Posted in Hub Hoops on May 4th, 2009 View Comments
As my colleague Chris Ryan said up here on the ninth floor of TD Banknorth Garden, “This is one of the ugliest games I’ve ever seen.” Yes. But Brian Scalabrine and Paul Pierce just hit back-to-back treys to cut the Magic lead to 89-83…
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Posted in Hub Hoops on May 4th, 2009 View Comments
An Eddie House trey (which kinda looked like a two from my viewpoint) and a Rajon Rondo steal and breakaway dunk cut the lead to 81-71 with 10:10 remaining in the game. Again, do the C’s have it in them? After seven brutal games? Rondo appears to…
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Posted in Hub Hoops on May 4th, 2009 View Comments
After falling behind 65-37 at 8:36 in the third, the Celtics outscored the Magic 25-13 to cut the lead to 16 at the end of three. The Celtics are getting to the line, which helps lengthen the game. But it’s gonna take a heck of a defensive effort…
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Posted in Hub Hoops on May 4th, 2009 View Comments
The Celtics, sadly, slept through the first half. Orlando has a 54-36 lead. Glen Davis (8 points) has been OK. Paul Pierce scored seven points and Stephon Marbury — of all people — has eight, but Boston looks godawful. The Celtics are shoot…
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Posted in Hub Hoops on May 4th, 2009 View Comments
Less than a minute into the game, Big Baby Davis has already drawn a charge on Dwight Howard. Couple more of those and Baby’ll be the hero of Game 1. Howard has one bucket so far but Kendrick Perkins is battling him hard. Perk already has a block…
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Posted in Hub Hoops on May 4th, 2009 View Comments
Doc Rivers doesn’t want the Celtics to over think anything tonight. As is usually the case, Doc delivered a few good lines. Prepare for the Magic? Rivers chose rest instead. Right now, after a seven-game series, there’s a battle between (in…
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Posted in Hub Hoops on Apr 20th, 2009 View Comments
Celtics-Bulls, Game 2
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Posted in Hub Hoops on Apr 18th, 2009 View Comments
The C’s are struggling out there. Chicago leads 53-44 at the break, Paul Pierce has been nonexistent so far. The 2008 NBA finals MVP has four points on 1 of 4 from the floor. Ray Allen has four points on 1 of 7 from the floor. Pierce, obviously s…
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Posted in Hub Hoops on Apr 18th, 2009 View Comments
Kevin Garnett may be out, but don’t expect the crowd to be any less pumped up. A green Adidas “Boston is a brotherhood” T-shirt is on every chair. The place should look pretty cool on TV. Green out, green party, whatever you want to c…
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Posted in Hub Hoops on Apr 15th, 2009 View Comments
Quiet around here. Paul Pierce and Ray Allen won’t be playing in tonight’s regular season finale. Rajon Rondo will see limited action. No shocker there. Kevin Garnett’s status for the playoffs remains in the same ambiguous place. R…
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