We 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 Miami. On a night when the Boston Celtics were determined to hit the Heat literally where they're hurting by pounding the ball inside to Kevin Garnett, Miami had no options to [...]
June 2, 2012 Chuck - Red's Army Celtics News There are two guarantees with the Celtics. They'll play tough and gritty. And nothing ever comes easy. We witnessed both in tonight's 101-91 victory in Game 3. Rajon Rondo scored 8 of his 21 points in the 4th quarter as the Heat slowly whittled away a 24-point deficit. Knowing the Heat are going to make [...]
June 1, 2012 Chuck - Red's Army Marquis Daniels, Rajon Rondo May 18, 2008. Five years ago. Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Semi-Finals. LeBron James was 23 years-old, a year removed from an embarrassing Finals sweep at the hands of the San Antonio Spurs, and, at the time, believed to be on the cusp of leading the Cleveland Cavaliers to a championship. Surely, people [...]
June 1, 2012 John - Red's Army Paul Pierce 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 don't have any surrender or retreat in us," said Keyon Dooling. "You know we're a grind-it-out team. We're going to continue to come back. We're going to [...]
June 1, 2012 Chuck - Red's Army Celtics News Here are some pics from last night's tough G2 loss in Miami. Top play GIFs after the jump… [...]
May 31, 2012 KWAPT Celtics 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. The general manager of the Boston Celtics was trying to understand how LeBron James could get to the free-throw line those 24 times, and so Danny Ainge [...]
May 31, 2012 Chuck - Red's Army Kevin Garnett An epic performance by Rajon Rondo and a tremendous "grit and balls" effort by the Celtics tonight was marred by wretched officiating. I didn't want to bitch about the officials. The game was too good. But I can't stomach the bias. Just look at the photo. With the game tied at 105 in overtime, Rondo [...]
May 30, 2012 Chuck - Red's Army Rajon Rondo Check-out some photos from last night’s Game 1 loss. Top play GIFs after the jump… [...]
We 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 Miami. Playing in the first conference game of his career, Shane Battier recorded his first postseason double-double. He had 10 points and 10 rebounds and shut out Brandon Bass [...]
May 29, 2012 John - Red's Army Enemy Chatter, Gametime There are certain things you just don’t do. And laughing in KG’s face is one of them. Maybe LeBron feels like he can get away with it. The Celtics obviously need KG, so he can’t do anything there that could get him tossed or suspended. The referees were obviously quick with the technical fouls last [...]