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AP Photo/Charles Krupa 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. Erden got thrust into an even greater role Friday when Shaquille O'Neal departed in the first quarter with a sore right hip, Erden responded [...]

Photo by Elsa/Getty Images The Celtics came out strong and, after the Jazz briefly cut a big lead to single-digits in the , ran away with this one to come away with a 110-86 win.   Utah had it down to 32-27 in the second quarter, but the C's whipped off a 10-0 run and [...]

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. "We knew our big guys would not play every game," Ainge, Boston's president of basketball operations, told CSNNE.com in an interview earlier this month. "We needed a [...]

After a disappointing loss to the Houston Rockets on Monday at home, the Celtics rebounded nicely with a classic throttling at the hands of the Sacramento Kings.  From the onset, the Celtics' collective energy was evident.  Doc Rivers said the practice the day before was a great one and was happy to see it carry [...]

  Yeah… yeah… I know the line was delivered by a Russian guy and Semih is Turkish.  It's called creative license.  Semih played ok last night.  He turned it over a few times and he missed some makeable shots… but he grabbed a few rebounds… most notably that one.  And with Jermaine O'Neal out 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. Coach Doc Rivers said he didn’t know whether O’Neal would ultimately require surgery. “I’m concerned,’’ Rivers said. “I think he’s gone two weeks and a practice and [...]

  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. “I thought it was his knee the way he did it, a knee or Achilles,” Rivers said. “Injuries when no one’s around, to me, are always [...]

  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. "[Garnett is] better than he was the last two years," admitted Rivers. "Health-wise, I think he's pretty much back to where he was three years ago [...]

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. "…Shaq may play,’’ Rivers said. “They looked tired. We went a little longer, we didn’t do a lot of running, we did a lot of instructional stuff. [...]

Via Sherrod Blakely "Kevin's fine," said Rivers, who added that he did not anticipate Garnett's soreness to prevent him from playing Sunday afternoon. "He's just sore. So when I hear that, we don't take  ay chances. Especially now; we can't afford to." The C's might be even more depleted tomorrow afternoon.  Boston's Semih Erden has [...]