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On Sunday, after a double-overtime win over the Miami Heat, Boston Celtics star Paul Pierce learned of Rajon Rondo’s season-ending injury on live television. The expression that crossed his face, and the “Oh my God” he muttered as a first reaction, was what it looks like when a great team’s present and future come crumbling down.
This is the end for the Boston Celtics as we know them and as we have known them since their own version of the Big Three came together in 2007 and promptly...
Doc Rivers was putting on a brave face. Alas, the Celtics coach was making optimism blush as he discussed the remainder of a season that will now be executed without Rajon Rondo. He was talking about people stepping up, but... more »
BOSTON -- He thought he had a bum hamstring. On Saturday night, Rajon Rondo was hanging out at his friend Keyon Dooling's house watching TV, playing with the kids, and, as Dooling said, "talking about life." "He mentioned in... more »
Carmelo Anthony had Kevin Garnett on the ground and a little disoriented after Tyson Chandler’s hard foul had knocked the Celtics forward to the floor. Garnett was in a vulnerable position, no doubt about it. But in that ... more »
Leave it on the floor. It’s all part of the game. No harm, no foul. You’ve heard many times how the intensity of a game can heighten emotions and anger but really doesn’t get too personal or travel beyond the... more »
This was more than a victory, even though that's what the Miami Heat needed most. No, Wednesday night's 92-75 victory over the Golden State Warriors at Oracle Arena was more a coronation. It was the night LeBron... more »
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