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Boston won their 11th straight home game last night, beating the Charlotte Bobcats 105-88 at TD Garden. The Celtics are now preparing for their showdown with Miami tomorrow night. Tip-off at the Garden is at 8pm EST. At today’s practice in Waltham, Doc Rivers said that he’s “not that concerned” about KG’s adductor strain, and [...]

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 Charlotte.  “There are three things in terms of the offensive side of the ball,” Dunlap said. “He plays up top, and they use the pick and roll up there nice. And [...]

Thanks to 8 first half turnovers that led to 13 Charlotte points, the Celtics could not put distance between themselves and the ‘Cats early. Boston went into halftime up 50-43. But the guys in green turned it up another notch on both sides of the ball to blow the game open and cruise through most [...]

Tip: 7:30PM     Court: TD Garden    Watch it: CSNNE    Hear it: WEEI Referees:  Bennett Salvatore, Bennie Adams and Eric Dalen Spread: BOS -15.5 Boston Celtics Tickets Are you watching or going to tonight’s Celtics game? RSVP here and be entered to win $200 in free tickets. The Matchup Record: 35-29 Record: 14-51 [...]

The joke was on us tonight. Doc Rivers didn’t just give Paul Pierce the night off, he rested the entire team. That’s the only reasonable explanation for the effort the Celtics gave tonight in Charlotte. The C’s were annihilated by the lowly Bobcats, 100-74. It wasn’t even that close. Gerald Henderson torched the Celtics for [...]

Tip: 7PM     Court: Time Warner Cable Arena    Watch it: CSNNE    Hear it: WEEI Referees:  Ed Malloy, Brent Barnaky and David Guthrie Spread: BOS -11.0 Boston Celtics Tickets Are you watching or going to tonight’s Celtics game? RSVP here and be entered to win $200 in free tickets. The Matchup Record: 34-28 [...]

The Truth yawns before the C’s dropped a tough one in Charlotte last night. Bobcats outlasted the exhausted C’s 94-91. Leandro Barbosa also went down with a season-ending ACL injury as if the loss wasn’t bad enough. The Celtics face Chicago tomorrow night at the Garden in their last game before the AS break. Tip-off [...]

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? [...]

After every game, we’ll take stock of how each individual performance affects the player’s overall value. Starters Offense:     Defense:      Overall:  He was 4-4 from 16-23 feet, and despite down-shifting into 3rd gear after starting the game going all out in 5th gear, he still came up with the big play when needed.  Offense:   [...]

I’ll just quote Chuck’s preview: This game screams letdown. The Celtics return from a two-day respite to face one of the worst teams in the league. We know what type of craptastic effort they are capable of in these types of situations. … This game will be closer than it should, but I’m not ready to [...]