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ts playoff time so it's time to focus on our potential roadblocks to Banner 18.  Every day we'll bring you what's making news in enemy territory.  This way we know what they're up to when it comes time to take 'em out. EASTERN CONFERENCE Pro Basketball Talk: Rare is the NBA playoff series when the opposition [...]

Here's the schedule for all the East Game 1's:  No. 1 Chicago vs. No. 8 Indiana — Saturday at 1 p.m. ET on ESPN No. 2 Miami vs. No. 7 Philadelphia — Saturday at 3:30 p.m. ET on ABC No. 3 Boston vs. No. 6 New York — Sunday at 7 p.m. ET on TNT No. 4 Orlando [...]

(Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images) 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. Doc Rivers has made no secret about wanting the top seed in the East. Still, you don't get that feeling when [...]

(AP Photo/John Bazemore) Welcome to the 3rd seed! The Celtics played a solid game for about 3 quarters before collapsing over the final 12 minutes in Atlanta. How bad was the 4th quarter? The Cs scored 15 points on 29% shooting. Atlanta killed the Celtics on the boards (52-38). They had 14 offensive rebounds. Zaza [...]

Tip: 8:00pm    Court: Phillips Arena   Watch it:  CSN/ESPN    Hear it:  WEEI Referees:  Monty McCutchen, Tony Brown, Jason Phillips Get your tickets here The Matchup Record: 52-22 (1st Atlantic, 2nd East) Record: 43-32 (3rd Southeast, 5th East) On The Road: 23-14 At Home: 23-15 Streak: Won 1 Streak: Won 3 Leaders Leaders Buckets: Pierce (18.7 [...]

Its time to start focusing on the playoffs and our potential roadblocks to Banner 18.  Every day we'll bring you what's making news in enemy territory.  This way we know what they're up to when it comes time to take 'em out.  EASTERN CONFERENCE ESPN Chicago:  The Bulls' reserves — specifically, Ronnie Brewer, Kyle Korver, C.J. Watson, Taj Gibson, Kurt [...]

That's Austin Rivers rockin his Dad's Atlanta Hawks jersey for the McDonald's All American Dunk contest.  He ended up losing the contest in the finals.  My first reaction was "Damn.. Doc never got up like that."  But you know… he could get up there.  Check him out here at the :44 mark.   [...]

I often wonder what opposing teams, their beat reporters and bloggers are saying about the Celtics after playing the Celtics. Here's a dose of 'enemy chatter' from Atlanta. Josh Smith: "What you have got to understand is we don’t have all our weapons. I don’t think you can really measure where we are at as [...]

The Celtics just keep on chuggin' along. It doesn't matter which players take they floor, they just keep on winning. Tonight's victim – an uninspired Hawks team (missing Joe Johnson and Jamal Crawford). The Cs toyed with Atlanta for the first half, but cranked up the offense in the 3rd quarter (36 points) and clamped [...]

  Glen Davis, who has taken 20 charges so far this season, went into last night's game having taken a charge in every game of the season. With 7:38 to play, it looked like he might have kept his streak alive.  Jamal Crawford drove the lane and Baby was there outside the restricted area in [...]