red’s army

We’ve all had problems in our lives. We either accept them, complain about them, which accomplishes nothing, or we hit them head on and resolve them. That’s the decision Celtics fans, for that matter all NBA fans, face when it comes to the quality of officiating in what’s marketed as the world’s greatest basketball league. [...]

  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 [...]

  I don't want to get into any "I told you so" disguised as flowery prose with Rajon Rondo.  I don't want to get into fights about his consistency or how he should play on any given night.  Right now I just want to appreciate for a minute the amazing performance by Rondo last night. [...]

  With less than a minute to go in the OT, the Celtics had a shot to cut the Miami lead to 3 or even 2.  The Celtics drew up a play for Ray Allen. He inbounds, goes to the baseline and then circles back between 2 picks in hopes of getting a 3.  Looked [...]

We wish there was a better topic tonight, but Game 1 happened.  What can the C’s do differently?  Did ANYTHING work.  And should Stats just be named commish so we can move on with a legit NBA? You can watch the latest episode of Gang Green right here live at 9… and hit the jump [...]

Here we are again.  Ray Allen's ankle is a mess and the injury is permeating his entire game.  He can't cut, he can barely shoot, he's routinely beaten off the dribble.  It's bad. Yet…. There he was, valiantly doing other things to help the team as best he could.  He grabbed 5 rebounds (2 offensive) [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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. “He’s got to be in attack,” Rivers said. “The second quarter he was attacking. I thought he was reading a lot instead of playing on his instincts. [...]

I'm not going to lie to you folks.  I think Miami is going to win this series.   When you look at this objectively, the Celtics are just too banged up.  Without Avery Bradley, their best scoring option off the bench (Ray Allen) is now starting.  Their only other option is Mickael Pietrus, who needs [...]