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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 [...]

Every month (except for March… oops), 8 of us insane NBA bloggers get together to record ourselves swearing at each other… and occasionally mix in some NBA-related talk.  We like to call it the 8th Seed.  We all got together last night to bang out about an hour's worth of playoffs talk… and a good [...]

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. “You make your bed, you have to lay in it,” he said. “So if I have to deal with it, then it is what it is. I’m [...]

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. But as Mario Chalmers dribbled down the clock, preparing to take a potential winning shot, Celtics captain Paul Pierce emerged from the trainer's room, decked out in [...]

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. But Rivers clearly was thinking about the mail-in debacle against the Wizards when he said of Celts wanting to play, “I don’t mind that with all of [...]

Photo by Jim Rogash/Getty Images North America By Nate A team’s top player goes down for the season with a potentially career threatening knee injury, ending the team’s hopes of replicating the historic success of the past season.  While the team soldiers on without its star, the season is ultimately disappointing, causing fans to defer [...]

This video has been out there, so some of you might have seen it.  But I figured it’d be worth posting on the front page anyway. First, he calls Kenny Smith “numbnuts”… then he calls his producer a “pussy”… all on live TV.  The best part about this video is that I can actually say [...]

Here's what LeBron James had to say about abruptly leaving the court following the Game 6 loss to Orlando: "It's hard for me to congratulate somebody after you just lose to them," he said. "I'm a winner. It's not being a poor sport or anything like that. If somebody beats you up, you're not going [...]

Every now and then you get that wow-this-guy-could-be-really-good performance from Lamar Odom and last night was the night. Give the Lakers credit – they played defense (12 blocked shots, Denver shot 38%) and Kobe (8 assists) passed the ball to guys who made plays (Odom 19 pts, Ariza 12 pts, Fisher 12 pts). Denver may [...]

"I wish we would take more advantage of our height and the inside game, because it's pretty effective. It's unfortunate that we don't recognize it enough," Gasol said, according to the Daily News. "It's frustrating because we lose games," Gasol said, according to the report. "I don't mind when we win, because the bottom line [...]