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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 [...]

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. “Well, we’d rather not, honestly,’’ Rivers said of opening on the road. “It would have been easier to open up at home but we’re just not. “We [...]

The Boston Celtics will face the Atlanta Hawks in the first round of the NBA playoffs. With that in mind, and home court advantage still in doubt in this series, we'll be keeping a closer look on the Hawks to see what they're up to. With the Hawks up four against the Clippers last night [...]

  Looks like I'm on recap duty tonight since Chuck is busy handling some important responsibilities.  The Celtics lose to a not so scary Atlanta Hawks team 97-92 tonight. This game went pretty-much as expected, up until the end of the 3rd quarter when the C's made a 12-2 run to cut the lead to 74-71 heading [...]

Tip: 7:00 PM    Court: Philips Arena   Watch it: CSN, ESPN  Hear it: WEEI          Referees: Ken Mauer, David Jones and Eli Roe Get your tickets here The Matchup   Record: 37-26 (1st Atlantic, 4th East) Record: 37-25 (2nd Southeast, 5th East) On road: 15-17 At home: 20-9 Streak: Won 1 Streak: Won 2     Leaders [...]

Unfortunately, there aren't a whole bunch of photos from last night's game. But my boy HTT did put together some nice GIFs of the top plays. You'll find them after the jump… [...]

Tip: 8:00 PM    Court: TD Garden   Watch it: CSN Hear it: WEEI          Referees: Marc Davis, Leroy Richardson, Zach Zarba Get your tickets here The Matchup   Record: 33-24 (1st Atlantic, 4th East) Record: 34-23 (2nd Southeast, 5th East) At home: 20-9 On the road: 15-15  Streak: Won 3 Streak: Won 3     Leaders  Leaders [...]

Here are some pics from the C's win over the Hawks last night. "Ray=Buttah" GIFS after the jump.. [...]