Boston Celtics

In the closing seconds of Thursday night’s overtime game against the Lakers, the Celtics found themselves a point down. Paul Pierce fired a potential game-winner, but the shot rimmed out. Ray Allen grabbed the rebound and sent up one final pra...

As I suffered through the Bobcats’ ill-fated invasion of the crumbling Boston Celtics empire on Wednesday, I was reminded of why I love the Showtime drama Dexter so much.  Dexter’s plot had an extremely shaky starting point (a story about an aff...

Box Score: Lakers 88, Celtics 87 Offensive Efficiency: Lakers 91.9, Celtics 90.4 True Shooting %: Lakers 44.1%, Celtics 43.9% The Good: First and foremost, any win on the Parquet is sweet. That the Lakers, coming off a tough loss in Philadelphia, hav...

The Celtics had only three shots in the paint the last ten minutes against the Lakers (that includes the last five minutes in the 4th quarter and the five in overtime). The rest were jumpshots. Of those three shots in the paint, Pau Gasol blocked two...

Los Angeles at Boston TD Garden 8:00 PM ESPN/CSNNE Offensive Efficiency L.A.: 101.5 points/100 possessions (13th) Boston: 100.3 points/100 possessions (16th) Defensive Efficiency L.A.: 98.4 points allowed/100 possessions (11th) Boston: 94.5 points al...

Pau Gasol of the Los Angeles Lakers got something you don’t see to often, a game winning block and in overtime at that. That’s rightContinue Reading »...

….it’s not every day you use TWO bad puns in a headline that don’t really make sense! Huzzah! Brandon Bass has been only slightly less than awesome this season.  He’s just the type of young and athletic player the Celtics hav...

Time to catch up on the sports scene and look ahead as well.

Tip: 8:00pm Court: TD Garden Watch it: TNT Hear it: WEEI Referees: Derrick Stafford, Marat Kogut, Gary Zielinski Get your tickets here The Matchup Record: 14-10 (2nd Atlantic, 7th East) Record: 14-11 (2nd Pacific, 7th West) At home: 10-6 On...

I was a panelist on the 5-on-5 today at ESPN, choosing reserves for the Eastern and Western Conference all-star teams. I took two Celtics, as noted below. Hit the link to read the rest. 1. Which East and West point guards should be chosen as All-Star...

Pau Gasol blocked Ray Allen’s putback attempt at the buzzer in overtime, and visiting Los Angeles defeated the Celtics, 88-87.

The Lakers and Celtics squared off in a Thursday night matchup at the TD Garden, and a couple of the Boston players chose the moments immediately following the tip-off to hone their long-snapping skills.  Jermaine O’Neal won the tip back to a...