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The world famous “NMA”, short for Next Media Animation, has given the Eastern Conference Finals their animated treatment. They call Boston “the Ben-Gay Celtics“, show Paul Pierce with a walker and KG with a cane. They aren’t much nicer to Miami, saying they’ll need “all the fouling and flopping and help from officials it can get.” [...]

Doc Rivers has this way of gauging the temperature of the room, and saying just the right thing to get people’s attention. Remember back in April when we all watched the Celtics lose to the Bulls by 7 and we chalked it up to just another “not enough in the tank” game?  Doc came out [...]

LeBron James was out of this world good last night.  He hit every shot he took.  He was an unstoppable force.  But it's the TYPE of shots he hit that are leaving the Celtics a little more comfortable with his performance than one might think.  After the game, Doc said I wasn't really okay with [...]

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’re not just going to pack for [Game 7],” Rivers said of his team. “They’re going to bring suits for Tuesday and they’re going to bring suits [...]

Why am I surprised? This is the 2012 Celtics. They followed up a gritty, gutty win in Miami with a pathetic peformance at home with a Finals berth on the line. LeBron James was phenomenal: 45 points, 19-26 FG and 15 rebounds. Paul Pierce was phenomenally awful: 9 points on 4-18 FG. James is going [...]

Sometimes I read things LeBron says and I have a reaction and I think… I'd better go back and read this again just to make sure i'm not overreacting.  This was one of those times.  But no matter how much I read this, it still sounds a whole lot like excuses. "It's been challenging not just for [...]

CSNNE does a wonderful job getting us ready for tonight’s game with a nice, four-minute video contrasting the introductions of each newly constructed Celtics and Heat team.  It’s pretty much all you need to know about each team, and why one has found success while the other is… well… struggling with the whole thing right [...]

  As always with these, there are fun things to look for that aren't always visible in normal speed or even some of the replays.  My favorite?   It comes at the :26-28 stretch.  It's a guy in the stands between Pierce's shoulder and LeBron's shoulder.  After the shot goes in.  It's a double face palm.  [...]

Still basking in the glow of the Celtics’ Game 5 victory in Miami? The guys at Gang Green are prepared to dissect the win, taunt the Heat and look ahead to Game 6 in Boston. You can watch the latest episode of Gang Green right here live at 9… and hit the jump and join [...]

Enjoy some pics from last night's thrilling Game 5 victory in Miami. Top play GIFs after the jump… Pics via Sina & GIFs via HTT [...]