tom thibodeau

The Celtics are preparing to enter the playoffs as the Atlantic Division champion.   That wasn't a sentence many people were preparing to write when the Celtics were a sub-.500 team before the All Star break.  The Celtics had been struggling for two months, looking as bad as they've ever looked in the Big 3 [...]

It was June of 2007.  The Celtics were a 24-58 team that had just tanked its way to second worst record in the NBA in a draft where the top two picks were almost certain locks as rebuilding centerpieces. The tanking was an absolute disaster, yet it was the best thing that happened to the [...]

 Its time to start focusing on the playoffs and our potential roadblocks to Banner 18.  Every day we'll bring you what's making news in enemy territory.  This way we know what they're up to when it comes time to take 'em out. FIRST ROUND OPPONENT ESPN NY: "I think now it's just a matter of us [...]

Its time to start focusing on the playoffs and our potential roadblocks to Banner 18.  Every day we'll bring you what's making news in enemy territory.  This way we know what they're up to when it comes time to take 'em out. FIRST ROUND OPPONENT The Knicks Blog: The Big Four will be the Big Four [...]

  With the Boston Celtics in Chicago to take on the Bulls in what could well end up as an Eastern Conference preview, we'll focus just on the Bulls and what they're saying coming into the game.  Chicago Tribune: Video: Deng, Thibodeau talk about the C's matchup    Sun Times:  Have the Bulls peaked? When [...]

Its time to start focusing on the playoffs and our potential roadblocks to Banner 18.  Every day we'll bring you what's making news in enemy territory.  This way we know what they're up to when it comes time to take 'em out.  NEXT OPPONENT By The Horns: the Bulls built a 22-point third quarter lead, and [...]

Its time to start focusing on the playoffs and our potential roadblocks to Banner 18.  Every day we'll bring you what's making news in enemy territory.  This way we know what they're up to when it comes time to take 'em out.  EASTERN CONFERENCE Sentinel: The lowly Raptors outrebounded, outshot and just plain outhustled the Magic [...]

Its time to start focusing on the playoffs and our potential roadblocks to Banner 18.  Every day we'll bring you what's making news in enemy territory.  This way we know what they're up to when it comes time to take 'em out. EASTERN CONFERENCE Peninsula is Mightier: Bosh had emphasized that he wanted both himself and [...]

  Via Chris Forsberg… here's the video "thank you" the C's played during the first timeout for Brian Scalabrine and Tom Thibodeau.  Follow the link for the crowd's, and Thibs', reaction to his intro at the start of the game. [...]

So there were the Bulls, down big to the Knicks in the 4th quarter… but making a run.  The bench had cut a 19 point lead down to 9.  At 108-99 with 4:48 left and a crew of Kyle Korver, Taj Gibson, CJ Watson, Ronnie Brewer and Omer Asik on the floor, the Knicks called [...]