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Larry Drew is moving Kirk Hinrich and Jason Collins to the bench. I expected Al Horford to start. Even if he's still rusty, Horford is a better option than Collins. Marvin Williams is shooting 21% in this series. I'm guessing Drew wants him to defend Paul Pierce? This switch will put either Rajon Rondo or [...]

Enjoy some pics from last night's thrashing of the Hawks. KG enjoying Gino & top play GIFs after the jump.. [...]

Let's examine the Hawks who are burned by Rajon Rondo on this play. Jeff Teague – Forced to respect Rajon's hot jump shooting, Teague races out to the perimeter. Rondo promptly blows past him.  Jason Collins – Frozen by the behind-the-back ball fake. He's in a tough spot. If he challenges, Rondo dishes to KG [...]

Now that was fun. The Celtics demolished the Hawks for 48 minutes tonight and took a commanding 3-1 lead in the series. I don't know where to begin. The Celtics dominated from the start. The lead was 13 after one, 23 at the half and 37 in the 3rd quarter. They dominated every phase of [...]

  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. Rivers is most concerned with the minutes of the Big Four – Rajon Rondo, Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen (ankle) who returned to the [...]

It wasn't pretty, but the C's got it done. Enjoy some pics from last night's Game 3. GIFs after the jump… [...]

In what may have been the worst playoff game in league history, the Celtics beat the Hawks 90-84 in overtime. The C's have won ugly all season long. But nothing, I repeat, nothing compared to this game. We were treated to spectacularly bad turnovers and horrific defensive lapses, the likes of which haven't been seen [...]

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. Props to the creative Hawks fan who sported this "t-shirt" at last night's game. The answer to his question is… Rondo's back at the hotel, resting his [...]

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….. [...]