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The Celtics could have come out stronger. They sure as hell could have finished better. But Dwyane Wade had a transcendent game.  That whole looking at his hand thing after nailing those threes is going to be on his permanent highlight real.  He took the game over in a way that only a few guys [...]

While most of the media will look to Dwayne Wade's ridiculous 4th quarter (19 of his 46 points), the real reason the Celtics lost to the Heat this afternoon was missed free throws. With the Celtics trailing 96-92 with 1:50 left in the game, Ray Allen missed consecutive free throws. He made 1-of-2 during a [...]

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 Miami. Why didn't the Heat foul Pierce? “We thought about it,'' coach Erik Spoelstra would say later. The in-bounds pass was with 11.7 seconds left. It went straight [...]

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. "They have so many different late-game situations, if you go through their [game video] edits, there's no pattern," said Spoelstra. "They have so many proven 25-point-per-game scorers [...]

Paul Pierce's 21-footer at the buzzer wins it for the Celtics 100-98. The only thing more demoralizing to Miami was the sight of Dwayne Wade limping off the court moments before Pierce's dagger, clutching his left knee. The Celtics nearly blew this game. Thanks to 9 straight points from PP, the Celtics took an 8 [...]

Via WEE.com: “We have to be more athletic, more energetic, bring the fire,” Beasley said. “Make them feel old. They’ve got a lot of veterans on their team and we’ve got a lot of young guys. We just need to run the floor and just try to tire them out.” Here's the flaw with your [...]

That's what she said. "Game 3's are Game 3's — Miami has yet to have a home game," said Rivers. "We’ve had two. We’ve done our job. But I don’t consider ourselves up in the series. I consider that we won our two home game.s Now we have to come to play. If the two [...]

Tonight is the most important game of Michael Beasley's career. Of course, I can say that because his career is only two years old, and the two games he started in this series against the Celtics are the only two playoff games he's ever started.  So he's got plenty of time to have more important [...]

Doc Rivers spoke this morning with Dennis and Callahan on WEEI:  Rivers said he was told the incident became heated after Richardson told Paul Pierce to get up off the floor while the players stood over the injured Celtic. Rivers said everyone should expect to see additional similar reactions from Pierce. Said Rivers: "I don't [...]

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 Miami. What happened last night was a worst-case scenario. Instead of kicking a man while he was down, the Heat took a shot to the groin and fell [...]