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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 New York. - It's really fun, as an opposing fan, to watch Keyon Dooling shoot jumpers. It's the defensive equivalent of watching Steve Novak shoot jumpers. - Avery [...]

The NBA is a stars' league and the officials are fully aware of it. But the star treatment reached a new level last night.  Melo's physical style of play makes these non-fouls harder to swallow. The officials let him bully his way to the hoop on every possession, pushing off defenders, yet he cannot be [...]

Steve Novak and J.R. Smith combined for 15 three-pointers and 50 points as the Knicks beat the Celtics 118-110. The Celtics had some major issues with defensive rotations on the perimeter tonight and the Knicks killed them. NY shot a ridiculous 14-21 from 3 in the first half and 5-11 from 3 in the 2nd [...]

WTF? Eight hours ago Doc Rivers said Ray would have no limitations, now his ankle is too swollen to play. This is not good. I'm starting to wonder if Ray will make it through the playoffs. [...]

Tip: 8:00 PM    Court: Madison Square Garden   Watch it: TNT  Hear it: WEEI          Referees: Dan Crawford, Tony Brown, Pat Fraher Get your tickets here The Matchup   Record: 36-25 (1st Atlantic, 4th East) Record: 31-29 (T-2nd Atlantic, 7th East) On the road:  15-16 At home: 20-11 Streak: Won 2 Streak: Lost 1     Leaders [...]

As the clock winds down on this NBA season, we'll take periodic looks at the teams ahead of the Celtics in the standings in order to get a better understanding of them, and the Celtics' situation. The Philadelphia 76'ers lost last night, putting the Celtics, once again, in a position to take the Atlantic division [...]

Woj has the details:  D’Antoni and Knicks owner James Dolan agreed on Wednesday to end his three-plus-years run as Knicks coach, a source said. “It was a mutual decision to no longer coach the Knicks … conflicting visions of the club’s future,” the source said. [...] “Dolan is blaming the coach,” said a source with knowledge [...]

Marc Berman of the NY Post has the not-so-shocking details: Carmelo Anthony’s discontent with the Knicks organization became so severe after Monday night’s loss to the Bulls, he told a confidant he preferred to be traded before Thursday’s NBA deadline, The Post has learned. According to a person familiar with his thinking, Anthony’s disillusionment stems most [...]

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 New York. "I don’t know if that’s execution, that’s having a horseshoe up your rear," D'Antoni said of the game-tying three-pointer. "That’s what Paul Pierce does." ESPN NY [...]

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.  Few NBA players bring it every game, but Rondo plays with at least one of them: Garnett. Rondo has the model right before him, if only he [...]