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Paul Pierce. The Truth. The Captain. Superman. Call him whatever you want. Just make sure you call him clutch. [...]

  Every morning, we compile the links of the day and dump them here… highlighting the big storyline. Because there's nothing quite as satisfying as a good morning dump. We call him Swag… He's our leader. This one's for Swag, aka 9, aka Rondo. Hope you listening boy. I know you not. I know you're [...]

Everyone on the planet knew that Paul Pierce was going to assert himself in Game 2. Larry Drew, Joe Johnson, Josh Smith, Dominique Wilkins, Cliff Livingston and Antoine Carr all knew it. And none of them could do anything about it. The Truth dominated this game: 36 points, 12-26 FG, 11-13 FT, 14 rebounds, 4 [...]

Hope you're ready for some photos from last night's Game 1 vs the Hawks-because I've got a bunch of them for you. Top play GIFs after the jump….. [...]

The only surprise here is that WCVB reporter Mike Dowling is the first to break the news. [...]

Every morning, we compile the links of the day and dump them here… highlighting the big storyline. Because there's nothing quite as satisfying as a good morning dump. "Obviously I was upset about the call," Rondo said. "I said some words to Marc. I deserved the first tech. As I was walking, I thought he [...]

Beer… check.  Takeout… check.  Celtics jersey… check. The only thing missing from tonight's playoff opener with the Hawks was… the Celtics. The C's came out flatter than (insert teenage joke here) and could never recover. The result: an 83-74 Hawks victory in Game 1. It was a story we've seen before. The Celtics dug themselves [...]

Tip: 7:00 PM    Court: Philips Arena   Watch it: TNT/CSNNE  Hear it: WEEI          Referees: Mike Callahan, Marc Davis, John Goble (alternate: Kane Fitzgerald) Get your tickets here The Matchup Record: 39-27 (1st Atlantic, 4th seed) Record: 40-26 (2nd Southeast, 5th Seed) On the road:  15-18 At home: 23-10 Streak: Won 2 Streak: Won 2      Leaders [...]

President Obama made some waves when he slow-jammed the news with Jimmy Fallon last week.  He took some heat for that, but he's not done.  Nope.  We got the guys to reunite for a special encore performance.  Here they are again… to slow jam our Celtics-Hawks first round preview. Note:  The following contains innuendo for [...]

We often wonder what opposing teams, their beat reporters and bloggers are saying about the Celtics.  This time, we're taking a look at what the Hawks are saying before playing the Celtics. “I’m taking rest and rhythm over home court,” [Doc Rivers] said over and over. The unstated implication, of course, is that the Celtics [...]