it in just 32 minutes and 18 shots.  Leandro Barbosa chipped in 14 points, 12 in the 4th quarter, to erase a 10 point Raptors [...]

Is this team bipolar or what? The Celtics tuned up the Clippers with 59 points in the first half. The offense was crisp, efficient and just plain smart. The defense was solid and the Clippers helped by playing sloppy. The combination resulted in a 19 point halftime lead. The second half was the exact opposite. [...]

They’re not going to frame this one and hang it in a museum, but the Celtics will take what ended up being a blowout win over the Magic.  Six different Celtics scored in double figures, led by Jeff Green.  Paul Pierce nearly got a triple double.  KG dropped a double-double.  And the Celtics overcame a [...]

The Celtics rode a monster second quarter in which they outscored the Kings by 23 to coast to an easy win over the still-in-Sacramento Kings.  The Celtics did exactly what they needed to do without Rajon Rondo… get defensive stops, push the tempo, and get to the rim.  The Celtics had lulls for the second [...]