Archive for December, 2010
Celtics Return Home to Face Hornets
at New Orleans Hornets (18-14) at Boston Celtics (24-6) Friday, December 31 3:00 PM ET Regular Season Game #31 – Road Game #15 TV: CSN-NE, CST, NBA-LP 751 Radio: WEEI, KMEZ TD Garden Referees: Bill Spooner, Eric Lewis, Haywoode Workman This is the first meeting between these two teams this season. Doc has said [...]
KG & Celtics Take on CV and Pistons
at Boston Celtics (24-5) at Detroit Pistons (10-21) Wednesday, December 29 7:30 PM ET Regular Season Game #30, Road Game #16 TV: CSNNE, FSD, SNET1, LP 757/758 Radio: WEEI, WWJ Palace of Auburn Hills Referees: Ken Mauer, Bennie Adams, Kevin Fehr This is the second meeting between these two teams. The first game ended in [...]
Celtics Look to Bounce Back as they Take on Pacers
at Boston Celtics (23-5) at Indiana Pacers (13-15) Tuesday, December 28 7:00 PM ET Regular Season Game #29, Road Game #15 TV: CSNNE, FSI, NBA-LP 753/754 Radio: WEEI, WFNI Conseco Field House Referees: Ed Malloy, Nick Buchert, Kane Fitzgerald The Celtics face the Pacers for the second time this month, this time on the [...]
Defensive Rebounding and The Celtics’ Frontcourt
In Game 7 of the 2010 NBA Finals, the Lakers snagged 23 offensive rebounds and the Celtics gathered just 40 defensive rebounds. (So for the game, the Celtics defensive rebounding percentage was a sucktaculous 40 / (40 + 23) = 63.5%) The painfully depleted frontcourt rotation for the Celtics — Paul Pierce, Rasheed Wallace, Glen [...]
The Christmas Day Massacre
Ugh. For a day of wonderment yesterday could not have gone worse basketball-wise. That is unless you are one of two types of people in the country: A Crazy New Yorker or A Crazy Floridian. To start things off, yesterday afternoon the Knicks won rather easily against the Bulls in a game where they controlled [...]
From Orlando
Just got home from the Celtics/Magic game at the Amway Center and although a loss is never easy to take, it’s much easier followed by 14 consecutive wins. A quick analysis… The Good After the game started with the Magic running up the deficit to 13-0, I thought I was going to have a knot [...]
Celtics and Magic Clash on Christmas Day
at Boston Celtics (23-4) at Orlando Magic (17-12) Saturday, December 25 – Merry Christmas!!! 2:30 PM ET Regular Season Game #28 Road Game #14 TV: ABC, CHCH TV Radio: WEEI, WDBO Amway Center This is the first meeting between these two teams this season. Last season, the Magic won the series 3-1 with the win [...]
















Celtics captain Paul Pierce has been named the Eastern Conference Player of the Week for the second time this season. Pierce guided injury-depleted Boston to four wins last week, averaging 21.8 points on 58.7 percent shooting (27 for 46) from the floor. Pierce also won the Player of the Week honor back on Dec. 20. It's the third time this season a Boston player earned the honor, with Rajon Rondo taking home the award for the first week of the 2010-11 season. Oklahoma City's Russell Westbrook earned this week's nod for the Western Conference. Celtics guard Ray Allen was also nominated for the East honor.